Man Faces Felony Burglary Charges

A local man, with a history of burglary convictions and arrests, is in trouble with the law again after an incident on Rollins Street.

Ronald Perron, 35, of Concord, was arrested at 1:47 a.m. on March 22, and charged with receiving stolen property and theft by deception, both felonies.

Back on March 11, officers were sent to an apartment on Rollins Street for a past tense burglary. 

According to the residents, when they came home around 5:30 p.m., they discovered their apartment door unlocked, a back door wide open, and several items missing, including a Nintendo Wii system, three controllers, and about six games.

“(A man) stated that the point of entry appeared to be a window in which a screen was in the up position,” a detective noted.

Two days later, one of the officers reviewed the department pawn database to see if there were any transactions involving the stolen items. The database revealed a transaction to Jeremy Grandmaison, 30, for eight Wii games that “were the exact titles reported missing” by the tenant. He reportedly received $24.62 for the games.

The officer met with the tenant at the Game Stop on Fort Eddy Road and he identified the games as his.

The next day, the officer checked the database again and found it updated with a $60.80 transaction at Game Stop to Perron for a Wii system, three controllers, and three games. The tenant didn’t have a serial number for the game system but the officer surmised, “It seemed very likely that the items sold by Perron were the ones stolen from the victim’s apartment.”

A check with the landlord of the building revealed that Perron previously lived above the apartment that was broken into. The landlord alleged that Perron still had a key to the door lock of the apartment building, “adding additional weight to his involvement.”

On March 20, Grandmaison was arrested on warrants and the next day, detectives interviewed him about the case. He reportedly stated that on the morning in question, he met with Perron outside of the Hess gas station on North Main Street and allegedly watched Perron jump over a fence into the backyard of a property on Rollins Street next to the apartment building. Grandmaison stated he didn’t see where Perron went but knew he used to live on Rollins Street. Later, Perron allegedly returned to the gas station carrying a pink and purple duffel bag and a black backpack, neither of which he had before he jumped the fence, according to Grandmaison.

Grandmaison said the next day, Perron showed him the contents of the bag and allegedly admitted to stealing the items from the apartment. He then went to the Game Stop, traded in the items, and allegedly gave Perron the $24, "who let him keep only $5," according to the court affidavit. 

“Grandmaison further stated that he knew that Perron went to the same Game Stop the following day to sell the console, the controllers, and the leftover games,” the detective wrote. “Grandmaison’s statement is completely credible and aligns with all of the facts of the case.”

A warrant was taken out for Perron’s arrest on March 21, and the charges were elevated to felonies, due to prior convictions in May 2000 in Claremont District Court.

Perron was arrested the next day at the Vegas Block Apartments on North Main Street and was placed on a 72-hour hold by his probation officer. He refused bail and was arraigned on March 24.

Another detective made notification on March 24, to DCYF about Perron’s three children since he, and the mother of his latest child, allegedly were an admitted heroin users, according to the arrest report. 

Perron, according to a Patch police report, was also arrested in January on a felony burglary charge connected to an incident at the Mirror Mirror Hair Salon on Manchester Street.