Alleged Safecracker, Teens Could Face Trial

A 22-year-old Exeter man who police say busted open a safe and stole $55,000 from a downtown apartment earlier this year could face trial after he was recently indicted.

Joseph Broyer, of 130 Water St., Apt. 4H, was indicted for burglary.

Police said from a neighbor in the same apartment building. Broyer was caught in Haverhill, Mass.

He had three alleged teenage accomplices:

• Seth Perkins, 19, of Exeter
• Rebecca Sargent, 19, of Exeter
• Chelsea Holloway-Stanley, 18, of Brentwood

All three were indicted for theft. Perkins was also indicted for possessing the drug Hydrocodone.

An indictment means a grand jury ruled evidence in the case warrants a trial.

Police say the group purchased vehicles, jewerly, a flat-screen television, a computer, and clothing with the money Broyer allegedly stole. Broyer allegedly bragged to friends he won the money in the lottery.

Police credited Facebook and the Seacoast Crime Stoppers website with helping solve the case. Federal marshals, the U.S. Postal Inspector's Office, Seabrook police, Boston, Mass. police, and Haverhill, Mass. police worked together to arrest the group.