Crime & Safety

Contoocook Motorcyclist Indicted On 4th OUI Charge: Court Roundup

Pembroke man indicted on child sexual abuse images charges again; Franklin man indicted on strangulation charge; stalker indicted again.

A homeless man now located in Concord was indicted recently on a knife threat charge.
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A homeless man now located in Concord was indicted recently on a knife threat charge. = (Tony Schinella/Patch)

CONCORD, NH — A Merrimack County grand jury indicted the following people recently.

Jonathan E. Ball, 63, of Academy Road in Pembroke, on two felony possession of child sexual abuse images charges. He was accused of possessing videos of a boy being raped on Feb. 13 in Pembroke. Ball was previously convicted of possession of child sexual abuse images in August 2011 in Merrimack County Superior Court.

Skylar Bennett, 41, of Snow Street in Concord, on motor vehicles; penalties and controlled drug act; acts prohibited charges, both felonies. He was accused of possessing cocaine while driving on Fisherville Road in Concord on June 23 after the NH DMV certified him as a habitual offender.

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Raymond Blodgett, 51, a homeless man now located in Concord, on a felony criminal threatening charge. He was accused of waiving a knife and stating words to the effect of “I’m going to kill everyone” on Sept. 11.

Robert Burgess, 39, of Franklin, incarcerated at the time of the indictment, on two felony stalking charges. He was accused of violating a protective order in Franklin between Aug. 29 and Sept. 1 by speaking with a protected party and entering a woman’s place of employment after being convicted of stalking in May in Franklin District Court.

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Alexander Sakovits, 33, of Timberwood Drive in Lebanon, on criminal threatening and three reckless conduct charges, all felonies. He was accused of forcibly taking ahold of the steering wheel of a vehicle twice on Route 3A, causing an intimate partner to lose control of the vehicle and drive off the road, and firing a gun in the direction of an intimate partner in Hooksett on June 16.

Anthony “Andy” M. Sanborn, 62, of Eagle Drive in Bedford, on theft by deception and theft by unauthorized taking charges, both felonies. He was accused of misrepresenting gross receipts from Win, Win, Win, LCC, and-or the Draft receiving more than $1.5 million from the Main Street Relief Fund that he was not qualified to receive on June 9, 2020, in Concord.

Shawn S. Smith, 52, of North Main Street in Franklin, on a felony second-degree assault-domestic violence charge. He was accused of strangling an intimate partner on Aug. 24 in Franklin.

Mary Smolinsky, 32, of Country Land Drive in Haverhill, on possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of fentanyl, and possession of crack cocaine charges, all felonies, in Bow on April 18.

Matthew Stark, 36, of Revere Place in Franklin, on a felony controlled drug act; acts prohibited-methadone charge on Dec. 7, 2023, in Franklin.

Jennifer Sullivan, 55, of Batchelder Street in Laconia, on a felony possession of methamphetamine charge on Aug. 7 in Northfield.

John H. Tracey, 61, of Main Street/Route 103 in Contoocook, on motor vehicles; penalties and driving-operating under the influence of drugs-liquor-fourth offense charges, both felonies. He was accused of riding a motorcycle on Route 103 in Warner on July 12 after being deemed a habitual offender by the NH DMV.

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