Concord NH Man Fled To Marlborough MA After Child Assaulted, Hospitalized: Cops

CONCORD, NH — Concord police accused a man of assaulting a child he was supposed to be caring for and then fleeing the state to escape arrest.

Detectives were sent to Concord Hospital on Tuesday to investigate a child assault case involving a toddler with “substantial, non-life-threatening injuries,” Deputy Chief John Thomas of the Concord Police Department said. The child, detectives learned after interviews, was left in the care of the mother’s boyfriend, Yadiel Ortega Montero, 22, of Prospect Street in Concord, he said.

“Following the incident, it was learned the suspect fled to Massachusetts,” Thomas said.

Police issued an arrest warrant against Montero for felony second-degree assault-bodily injury and victim under 13 and endangering the welfare of a child charges. He was picked up at an apartment on Boston Post Road in Marlborough, MA, on a fugitive from justice warrant on Wednesday. Montero waived extradition and was brought back to New Hampshire Friday.

Montero was expected to be arraigned in Concord District Court on Monday.

Thomas said the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth, and Families, and the Marlborough MA Police Department assisted with the case. Detectives, he added, were continuing to investigate the case.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Division at 603-225-8600. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100 or at concordregionalcrimeline.com.

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