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Affidavits shed light on teen's arrest on stabbing, receiving stolen property charges

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Noah A. Dumont (Rochester Police photo)

ROCHESTER - A police affidavit in the violent stabbing of a man at a Bridge Street address earlier this month indicates the victim knew his assailant and had, in fact, met up with him to deal drugs before being knifed.

Noah A. Dumont, 18, of 59 Walnut St., Rochester, has been charged with first degree assault in the case, a Class A felony punishable by up to 15 years in state prison.

When officers first arrived at an apartment building at 17½ Bridge St. around 2:50 a.m. on March 7, they found a 24-year-old Rochester man suffering from multiple stab wounds "to his face, torso, leg and hands," the affidavit states.

Later at Frisbie Memorial Hospital, the victim told police that the suspect - later identified as Dumont - had called him to purchase heroin. He said that when they met up on Bridge Street, the suspect "pulled a knife and demanded that he empty his pockets."

The victim refused and tried to leave, which prompted the alleged stabbing spree, said police, who noted that the wounded man was ultimately treated and released with no serious injuries.

According to the affidavit, police found a cellphone at the scene that had the name of a woman who turned out to be Dumont's mother on its home screen. Later after conducting more interviews at the hospital where the victim was being treated, police learned that a man by the name of "Noah" had been identified as the assailant.

When officers later made contact with Dumont they noted he had "bruising and redness near his left eye and a small cut to his right palm."

Police say Dumont's side of the story was that the victim and two black males had jumped him, that one of the black males had had a knife and that he'd cut his palm trying to grab it. However, police noted Dumont had no explanation as to why the victim had suffered multiple stab wounds.

Dumont was arrested around 10:40 a.m. on March 9 after it was learned he had warrants for his arrest during a traffic stop on South Main St.

At that time he was also arrested on a separate charge of receiving stolen property in connection with the alleged theft of tools from an HVAC repairman working at Dumont's home on Nov. 1.

According to a separate affidavit, the HVAC repairman returned to his truck to find the tools missing after working in the home's basement.

When the investigating officer talked to Dumont, who was the only person home at the time, he said he knew nothing about the missing tools but that he'd seen a black truck pull up beside the HVAC tech's truck earlier in the day. At that time Dumont also denied he'd taken the tools, according to the affidavit.

Later in the day, the investigating officer got a call from Quick Cash pawn shop, who had been alerted by the HVAC repairman that the tools had been stolen and someone might be coming in and trying to fence them. The pawn shop employee said that two males were in their shop now and trying to sell the items described as those stolen from the truck.

Two officers responded immediately to the store and intercepted a vehicle with Dumont and three others in it as it was leaving the parking lot.

Two of the car's occupants, Dumont and Tyler Michael Day, 22, of 279 Locust Way, Apt., B, Dover, were identified as those inside Quick Cash trying to pawn the tools, which they'd left inside. Day was arrested on a theft from a motor vehicle charge, while Dumont was released to his parents as he was still a minor, at 17.

Dumont, however, was arrested on the receiving stolen property charges after he turned 18 on Dec. 3, which under state statute is allowed if the statute of limitations hasn't expired and no juvenile petition has been filed based upon acts committed before a minor's 18th birthday, the affidavit noted.

Because the tools were valued at more than $3,000, Dumont faces a Class A felony in that charge, too.

Dumont remains at Strafford County Jail on $20,000 cash bail.

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