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Published on April 23, 2024
3 Suspects in Kidnapping and Assault in Manchester, NH as Woman Escapes and Alerts PoliceSource: Manchester Police Department

Three individuals from Manchester, New Hampshire, have been arrested on kidnapping and assault charges after a woman was found screaming and injured on the streets early Sunday morning. According to WHDH, the woman had cuts and bruises on her face and informed officers that she had been assaulted, threatened, and held against her will in a nearby apartment. After calling for a SWAT team to assist, two of the suspects, Scott Frost, 23, and Ashley Zachary, 33, were arrested once they emerged from the home.

With the apartment cleared, police turned their attention to a third suspect who had left the scene before officers arrived. The Union Leader reports that the fugitive, David Hanson, 42, was located at a home on Manchester Street and subsequently taken into custody. The woman, who appeared to be injured, was eventually able to escape and alerted the authorities about her ordeal.

The charges announced include kidnapping and simple assault against Hanson. Meanwhile, Frost faces additional charges of kidnapping, criminal threatening, obstructing report of a crime, simple assault, and resisting arrest. Zachary is charged with kidnapping, simple assault, and also resisting arrest.