Police Log

June 2
The thirsty man

Officer Matthew Nelson was dispatched to an Elm Street residence in Penacook to investigate the report of a man who attempted to get into her house.

According to Nelson's report, a woman at the residence called the police when a stranger came up to her sliding door and attempted to get in. “Dispatch informed me that when the suspect was discovered by the homeowner, he asked her for a glass of water,” Nelson wrote. “When she told him he could not have any, he then left.”

Nelson was informed by dispatch that the victim's house was at the end of a long driveway and was not visible from the road. Nelson was also told that the suspect was a white male in his 40s wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt with blond hair, and that he left the residence on a bicycle.

At this point, Nelson and Boscawen Police Chief Sean Sweeney responded to the area and searched for the man. Nelson wrote that they could not find anyone who fit that description.

According to Nelson, Sweeney then spoke to two people at a Horsehill Road residence who said that they saw someone matching that description heading north on Horsehill Road. The officers drove that way and still could not find anyone.

“Then as I was in the area of the Riverhill Market, dispatch informed that a resident on Horsehill Road had just called and said that the subject was now heading south of Horsehill Road,” Nelson wrote. “I encountered a subject matching the description on a bike in the area of Runnells Road and Horsehill Road. I recognized the subject as one of the registered sex offenders who lives in the area I patrol. I also know that he has a history of daytime burglaries.”

The officers approached the man and asked for his ID. At this point, the man was identified as Michael Wing, 47, of Concord.

Wing told the officers that he was trying to get to his finacee's house on Fowler Street, Nelson wrote. When Nelson pointed out that he was not near that area, Wing said that he was lost.

Nelson wrote that he then asked him if he went to the woman's house on Elm Street and asked her for a glass of water. Wing admitted to doing this, but only because he was thirsty.

At this time, Nelson asked Wing if he had anything in his pockets. Wing removed keys, a knife, a dollar bill and some change.

“Wing, who lives on Bog Road, told me that he was lost because he had never been down this end of Bog Road before,” Nelson wrote. “I know this to be untrue because I have personally seen him walking down that end heading toward the Riverhill Market.” Nelson continued, “I also asked him if he was attempting to get to Fowler Street when he left Elm, why he was heading away from Fowler. He told me that he just took a wrong turn when he left Elm. Wing has lived in this area for the past eight months.”

According to the report, Nelson asked Wing why he didn't stop at the Riverhill Market to buy a drink, especially since he had enough money in his pocket to do so. Wing did not have an answer. Next, Nelson asked Wing why he didn't pick a house that was closer to the road and visible to passerbys to ask for a drink. Wing still couldn't give Nelson an answer.

“At that time, because Wing did not dispel any of my suspicions with his answers, I placed him under arrest for prowling and transported him to the station,” Nelson wrote.

At this point, Nelson received a call from Officer Michael Kulak who had just spoken to the woman on Elm Street. Kulak described the driveway to the residence as long and winding and said that one would not be able to see the house from the road. The woman told Kulak that she was home alone when she saw Wing standing on her front deck trying to pull open the locked slider. The woman told Kulak that when she came to the window and asked Wing what he was doing, he told her that he was thirsty and asked for a glass of water. She then told him to leave, which she watched him do.

According to Nelson, while at the station, Wing again said he was not breaking into the house and that he was just thirsty. At this point, Wing asked Nelson to explain why he was getting arrested, which Nelson did. Wing agreed it looked suspicious that he chose a house that was not near the road to ask for water, but once again, explained to Nelson that he was not trying to break in.

Nelson reviewed Wing's criminal history, which revealed he had been arrested and convicted several times for sexual assault of children and for daytime burglaries.

A personal recognizance bail was set for $500. Wing is due in court on July 7 for prowling.

Author: The Concord Insider

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