Manchester, NH was the scene of repeated trouble as local police responded twice to a Laurel St address in the early hours of July 3 and then again shortly after dawn, leading to the arrest of a 35-year-old man both times for unsettlingly linked reasons.
According to a social media post from Manchester NH Police, the chain of events began shortly before the stroke of midnight when they received a call to check for a disturbance, finding that Thomas Rogers had assaulted a woman he knew and charging him with Simple Assault-Domestic Violence, he was released around 3:30 am on personal recognizance bail, with strict instructions to steer clear of the victim's address as per the bail condition that he evidently failed to heed.
Rogers, seemingly disregarding the court's order, was found by police at the victim’s home again after they were summoned by a 911 hang up call at about 6:30 am, it couldn't be more plain that the bail conditions had been breached, resulting in a second arrest for Rogers on charges of Breach of Bail and Stalking-Notice of Order, making one question the wisdom or the efficacy of the rapid revolving door of justice that saw him back at the scene of the alleged crime in so brief a span.
Following this second incident, lacking the previous option of personal recognizance, Rogers was booked and taken to Valley St Jail, where he remains held, the matter is now in the hands of the legal system that moves, at times, with an inertia both glacial and unseen to the public eye, while the notifications of such events are casually scrolled past by a community that pauses but briefly on the teeming constellations of digital narratives that flicker at the edge of their attention.
