Freedom Cycle In Concord Hit By Organized Burglary Ring

CONCORD, NH — Police in Concord are investigating a motorcycle dealership that was burglarized on Thursday.

Concord police were called to Freedom Cycle on Manchester Street around 2:30 a.m. for a report of an alarm activation. The first responding officer called for other units a few minutes later after more alarms were activated. Officers found evidence of a burglary and began searching around the store for suspects.

Officers reported hearing at least one motorcycle engine running as well as voices and what sounded like a truck engine in the woods behind the dealership.

Other officers were requested to go to both Integra Drive and Garvins Falls Road, areas that exit the woods from behind the dealership, while a New Hampshire State Police K-9 unit was called in to assist. Pembroke police also arrived to help Concord police.

Around 3 a.m., an officer reported finding several dirt bikes as well as a man near them in the woods. The company later confirmed the dirt bikes were stolen from the dealership. The K-9 tracking appeared to show investigators that the suspects had parked in an overflow lot of another dealership during the incident. Police reported finding a hat, a cellphone, fresh footprints, and other evidence in some of the paths that led to previous homeless camps in the area and parking lots near the dealership. Later, the K-9 unit also found another motorcycle during its tracking in a second location.

Officers were investigating the burglary for at least two hours.

Deputy Chief John Thomas said limited information was available about the case due to it being an open investigation. He confirmed, however, that motorcycles were recovered while others were missing and confirmed stolen during the burglary. Thomas called the burglary “an organized ring” operation, possibly similar to ones seen across New England recently.

In April, two people were arrested after a two-year investigation into motorcycle and home burglaries in both New Hampshire and the Bay State.

Back in May, five Kawasaki dirt bikes were stolen from Naults Powersports in Windham.

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