Crime & Safety

Pittsfield Man Indicted On Assault By Prisoners Charges: Rockingham County Indictments

Woman indicted on Exeter burglary charges; Derry man charged with indecent exposure again; man was indicted on assault by prisoners charges.

Men from Lowell and Manchester indicted on tampering with witnesses and informants charges.
Men from Lowell and Manchester indicted on tampering with witnesses and informants charges. (Tony Schinella/Patch)

BRENTWOOD, NH — A grand jury in Rockingham County recently indicted the individuals listed below.

Lee Stephen Cwalina, 37, of Ashworth Avenue in Hampton, on a felony count of habitual offender. He was accused of driving on Liberty Lane in Hampton on March 9 after being deemed a habitual offender by the NH DMV.

Katelyn Cynewski, 42, a homeless woman now located in Exeter, on three burglary felony counts. She was accused of burglarizing Ani’s Bagels on Hampton Road in Exeter and a Front Street in Exeter location twice on Feb. 18.

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Jeffrey David Descoteaux, 36, of Crescent Street in Pittsfield, on assault by prisoners-first-degree assault, assault by prisoners-second-degree assault, and two assault by prisoners charges, all felonies. He was accused of stabbing another prisoner in the back and choking them in the Rockingham County Jail on April 16 in Brentwood.

Kandyce Marie Doucette, 26, of Beede Hill Road in Fremont, on felony domestic violence-second-degree assault-strangulation and domestic violence-simple assault charges. She was accused of strangling and pushing an intimate partner, causing him to fall into a doorframe in Fremont on Feb. 9.

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Allen Wayne Downs Jr., 40, of Mast Road in Newmarket, on a felony count of theft by unauthorized taking. He was accused of stealing $7,086.55 from another person in Newmarket between Sept. 16 and Nov. 17, 2025.

Charles R. Fellows IV, 70, of Colorado Place in Derry, on a felony indecent exposure and lewdness charge. He was accused of exposing himself or performing acts of gross lewdness on Jan. 3 in Derry. Previously, according to the indictment, Fellows was convicted of indecent exposure in Fort Worth County Criminal Court in December 2003 and Derry District Court in February 2022.

Rafy Villa, 26, of Swan Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on reckless conduct and falsifying physical evidence charges, both felonies. He was accused of driving a motor vehicle at more than 100 mph, fleeing from state troopers, and swerving around other motorists on Jan. 24 in Salem. Villa also threw a baggie of pills out of the vehicle to impair an investigation, according to an indictment. Read more about this case here: Lawrence Man Arrested After High-Speed Chase Through Windham, Londonderry, And Then Salem, State Police Say

David John Walsh, 35, of Agawam Street in Lowell, MA, on felony tampering with witnesses and informants as well as criminal threatening and simple assault charges. He was accused of pushing a woman over a chair and threatening to burn down her house between May 9 and May 10, 2025, in Danville. Walsh also attempted to get the woman to falsely inform in order to get a criminal case in Massachusetts against him thrown out.

Jordan Trey Watson, 31, of Dix Street in Manchester, on felony tampering with witnesses and informants as well as criminal contempt of court and obstructing government administration charges. He was accused of refusing to comply with a DNA swab after a search warrant was requested by a Rockingham County deputy sheriff to impair an investigation on Jan. 29 in Brentwood.

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