MANCHESTER, NH – Police arrested Derek Gagne, 28, of Manchester, charged in a theft incident.
On May 29, 2017 at approximately 12:45 p.m. officers were in the area of Pine and Concord streets checking the area for a suspect related to a purse snatching that had just occurred on Elm Street by Concord Street. While in the area they observed a man running after another man, later identified as Gagne. Officers believed this was the suspect from the purse-snatching. Officers were able to stop both people running and speak with them.
Officers learned the that the men were involved in a separate theft that had just occurred in which the victim had not yet called the police.
The victim reported that Gagne took money from his vehicle after they had given him a ride. Gagne took off running and the victim chased him, and that’s when the police saw the two men running. Gagne was charged with felony level theft by unauthorized taking.
