Heroin arrest in Belmont quickly follows release for meth possession in Manchester

BELMONT – A local man who police charged with possession of heroin last Tuesday at 9:15 p.m., five hours after he had just been released on personal recognizance bail after being arrested for methamphetamine possession in Manchester earlier.

Aaron Rae, 24, of 26 Lincoln Street in Laconia is also charged with one count of resisting arrest, one count of falsifying evidence and one count of breach of bail.

According to affidavits obtained from the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division Rae was a passenger in car on January 27 that police noticed had stopped at the Irving Station/Circle K on Route 106. The officer said it was unusual because the car stopped at the store but no one got out of it.

Police said the officer smelled marijuana and saw a pill bottle in the door without the white prescription label on it when he approached the car. He told the three occupants to put their hands where he could see them, Rae looked like he was trying to hide something between the seat and the console. He repeatedly disobeyed the officers request that he keep his hands on the dashboard.

Once the driver was out of the car, police said Rae was told to get out of the car. When he did, the officer saw a plastic baggie sticking out from where the console meets the seat.

When he asked Rae what was in the baggie, Rae allegedly said he didn't know. The officer said he tried to move Rae to the outside quarter panel, Rae kept trying to get back near the seat. He described Rae as "tense."

As the officer went to put Rae's hands behind his back, he allegedly started to resist, getting one hand away. When his other hand came free, affidavits said Rae nearly stuck the officer in the face.

While the two were struggling, Rae broke free and began to run. The officer called for assistance and chased Rae, who allegedly ran down the drive way of a neighboring house.

Eventually Rae crossed Route 140 into the Broken Yolk restaurant parking lot and ran behind the dumpsters with the officer in pursuit. Rae fell and the officer was able to get him in handcuffs.

Police got permission from the car's owner to search it and found a black bag inside the passenger door which was the area that Rae had tried to keep the police from looking.

In the black bag they found a smaller bag with four packages of heroin. Police also found four hypodermic needles in the door along with the paperwork from the Manchester Police detailing Rae's arrest and release earlier in the day for possession of methamphetamine.

Police also found a machete in the car.

The driver of the car, who is from New Hampton, was charged with possession of drugs and released on personal recognizance bail.

Rae is in the Belknap County House of Corrections being held on $2,500 cash-only bail.