Home Invasion Suspect Accused Of Possessing Meth, $31K In Cash After East Concord Incident

CONCORD, NH — A felon from Concord is in more trouble with the law after an incident in East Concord last month.

Around 10 p.m. on June 12, police were sent to a possible home invasion or burglary on Mountain Road. Before arriving, a man had restrained the suspect to the ground. Officers arrived and found a man “without a shirt” and “sweating profusely,” and placed him in handcuffs. After being cuffed and taken to a cruiser, the officer noted he was still “sweating uncontrollably,” and his skin was “hot to the touch.”

The officers patted down the man, later identified as Gregory Alan Murray, 37, of Shaker Road in Concord, and accused him of possessing a 6-inch meth pipe with burnt residue in his right shoe. He was accused of having “a large amount of money that was mostly 50s and 100s inside Gregory’s backpack wrapped in black electrical tape.”

At headquarters, during booking, a baggie wrapped in black electrical tape, believed to be meth, fell out of his socks, an affidavit said. Inside his wallet, 44 buprenorphine packets were found, the report said. The affidavit said more money was also found in his backpack — bringing the total amount of cash he was carrying to $30,758.

When asked why he was carrying so much money, Murray was said it was “Social Security” and “back pay” while in prison, an affidavit said. He also said he was looking to buy some real estate and turn his life around, the report stated. Murray was then asked about the meth and was accused of admitting it must have been his since it was in his sock — but he was unsure how the drugs got there. When asked about the home invasion, “Gregory advised that he wasn’t trying to break into anyone’s home … he was just trying to run away from the crazy white people that were chasing him,” the report said.

Murray was arrested on criminal trespass and two felony drug possession charges. He was released on personal recognizance bail. Murray has a dispositional conference hearing in Merrimack County Superior Court on Sept. 14.

Murray’s criminal history, according to superior court records, dates back about two decades when he was accused of felony receiving stolen property in Concord. He was accused of a probation violation in May 2005.

In 2004, he pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief, robbery, and second-degree assault charges as well as resisting arrest — charges all in Concord. Other charges, including robbery and receiving stolen property in Concord and a felony minors charge out of Hooksett, also all from 2004, were nolle prossed.

In July 2013, he was accused of felony theft and felony theft by deception in August 2013, both crimes in Concord. He was also accused of forgery in July 2014. He pleaded guilty to all three charges in October 2014. Murray pleaded guilty to a probation or parole charge violation in September 2016.

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