Incident Leads To Felon With Drugs, Knives, Brass Knuckles: Docs

CONCORD, NH — A Concord man faces felony charges in superior court after an incident in late December in the South End. At just before 2 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2019, police were sent to South Street for a report of a woman on drugs "not acting right" and fighting with a man. As police arrived, a man, Jason Cooper, 34, of Alice Drive in Concord, who an officer knew from prior contacts, began walking away from the area, according to an affidavit.

The officer called him back and Cooper complied, the report stated.

Inside the home, officers interviewed a woman who called 911. She said they were all hanging out when Cooper and another woman began yelling at each other — while the other woman was "acting strange." A check found Cooper was recently arrested on a stalking charge and was supposed to have no contact with the woman, according to an affidavit. The officer then spoke with Cooper.

"At this time, Cooper advised that he was not going to be bailed," the officer wrote. "I asked him why he believed that. Cooper stated he was in possession of a controlled drug."

Cooper was arrested on stalking and breach of bail charges and during a search of his jacket, the officer wrote that he found a flashlight but it didn't work. The officer then opened the back of the flashlight and "observed several baggies of methamphetamine and marijuana inside the flashlight," the report stated.

After being taken to headquarters, booked, and processed, the reporting officer searched Cooper's backpack and found a set of brass knuckles and several knives, the affidavit alleged. Since he is a felon, due to an acts prohibited conviction in Merrimack Superior Court in November 2016, a felon in possession of a deadly weapon charge was added to the stalking and breach of bail charges as well as a citation for the marijuana.

Cooper was refused bail and held at the Merrimack County Jail and later, held in detention due to active violations and multiple outstanding violations of probation, according to a court bail order.

On Jan. 6, 2020, Emma Sisti, Cooper's attorney, filed an objection with the court stating he did not concede "the composition, quality, or quantity" of the drugs submitted to the state laboratory for analysis and was asserting his rights under the 6th and 14th amendments of the U.S. Constitution and Part 1, Article 15 of the New Hampshire Constitution.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Concord Police Department and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the removal request process for New Hampshire Patch police reports.

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