Teen Arrested for 3rd Breach of Bail in 20 Days

A Merrimack teen currently residing in Reading, Mass., was arrested on Monday for at least the seventh time since last August and the third since July 17, charged with breach of bail conditions.

Police arrested Michael Differ, 17, of 943 Haven St., Reading, Mass., at approximately 5:28 p.m. after he turned himself in at the Merrimack Police Station on a warrant for breach of bail conditions. Police say Differ was seen earlier in the day on Aug. 6 at residence he'd been barred from on a previous domestic charge. Differ was held on $2,000 cash bail and transported to the Valley Street Jail until his arraignment on Aug. 7.

Differ was also arrested on July 31 after being stopped for speeding on Turkey Hill Road near West Chamberlain Road, police say. He was charged with operating after suspension and breach of bail conditions on a criminal threatening charge. He was later released on $500 cash bail and ordered to appear in the 9^th Circuit District Division Court in Merrimack on Aug. 22.

According to police records, on July 17, Differ was arrested for criminal threatening and breach of bail conditions, police say. Police were called to Depot Street shortly before 5 p.m. for a domestic disturbance. They learned Differ had threatened to punch a member of the household in the face, police said. He was out on bail on criminal mischief and minor in possession of alcohol charges at the time of his arrest.

He was held on $500 cash bail and transported to Hillsborough County House of Corrections until his arraignment on July 18 in the 9^th Circuit District Division Court in Merrimack.

Operating after suspension is a violation.

The criminal threatening and breach of bail conditions are misdemeanor offenses, which are punishable by a year in jail and/or a $2,000 fine.