Knife-Wielding Nashua Teen Assaulted Woman: Police

NASHUA, NH — A Nashua teenager was arrested on charges he assaulted a woman and threatened her with a knife, police announced Monday. Shawn Rodger, 19, was charged with two counts of assault, domestic violence and criminal threatening. He was held on $15,000 bail at the Valley Street Jail pending an arraignment Monday in Nashua District Court.

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"Nashua patrol officers responded to a residence for a report of an assault," Baxter said in a statement. "The victim, a female known to Rodger, reported that Rodger assaulted her and also threatened her with a knife."

Baxter said the victim did not require hospitalization.

Photo: Shawn Rodger. (Credit: Nashua Police Department)