Suspicious Activity Near Bank, Broken Grill While Hopping Fence Leads to Charges

CONCORD, NH — A call for suspicious activity near a North Main Street bank led to a foot chase and later, a smashed grill, as two men allegedly attempted to get away from police. Andrew Pike, 23, a homeless man now located in Concord, was arrested at 3:23 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2016, for criminal mischief. Also arrested was Marial Kocdal Loya, 27, of Old Suncook Road in Concord, for criminal mischief, resisting arrest, and a bench warrant.

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According to police, at just before 3 a.m., a sergeant was off with two subjects near the Bank of New Hampshire on North Main Street investigating a suspicious activity incident when they both reportedly fled the area toward North State Street.

Other officers were sent to the area and one driving near Beacon Street reportedly saw one of the men – a white male – running toward the intersection of Washington and North State streets, through a residential backyard, and then hopping a fence. A few seconds later, the officer alleged that an African-American man ran through a yard and hopped the same fence.

The officer stopped the men and ran checks on them. One – Loya – allegedly attempted to leave and she grabbed him by the arm and told him that he wasn’t free to leave, according to an affidavit. Loya, one of the reports alleged, “had scratches and scuffs on his knees and shines, as well as a minor cut on his knee.” He was also allegedly very intoxicated, according to an affidavit. A check yielded a bench warrant and he was arrested.

Other officers arrived to assist and one spoke with the second man – Pike – who was reportedly covered in dirt and missing his shoes. He, too, allegedly was very intoxicated, slurring his words, and was unsteady on his feet.

“Andrew told us that he jumped the fence because he was playing Pokémon Go and there was a Pokémon that he need to get on the other side of the fence,” the officer alleged. “When asked where his phone was, to show us he was playing, he claimed it fell near the fence. Andrew told me that I would also find his shoes on the other side of the fence where he jumped.”

According to the affidavit, the officer did find his shoes on the ground next to a grill which had a broken shelf hanging off its side. Pike allegedly denied breaking the grill but the officer wasn’t buying his claim.

“Based on where I found the shoes, it appears as though Andrew used the grill shelf to assist with jumping over the fence,” he alleged in the report.

The officers also did not find a cellphone anywhere near the grill or the property. The owner of the grill stated that it was not broken earlier in the day.

Both Pike and Loya were charged with criminal mischief and held.

According to online reports, Pike, who lived in Nashua earlier this year, was arrested for assault and robbery in June. In December 2012, he was arrested for nonappearance in court.

Loya has been arrested repeatedly for warrants in the capital city during the past few years, according to reports on Patch. In June 2015, he was arrested on a warrant for nonappearance in court. In February of this year, he was arrested on a bench warrant for nonappearance in court on a simple assault charge. Loya was arrested on a bench warrant for simple assault out of Hooksett in November 2015. In September 2014, he was arrested on a warrant for nonpayment of a fine, and in May 2013, he was arrested for facilitating a drug or underage alcohol house party.