MANCHESTER, NH – Police have arrested five people, charged with criminal trespass, after they were spotted entering a closed business on Chestnut Street Monday night.
On Feb. 27, 2018 at approximately 7 p.m., officers responded to Pasha Pizza & Kebab, 363 Chestnut St., where a passer-by reported seeing several people entering the closed business through a window.
Arriving officers noted movement within the business and used the PA System to call them out. Mesfen Rowell, 29, Lisa Cotoni, 24, and Terry Henderson, 34, all listed as homeless, exited the store claiming they were just looking for a warm place to stay.
Officers learned that two more people were still inside of the store. Officer Chad Tennis and his police dog, Ace, made entry into the store where they located Kevin Norling, 52, and Scott Trudeau, 52, also identified as homeless, laying on the floor in the back room. They were taken into custody without incident.
Police contacted the business owner who confirmed that no one had permission to access the store.
All five were charged with criminal trespass. Norling and Trudeau were also charged with resisting arrest. Norling is currently out bail from the 9th Circuit District Manchester on previous undisclosed charges and was subsequently found to also be in violation of bail conditions and held without bail.
