Weare Man Racks Up Burglary, Other Charges: Reports

CONCORD, NH — Charges against a Weare man who has been arrested numerous times in the past few months continue to add up as more charge are issued against him for allegedly assisting in more than two dozen burglaries around the state, according to court documents. Tyler Payne, 30, of Arthur Road in Weare, was arrested after a multi-jurisdictional and multi-agency investigation into numerous daytime burglary and theft incidents around the state of New Hampshire that began this summer.

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Payne has racked up numerous charges including conspiracy to commit burglary, hindering apprehension, receiving stolen property, criminal liability for the conduct of another, during the past two months.

The investigation, according to court documents, alleged that Payne and Jean Beaulieu, 45, “committed a large amount of burglaries around the Concord area” in an effort to obtain electronics, jewelry, guns, and other items, that were later pawned at shops in Concord and Manchester. Jewelry, according to one affidavit, was also allegedly sold to a subject referred to as “The Fence,” a Manchester man in his 50s.

“The would meet ‘The Fence’ at various parking lots, selling the jewelry for approximately 80% of the value of the gold,” the affidavit alleged. “(he) never reported any of these sales to LEADS, or any other pawn database, which aids in the disposal of the items without law enforcement being aware of the jewelry transactions. After receiving the money, they would go to their heroin dealer in Manchester and purchase heroin.”

Penacook burglaries

While incidents started in the summer, three burglaries were reported in October and November around Concord including the city’s Penacook neighborhood.

In most of the cases, the burglars kicked in doors – often damaging doorframes – and gathered up items with pillow cases. If encountered by a homeowner when they knocked on doors of residences, they allegedly used a ruse that they were selling seal coating driveways or doing fall cleanups.

One burglary, on Willard Street in Penacook, occurred between Oct. 18, and Oct. 30, 2016, after the residents were on a trip. The door of the home was allegedly kicked in with damage to the doorframe and the burglars reportedly used a pillow case to take jewelry and other items from the home. Jewelry boxes were left empty on a bed and a safe was unlocked and items were gone through, the affidavit alleged. Items stolen from the home included jewelry and a missing pillow case.

A detective began building a case against both Payne and Beaulieu after he began communicating with a lady friend of Beaulieu’s – who gave items to police she thought were stolen including Nooks allegedly stolen from a home in Salisbury, gaming consoles, jewelry, foreign money, and other items, including a firearm stolen from the home of a state trooper in Pembroke. She allegedly confirmed that the pair were working together, according to the affidavit.

The detective alleged that he had also spoken to “The Fence,” who was requested to check what kind of gold they allegedly had, what the karat was, etc., to check prices and values, according to the allegation. The woman also reportedly stated that she had been a witness to the interaction between “The Fence” and Beaulieu.

Another home – on Elm Street – was hit on Oct. 19, with wood panels on the interior door between the house and garage was smashed. The door was then forced open with the locking mechanism disturbed, according to the affidavit. At this home, foot impressions were left on the white door from mud-stained shoes, according to the report. Items stolen included a designer purse, makeup, medication, a digital SLR camera, a camera bag with lenses, an iPod, and personal information that was in the purse, all stuffed in a pillowcase.

On Nov. 1, a detective checked the LEADS system looking for pawned items and located the camera which was pawned at a shop in Manchester by a Queen City woman on Oct. 19. The detective called to see if the camera was pawned with a blue bag and the clerk reportedly said that it was and it was seized two days later. Two detectives met with a Queen City woman and man who alleged that Beaulieu and Payne met with them, requested they pawn the camera, and they would split the proceeds, according to the affidavit. They got $50 and Payne and Beaulieu received $100, according to the affidavit.

On Nov. 11, another home – this time on Bog Road – was hit during the day while the homeowner was not home. An empty glass bottle of Patron was used to smash a window to gain access to the home, according to the affidavit. Items stolen from the home included medication, jewelry, personal identifications. The items were all put into a pillowcase, similar to the other burglaries.

On Nov. 16, a detective checked the pawn database and found that jewelry that had been missing from the home matched the description of jewelry pawned on the same day at Cash for Gold on Manchester Street – reportedly pawned by Beaulieu’s lady friend.

Payne was arrested in Bedford on Oct. 31, for criminal liability for the conduct of another and hindering apprehension or prosecution.

Bow case

A detective sergeant in Bow began investigating Payne for a burglary on Cob Road on Oct. 26, after receiving a report of a suspicious vehicle by a jogger on Sundance Lane. The jogger reportedly saw a green car that was parked on a cul de sac with a man inside but as the jogger approached, the vehicle took off.

The detective couldn’t locate the vehicle but while on Brown Hill Road, the detective reportedly saw a red Honda Civic and ran a check on the vehicle. The detective stated in the report that there were two men in the vehicle and as it passed, “the driver waved at me and was wearing a bright florescent yellow shirt.”

Bradford Police confirmed that the vehicle was recently sold to Payne and the department also alleged that the vehicle was suspected in a burglary the day before in that community. The detective received an email photo from the department of the exact same car with a driver in a bright florescent shirt, according to the affidavit.

The detective turned around to try and catch up with the vehicle but was unable to. However, he allegedly found a pink pillow case in a driveway on Brown Hill Road and stopped to inspect it. The detective put a pair of gloves on and looked inside and reportedly found loose change, jewelry, boxes, and a picture of a boy in a hockey uniform, according to the affidavit.

A bolo – "be on the lookout" – alert was put on the vehicle and other units were called to the area to canvas homes and see if there were burglaries in the area. Plastic jewelry was located on the ground of one home while two purses were located on the side of the road in leaves. The purse belonged to a woman on Cob Road and when the detective and a sergeant headed to the home and found a breezeway propped open and another door wide open at the home. The home was cleared by police and homeowner called. She arrived about 15 minutes later and, after inspecting her home, found a missing pillowcase from her daughter’s room along with missing costume jewelry. A picture of her son was also missing, according to the report.

A few hours later, the detective was informed by Manchester Police that they located Payne as well as the man and woman from the Queen City who allegedly told police that they were picked up by Payne and asked to pawn some items for him because he didn’t have identification.

Bow Police later issued a warrant for Payne’s arrest and he was picked up in Amherst on Nov. 22. Concord Police assisted with the arrest and then he was processed by Bow Police.

According to the affidavit, Payne allegedly confessed to assisting Beaulieu on approximately 30 burglaries in the area including the Penacook burglaries, other Concord burglaries without Beaulieu, since he was arrested on Oct. 31.

Back in January 2014, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader, Payne was arrested after allegedly leading police on a chase on I-93 and I-293 while driving a plow truck. He was wanted by Manchester Police at the time on a felony arrest warrants for receiving stolen property and theft by deception, as well as probation and parole officials. Payne was later arrested by Hooksett Police.