First Arrest Made in Durgin Block Garage Stabbings Incident

A local teen with a string of assault and drug arrests has been arrested on felony conspiracy to commit robbery and breach of bail charges in connection with the stabbings incident on Sept. 28 at the Durgin Block Parking Garage, the Concord Police Department has confirmed.

Pierce Makuen Osgood, 18, of Warren Street in Concord, was arrested recently on the charges, after what police investigators believe was a botched robbery attempt, a sex for drug money incident, or a combination of both, that led to Osgood allegedly stabbing a man in the chest.

The incident

According to a court affidavit filed at around 9 p.m. on Sept. 28, police were called to the Durgin Block Parking Garage for a disturbance with officers that heard screaming and squealing car tires near the police station.

When they arrived, they found a black Mitsubishi Eclipse parked in the middle of the street with two people on the ground screaming. Four additional people were near the vehicle.

After interviewing everyone involved, officers believed that the double stabbing might have been “the result of an attempted robbery gone bad,” since they knew that Osgood allegedly had “ongoing drug addiction issues” and had “allegedly resorted to prostitution as a means to feed her addiction.”

The victim, a Level II registered sex offender, known to have money, appears to have been the target of the robbery gone bad, the report surmised.

Three detectives were immediately put on the case and processed two crime scenes – one inside the garage and one on School Street – and found blood in the vehicle, on the street, and in the garage stairwell. A knife that was in the victim’s hand was also recovered.

The victim sustained a punctured right lung; Osgood sustained a wound to the left upper back.

During the next two days, detectives were able to build a case against Osgood from her own statements and what her friends had to say, according to court records.

How detectives built the case

Detectives spoke to a number of witnesses about the incident, including Osgood’s boyfriend, the victim, and two other friends.

The stories varied from Osgood’s boyfriend stating that the victim was harassing her but that she and another girl got into his car to “try to get something” from the victim to another friend stating that the victim was “creepy” and he heard Osgood screaming from the car to get out. This witness also reportedly stated that he believed the victim stabbed himself but detectives called him “extremely evasive and seemed to be crafting the story in a light most favorable to Pierce and his friends.”

Another officer also spoke with the second woman in the car and took her statement at police headquarters. After processing the paperwork, the officer overheard the woman outside speaking with another woman and alleging that the entire thing was a botched robbery.

“This is all their fault,” the officer wrote, reciting what the woman said. “They wanted to set him up and rob him. This is because Pierce has been prostituting herself. I have no boyfriend now and it’s all their fault.”

The detectives noted that her outburst outside the police station appeared to challenge the other witness statements and provided independent corroboration that the incident was a robbery attempt. The detectives attempted to speak with the woman again but she reportedly “became inconsolable and refused to say anything further.”

Detectives then met with Osgood to discuss the incident after she had been released from the hospital. After a short period speaking with her, she allegedly admitted that she and her friends “needed money and planned to rob (the victim), who she knew to frequently have money.” She allegedly stated that the plan was for herself and the second woman to meet with the victim and “agree to perform sexual acts in exchange for money.” Osgood allegedly stated that she believed the victim would pay more money for two girls instead of one. Once they got the money, Osgood allegedly stated that their male friends were going to beat up the victim so that he couldn’t get the money back, according to the report.

“Pierce stated that the five of them planned to split the money, which she thought would be at least a few hundred dollars, and/or use it (to) get an illegal drug known as ‘Molly’,” the detective alleged.

The plan fell apart, however, when the victim asked the second woman to leave the car, since he only wanted to be with Osgood. She left and went to get the three men to come to the garage. Before Osgood could allegedly get any money from the victim, one of the three men arrived and punched the victim in the face through his open car window, according to the report.

Detectives noted that Osgood’s comments to them seemed credible and matched other details in the case. However, her allegations about the actual stabbings were “suspect,” and not published in the affidavit, “pending further follow-up.”

Osgood also alleged that the victim had propositioned her before to trade money for sex acts on at least a dozen different occasions.

Detectives spoke to another of the three men who alleged that several hours after the robbery, he heard the others talking about “doing somebody to get money for Molly while at The Friendly Kitchen.” He alleged that the boyfriend gave Osgood a knife and said something like, “You’re going to need this.” He believed that he was giving her the knife so that she could protect herself while she was performing prostitution, not for the robbery, according to the report.

The detectives also spoke with the victim who stated he knew the girl but denied speaking to her earlier or going to the garage. He alleged that she jumped into his car and held a knife to his throat, demanding money. She allegedly stabbed him twice before he was able to get the knife away from her, he stated.

The detectives stated that they didn’t believe the victim’s version of events and that he appeared to be lying about how she got in the car and the events prior to the stabbing. Due to his unstable medical condition at the time, they didn’t challenge his testimony.

Ongoing drug addiction driving behavior

The reporting detective wrapped up the affidavit by writing that there was “substantial reason to believe that Osgood conspired with multiple friends to rob and assault (the victim) at the Durgin Parking Garage.” He said the situation was such that Osgood needed to be removed from the streets “to protect both herself and the community at large,” noting that she had been arrested eight times in the last 10 months for assault, bail breaches, drugs, and other violations.

“(Osgood) is believed to have an ongoing drug addiction which is the driving force behind her behavior and which places her at significant risk for disease, overdose, or further violent acts,” the report stated. “It is strongly believed that Osgood presents a legitimate danger to herself and the community and that she requires incarceration to remove her from a path that leads to further injury or death.”

According to Lt. Timothy O’Malley, more arrests are forthcoming and police will be sharing more information about the case at that time.

Editor’s note: The following post was derived from information supplied by the Concord District Court. It does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a New Hampshire Patch arrest report.