Former Concord Resident, Three Others Arrested in Knife, Gun Threat Incident

MANCHESTER, NH — A local woman and three others were arrested after allegedly threatening a Queen City woman with weapons, according to police. Jessica Norman, 32, pictured left, of Loop Road in Merrimack, was arrested on Sept. 20, 2016, on a felony criminal threatening charge. Also arrested was Bobby Johnson, 35, pictured right, of Beech Street in Manchester, for felony criminal threatening; Kendra Chamberland, 23, of Merrimack Street in Manchester, was arrested for disorderly conduct and outstanding warrants out of Merrimack County Superior Court; and Pedro Lugo Melina, 39, of School Street in Manchester, for resisting arrest and an outstanding warrant issued by the probation-parole department.

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According to police, at around 3 a.m. this morning, a Manchester woman reported that earlier in the evening, a friend – Chamberland – came by to visit her apartment. The woman went to sleep and later, woke up and found Chamberland gone and her wallet missing.

The victim went to Chamberland’s apartment on Merrimack Street to confront her about her missing wallet. When she did, she was allegedly met by Bobby Johnson.

“Johnson pointed a handgun at (her) head and told her to leave, while Normand held a knife and chased (the victim) out of the apartment building,” according to Sgt. Michael Biron of the Manchester Police Department.

Several officers responded to the address and all four were arrested on various charges.

Chamberland’s lengthy criminal history

Chamberland is no stranger to police, having been arrested in Concord and Manchester numerous times during the last five years, according to reports on Patch and other media outlets.

Back in October 2011, when she was a teen, she was arrested for simple assault on Washington Street after allegedly assaulting another woman.

Chamberland was also arrested on a bench warrant on a theft charge in June 2012. In September 2012, she was arrested on two counts of violation of a protective order after alleged incidents on Canal Street earlier in the month against another woman. A month later, she was arrested on a bench warrant and also arrested for theft by unauthorized taking and transfer and default or breach of bail conditions, after allegedly stealing $400 in cash from a woman who was a friend.

In April 2013, Chamberland was arrested on a bench warrant for nonpayment of a fine after being convicted of theft by unauthorized taking in Concord District Court. In August 2013, she was living in Tilton and was arrested for possession of controlled drugs and bench warrants after running into an officer in Eagle Square on Main Street in Concord. The warrants were for theft charges, according to police.

Another theft charge was issued against Chamberland in June 2014 after an incident at Cumberland Farms on Fisherville Road involving a bottle of Pine Sol, according to police.

Chamberland was also accused of stabbing her boyfriend in Manchester back in October 2015, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader.

In December 2015, she was arrested for felony attempted to commit and theft connected to alleged incidents in May on Washington and White streets. At the time, she was arrested after being released from the Valley Street Jail.