Manchester Man Gets Sweetheart Deal On Stolen Car, Reckless Conduct Firearm, Other Charges: Follow-Up

CONCORD, NH — About four more months in jail.

That is how long Jayden Ballam-Quiah, 21, of Manchester, formerly of Concord and Loudon, will stay at the county jail in his latest stint after possessing stolen cars and crashing one of them, firing a gun in his apartment, being accused of robbing two people while out on bail, and being accused of pointing a gun with a laser at another person on the Concord Heights.

After proposing 90 days in jail and time served, as well as probation for many of the charges on May 12 and having Judge Dan St. Hilaire pull the attorneys into his chambers for about 20 minutes on May 19, Carley McWhirk, the prosecutor with the Merrimack County Attorney’s Office, and Julian Jefferson, a public defender, agreed, essentially, to a few more months in jail.

On Wednesday, St. Hilaire did not balk at the agreements.

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The attorneys agreed to a conditional nolle prosequi of two felony cases when Ballam-Quiah was housed at the Merrimack County Jail.

The first involved a felony delivery weapon, contraband, etc., charge from November 2024 — a broken shard of plastic wrapped in a torn shirt. The second case involved two felony counts of assault by a prisoner, simple assault from December 2024 — hitting another person in the back with a handle and pushing a corrections officer.

Photos submitted to Patch in April 2025 purported to be of Jayden Ballam-Quiah with a stolen Mercedes, as well as an alleged accomplice changing the vehicle’s license plate. The photos were submitted to Pembroke police as part of their case against him.

Five other cases were also settled.

In July 2023, Ballam-Quiah was accused of felony receiving stolen property, specifically, a Mercedes-Benz from a woman in Pembroke. He pleaded guilty to the charge and received a 12-month jail sentence, six months suspended for three years, with 68 days of pretrial credit. He will also be on probation for two years.

Ballam-Quiah was also resentenced on a felony receiving stolen property charge from July 2024.

That case involved stolen car and gun charges, as well as conduct after an accident, reckless operation, and four child endangerment charges in July 2024 after a crash on Appleton Street in East Concord. The vehicle was a Toyota Camry, while the gun was a Taurus 9 mm, according to an indictment report. Ballam-Quiah pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor receiving stolen property charge in January 2025 as part of a previous sweetheart deal: a 12-month sentence, suspended for three years, with 172 days of time served credit, as well as two years of probation.

The resentencing was not much better: A one-to-two-year sentence, suspended for three years, with two years of probation.

A resisting arrest charge from July 2024 was also nolle prossed.

Ballam-Quiah also pleaded guilty to felony reckless conduct — firing a gun inside his apartment on Hanover Street in Concord during an incident on Jan. 25, 2024, and was sentenced to 12-months in jail, suspended for three years, with two years probation. At the time of the incident, he was out bail after being accused of stealing and possessing alcohol.

Ballam-Quiah also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless conduct for grabbing another person’s arm and driving away on March 4 on West Street. He was sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for three years, with two years of probation. Originally, Ballam-Quiah was charged with felony robbery and breach of bail, with cops suggesting at the time of the incident, it appeared to be a drug deal gone bad.

Six days after that incident, Ballam-Quiah was accused of assaulting and attempting to rob a person in one section of the Concord Heights and pointing a gun with a laser at another person. Those charges were lowered to one misdemeanor simple assault charge. He received a 12-months in jail, suspended for three years, with two years probation.

All the charges will be served consecutively, according to McWhirk.

In two years, Ballam-Quiah will be able to petition the court and have the felonies changed to misdemeanors, according to an agreement between the two attorneys, which was accepted by the court.

According to court filings, a status conference will be held on Dec. 9 in the Pembroke case to determine if Ballam-Quiah has fulfilled the requirements of his sentence.

Ballam-Quiah has one active case remaining — felony receiving stolen property-$1,501-plus, a stolen 2021 Hyundai Elantra, from June 18, 2024, in Seabrook, as well as an accompanying falsifying physical evidence charge.

Jefferson has also been retained for that case.

A final pretrial hearing is set for Sept. 17, with jury selection expected on Oct. 5.

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