Belknap County Indictments - Jan. 12, 2017

LACONIA — A Belknap County grand jury returned 48 indictments and two misdemeanor charges against 34 defendants when it met on Jan. 12. An indictment is not a finding of guilt but rather an indication that an independent jury has voted, after hearing from police, that sufficient evidence exists to warrant a Superior Court trial.

• Brian Watson, 52, formerly of 202 Hodgdon Road, Northfield, was indicted for possession of the narcotic fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a school zone with intent to distribute on May 8, 2015, in Tilton. On Jan. 18, Watson was convicted of sale of heroin, death resulting and awaits sentencing.

• Bob A. Ely, 60, 83 Blake Road, New Hampton, was indicted for aggravated felonious sexual assault charging that he engaged in a pattern of sexual assault against a girl under age 16 over a period of time of two months and within five years between Feb. 2, 2004, and Feb. 1, 2009, in New Hampton.

• Scott Angers, 21, 180 Union Ave., #3, Laconia, was indicted for receiving stolen property a black trailer, property of New Hampshire Electric Motor, worth more than $1,500 on Nov. 24, 2016, in Laconia.

• James Lemmond, 32, 7 Holt St., Concord, was indicted for armed robbery for committing a theft while putting a woman in fear in that Lemmond "reasonably appeared" to be armed with a deadly weapon on Oct. 23, 2016, in Laconia. Lemmond was also indicted for criminal threatening, alleging that he pointed the gun at the woman and threatened to shoot her.

The grand jury also returned an indictment charging Lemmon with robbery for using physical force against the same victim by pulling her hair.

A fourth indictment charges Lemmond with kidnapping for forcing the woman into his sports utility vehicle and pointing the gun at her while he was driving.

• William R. Kimball, 28, 55 Gilford Ave., Laconia, was indicted for forgery for publishing or using a $20 bill with the words "For Motion Picture Use Only" written in the upper right hand corner of the bill, on Aug. 20, 2016, in Laconia.

• Nicholas Perriera, 29, 22 Chestnut Avenue, Gilmanton, was indicted for sale of methamphetamine on June 2, 2016, in Laconia. He was also indicted for being an accomplice to sale of meth in Laconia on June 6, 2016, in Laconia by taking the drug from Tirar Tortorello and handing it to a confidential informant.

• Tirar Tortorello, 47, transient, was indicted on two counts of sale of methamphetamine on June 3, 2016, and June 6, 2016, in Laconia.

• Tyler W. Cady, 26, transient, was indicted for domestic violence criminal threatening for pointing a gun at an intimate partner and threatening to shoot them on Nov. 5, 2016 in Laconia. He was also indicted on two counts of duty to inform for failing to notify Laconia police within five days of his change of address as a Tier II registered sex offender, and of his change in employment.

• Christina Conley, 37, 65 Perkins Road, Gilmanton Iron Works, was indicted for possession of the controlled drugs buprenorphine and oxycodone in Gilmanton on Dec. 24, 2015 in Gilmanton.

• Arika Hanson, 27, 103 Blueberry Lane, #57, Laconia, was indicted for being an accomplice to sale of methamphetamine in Belknap County on June 6, 2016.

• Robert W. St. John Jr., 30, 770 Laconia Road, #1, Belmont, was indicted on five counts of sale of the controlled drug buprenorphine on May 25, 2016, June 2, 2016, June 6, 2016, June 16, 2016, and June 27, 2016, in Laconia.

• Rianna Martin, 30, 24 Winter St., Laconia, was indicted on separate counts of possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl in Tilton on Nov. 21, 2016.

• Micah D. Niles, 40, 22 Strafford St., Laconia, was indicted for forging a check for $683 on another person's bank account on Sept. 22, 2015, in Laconia.

• Dennis Vaughan, 60, 88 Fair St., Laconia, was indicted on two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a deadly weapon, "nunchucks," a Japanese martial arts weapon consisting of two hardwood sticks joined together by chain, on Nov. 6, 2015, in Laconia.

• Caitlin Gallagher, 25, 71 Annie Drive, #20, Gilford, was indicted for reckless conduct for driving her vehicle at a high rate of speed on Endicott Street and colliding into the side of another vehicle on June 27, 2016, in Laconia.

• Roy Leach, 54, 9 Huntington Place, Hampton, was indicted on three counts of possession of one of more tablets containing the controlled drug tramadol, possession of alprazolal and the drug MDMA, on Nov. 14, 2016, in New Hampton. The grand jury also returned misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession and circumvention of an alcohol ignition interlock device against Leach.

• Bryce Eason Fall, 21, 390 Jamestown Road, Belmont, was indicted for theft of more than $1,500 belong to the Pac Sun Outlet Store at Tanger Outlets in Tilton, between July 14, 2016, and Sept. 25, 2016. The California-based retail chain filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in April.

• Michael Regan, 33, 46 Arch St., #1, Laconia, was indicted for delivery of articles prohibited for bringing the drug buprenorphine into the county jail on Aug. 16, 2016.

• Tasha Sargent, 34, 275 Victory Drive, Franklin, was indicted for sale of heroin to a cooperating individual working with the Drug Task Force on Sept. 28, 2016, in Tilton.

• Mark B. Billings Jr., 35, 102 Veasey Shore Road, Meredith, was indicted for reckless conduct with a deadly weapon for driving a vehicle while intoxicated and striking a building on Nov. 8, 2016, in Gilford.

• Anthony Conley, 40, 65 Perkins Road, Gilmanton Iron Works, was indicted on two counts of possession of the controlled drugs oxycodone and buprenorphine, on Dec. 24, 2015, in Gilmanton.

• David Pryzby, 48, 24 Farmer Drive, Gilford, was indicted for domestic violence second-degree assault charging that he placed his hands around a woman's neck and or throat, pinning her to the bed, causing her to experience impeded breathing on Nov. 11, 2016, in Gilford.

• Richard P. Dooley, 55, 10 Morrison Avenue, Tilton, was indicted for possessing the narcotic fentanyl on Aug. 23, 201,6 in Tilton.

• Patrick Dooley, 31, 10 Morrison Avenue, Tilton, was indicted for possessing methamphetamine on Aug. 23, 2016 in Tilton.

• Anthony Conley, 40, 65 Perkins Road, Gilmanton Iron Works, was indicted for possession of the narcotic fentanyl on Nov. 12, 2016, in Belmont.

• Paul W. Hewitt, 54, 32 Appleton St., Laconia, was indicted for driving on Union Avenue in Laconia on Halloween after being declared a habitual offender by the Director of Motor Vehicles.

• Roger Carter, 46, 197 Main St., #3, Tilton, was indicted for driving in the Circle K parking lot in Laconia, on Sept. 24, 2016, after being declared a habitual offender by the Director of Motor Vehicles.

• Megan O'Connell, 38, New Hampshire State Prison for Women, Goffstown, was indicted for driving on Carver Street, Laconia, on July 1, 2016, after being declared a habitual offender by the Director of Motor Vehicles.