Dec. 23
Finger Bite
At about 3 a.m., Officers Joshua Levasseur and Brian Cregg were sent to the 7/11 on Loudon Road for a report of a domestic that had occurred in a nearby apartment.
According to Levasseur's report, when the officers arrived they met with a man, who said that he works third shift at Planet Fitness and had been fighting with his wife all day.
During his shift, he said, he decided to drive home to pick up some stuff so he didn't have to come back in the morning, Levasseur wrote. He had to park in the 7/11 parking lot because his apartment complex hadn't been plowed, he said, and went inside and grabbed some items and brought them back to his vehicle, Levasseur wrote. He then realized he couldn't find his car keys, so he went back to the apartment, where his wife, Melissa Cleasby, 24, began to follow him around the apartment, harassing him, Levasseur wrote.
He told Levasseur that when he went into a room and turned on the light, Melissa would follow and shut the light off, according to the report.
He said Melissa was also slapping him in the back of the head, then pushed him and grabbed his ear and stuck her finger into his mouth to “fish hook” his cheek, and at that point he bit her finger, Levasseur wrote.
He then left and called the police, he said, according to the report.
At that point, Levasseur wrote, Officer Cregg stayed with him, while officers Matthew Lankhorst and Levasseur went to talk to Melissa.
She was in the process of moving her stuff out of the apartment when the officers arrived, Levasseur wrote, and loading it into her father's truck. The officers said they wanted to talk to her, Levasseur wrote, and she brought them to the apartment; there, she broke down crying and said she'd had enough and that her husband was abusive and called her nasty names. She said they'd been fighting all day and she'd thought he was in Keene, when all of a sudden he showed up and began grabbing his things, Levasseur wrote. She said she asked him what he was doing but he didn't answer, and she had a cigarette; when she finished, she began watching him to make sure he didn't break her things, Levasseur wrote. He then left, she said, but after a short time came back and began looking for something. She said they both began looking for the keys and couldn't find them, Levasseur wrote, and that she continued to tell him to leave and said she was angry and crying and pushed him.
She said he then called his father and began making arrangements with AAA, but she could hear him talking about her, too, and the two exchanged words as he was looking through the desk, Levasseur wrote. She said she walked over to the desk and got her camera, thinking he was going to break it, and he started throwing papers at her, Levasseur wrote. She said she “whacked” him in the head every time he threw papers at her, then called her father to pick her up; he continued to call her names and make fun of her while she was on the phone, Levasseur wrote. She said she pushed him again, and while she was pushing him, her hand was in his face and her finger went into his mouth near his cheek and he bit it and left, Levasseur wrote. Melissa said the bite didn't break the skin, and she didn't need medical attention, Levasseur wrote.
Melissa was placed into custody for domestic physical simple assault, and she was taken to the police station and processed. Her bail was set at $2,000 personal recognizance, and she is due in court Jan. 21.
Dec. 28
Loud Singing
At 1:20 a.m., Officers Ryan St. Cyr and Ryan Howe were sent to Bicentennial Square for a noise complaint of a woman singing loudly.
According to St. Cyr's report, when they arrived they talked to Bree Ann Rau Johnson, 26, of Concord. The officers said they were there for a noise complaint, and Johnson said she had been the woman singing loudly, and that she was just at Penuche's and a good band had been playing that night, St. Cyr wrote.
While talking to Johnson, St. Cyr wrote, he could smell alcohol on her breath, and she said she'd been drinking at Penuche's. Howe asked Johnson if she would mind if he patted her down, St. Cyr wrote, and she started to struggle and resist Howe. She was told to place her hands behind her back so the officers could place her into protective custody, St. Cyr wrote. She continued to resist, St. Cyr wrote, and said that no male police officer could touch her and only a female officer could pat her down. St. Cyr then placed handcuffs on her and took her to the police station.
There, St. Cyr wrote, “Ms. Johnson was over polite and I was able to notice sarcasm in her voice. She said that she hoped no one was out getting raped or killed while we were booking her. She went from singing a song to crying in the corner. She was over polite but then quickly became sad.”
Howe and St. Cyr wanted to ask Johnson about a debit card they found in her purse with someone else's name on it, St. Cyr wrote.
“I read Ms. Johnson her Miranda Rights, but she chose to invoke them. FTO Howe informed Ms. Johnson that she could be charged with receiving stolen property. She then stated, without us asking her any questions, that she had found the debit card and had seen the gentleman at a bar before. She said that she could recognize him around town, given the opportunity, and that she was planning on tracking him down to return it.
Johnson was charged with resisting arrest or detention and with possession of controlled/narcotic drugs. She was released on $2,000 personal recognizance bail, and she is due in court Jan. 29.
Jan. 1
Ride home
Officer Brian Longabardi was driving north near the intersection of Main and Warren streets when he saw a man staggering east across Main Street, he wrote.
The man looked drunk and was heading from the area of Margaritas, he wrote, and had snow all over his black jacket and his jeans were wet.
“I saw the male and had to stop in the roadway in order to avoid hitting him,” Longabardi wrote. “The male started to stare at my vehicle, approached the passenger side, and opened the passenger side door trying to get into my vehicle. He stuck one foot in and attempted to sit in my passenger seat. Due to items falling out he started to pick them up, put them on the floor and continued to sit down.”
Longabardi told the man to stop and get out of his vehicle, he wrote, and had to put the cruiser in park and continue to tell him to get out because he kept trying to sit down.
“He said, 'Take me home,' ” Longabardi wrote. “He kept asking, 'Why do I have to get out?' and 'I just want a ride home.' ” Longabardi escorted the man back to the side of the road in order to keep him out of the way of other vehicles, he wrote. “As I was escorting him he said, 'Aren't you the taxi? Can I get a ride home?' ” Longabardi told the man he was a Concord Police officer, he wrote. The man, who was identified as Matthew T. Caldwell, 28, of Concord, smelled strongly of alcohol and had bloodshot, glassy eyes, Longabardi wrote. He said he didn't know what he was doing, Longabardi wrote.
Longabardi placed Caldwell into custody and took him to the police station, he wrote.
“While in booking, Caldwell kept saying, 'Now I'm going to be deported to Canada because of this felony. Two strikes and I'm out.' ” Longabardi tried to explain the charge (disorderly conduct) multiple times, he wrote, and Caldwell couldn't understand.
“He would become very loud and start to curse. . . . He kept asking for his 'Mommy.' ” Caldwell said how embarrassed he was because he was 28 and his mother had to come pick him up, Longabardi wrote, and continued to swear; he was asked numerous times to stop.
“After calming down for a little while,” Longabardi wrote, “he asked to speak with his mom because she was in the lobby. I told him that she wasn't and that she was on her way. He ignored me and said, 'Send my mommy down she'll sign me out.' ” While the officer were explaining bail, Longabardi wrote, Caldwell continued to curse at the officers. Bail was set at $500 personal recognizance when sober, and he was taken to the county jail, where he was to be arraigned that morning.
While at the jail, Longabardi wrote, he continued to curse at the officer.
