Affidavit paints bloody scene at Eastside home invasion

rom left, Jacob Barrett-Carr, Cory-Lynn Luther, Rian Luther, Amber Glennon. (Rochester Police photos)

DOVER - The four suspects in two high-profile consecutive-night home invasion in Rochester in May could face more indictments this month when the second case is expected to be heard by a Strafford County grand jury.

Jacob Barrett-Carr, 23, of Somersworth; Rian Luther, 33, and Cory-Lyn Luther, 27, both of 34 Chestnut St., Rochester; and Amber Glennon, 22, of 61 Hanson St., Rochester, were all indicted in August in connection with a May 21 incident at the Sunset Motel on Milton Road.

During that home invasion allegedly carried out against a couple to steal drugs, Barrett-Carr is alleged to have put a gun to the groin area of the male victim while threatening both, while Rian Luther is alleged to have hit the male victim in the head. Cory-Lyn Luther and Glennon have charged as accomplices in the motel incident that occurred around 4:45 a.m.

The next morning, May 22, around 2:10 a.m. Rochester Police responded to 30 Front St. in East Rochester for another home invasion in which a male was allegedly attacked and beaten with a baseball bat while inside his home.

Upon police arriving on scene they were able to learn the victim had been home when two males entered his residence, one striking the victim in the head with a bat and the other pointing a handgun at him. The victim was able to escape from his residence and call 911 as the suspects fled. The victim was transported to Frisbie Memorial hospital for non-life threatening injuries by EMS.

As a result of the ongoing investigation detectives were able to connect both events and develop suspects leading to the arrest of all four, however no mention of the second home invasion was mentioned in the August indictments.

Last week, Assistant County Attorney Tim Sullivan said prosecutors asked and were granted an extension so more investigative work on the May 22 home invasion could be completed prior to presenting the case to a grand jury.

Court records obtained by The Lebanon Voice reveal a chaotic and bloody scene at the second alleged home invasion as five officers arrived at 30 Front St. around 2:10 a.m. to find the victim allegedly bludgeoned with a baseball bat, unconscious and bleeding profusely from his head.

A neighbor of the victim told police she first heard him outside screaming for someone to call police, and when she came out found him bleeding badly from his head, falling in and out of consciousness and rambling, the affidavit reads.

Police found blood splatters in the living room area of the victim's home as well as on the inside and outside of a front window. They also found a BB gun that appeared to have blood smudges on it and a baseball bat with blood on the handle and the hitting area.

Detectives, meanwhile, visited Frisbie Memorial Hospital where the victim was receiving stitches and staples in his head. According to the affidavit, the victim was alert at this time. He said he was at home and text messaged a friend of his, Glennon, and invited her to his residence, and that sometime later, she arrived with a friend of hers, Cori-Lyn Luther, whom the victim had met before.

The victim told police that the two women parked their vehicle down the street instead of in front of his house, which he thought was strange, according to the affidavit.

After hanging out a while, the victim said, "Amber and Cori-Lyn wanted to walk to the store. (The victim) said that Cori-Lyn and Amber wanted him to go with them. (The victim) told Amber that he would walk to the store with her if Cori-Lyn stayed at his home because his kids were upstairs sleeping. (The victim) explained that Cori-Lyn refused to stay at the house, then started questioning his manhood and making comments that a real man would walk them to the store," the affidavit continues.

At this point, the victim told detectives questioning him that the two women seemed eager to get him out of the house and he felt that something was not right, so he decided not to accompany them.

When he refused to go, the two women began texting on their phones and showing them to each other, the affidavit states, and after they left, he saw them drive past his house in their car several times.

After a bit, the victim told investigators he heard a noise in the other room, but knew his children were upstairs sleeping, so he grabbed a baseball bat and walked into his kitchen, where he was hit in the face, the affidavit states.

At this point, the victim said he saw two males, which he describes as one being a shorter white male and a black male a little shorter than (the victim). He said the black male had a metal baseball bat and the white male had a gun and that both were wearing masks.

According to the affidavit, he said the black male then began hitting him in the face and back of his head and the two began to struggle.

During the struggle, the victim was able to get the black male on the ground and began hitting him with his wooden baseball bat, while the white male recovered the metal baseball bat and began striking the victim.

The victim then said he managed to struggle free and escape through a living room window, but not before being hit about the head and back as he escaped and ran to his neighbor for help.

According to the affidavit, shortly after the interview police began the interview process with all four suspects, which concluded with their ultimately being arrested and charged in both incidents.

The indictment charges in the motel home invasion include Barrett-Carr: three counts of armed robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery; Rian Luther: three counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery; Cory-Lyn Luther and Glennon: a single count of conspiracy to commit robbery.

Barrett-Carr and Rian Luther could face more burglary charges as well as first-degree assault charges if indicted in the Front Street incident.

They are both on high bail at Strafford County Jail as is Glennon, while Cori-Lyn Luther remains free on an ankle bracelet and other bail provisions.

Cori-Lyn Luther and Glennon could face additional charges of conspiracy to commit robbery, with Cori-Lyn Luther also potentially being hit with a falsification of evidence charge, too.

The date of release of the September indictments is not known.