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twoplustwo · 06-17-2010, 04:55 AM

Homicide probe leads to arrest
Meredith:

By BEA LEWIS
bwheel@metrocast.net

Thursday, June 17, 2010
Authorities Wednesday released some details of their investigation into a homicide, disclosing the incident was triggered by two people breaking into an apartment with the intent of committing a robbery.

According to police, a masked man carrying a baseball bat broke into the apartment at 16 Lake St. on June 6. The intruder awakened one of the occupants, David Rivera, 18, formerly of Massachusetts. As Rivera began to struggle with a man police later identified as Robert A. Hart Jr., 46, of Laconia, a second masked man, identified as Michael Carpenter-Noucas, 26, also formerly of Laconia, appeared in the bedroom., according to authorities.

Carpenter-Noucas, identified in a media release from the state Attorney General's office as simply Michael Noucas, joined the struggle between Hart and Rivera. Rivera ultimately managed to get the knife away from Carpenter-Noucas and turned it on the two alleged intruders, police said.

Hart was stabbed repeatedly and collapsed in the second floor bedroom where he was later found dead. Carpenter-Noucas, who was also stabbed in the struggle, fled the building and went outside where he was taken in a friend's car to the lobby of the Meredith Police Department. Rivera ran from the apartment as well and went to a nearby pay phone and called 9-1-1 for help.

Carpenter-Noucas was initially treated at Lakes Region General Hospital before being airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon for treatment. Rivera suffered non-life threatening injuries and was treated at the emergency room and released following the incident.

Meredith police said Wednesday they arrested Carpenter-Noucas and charged him with burglary with intent to commit robbery. He was held overnight at the Belknap County Jail on $100,000 cash bail pending an arraignment set for this morning in Laconia District Court.

Police say the incident remains under investigation and further arrests are expected. Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact Meredith police at 603-279-4561.

Both of the alleged home invaders have a criminal history.

According to records in Laconia District Court, Michael R. Noucas, 26, formerly of 429 Mile Hill Road, Laconia was charged in 2002 with misdemeanor simple assault criminal threatening. Prosecutors chose not to proceed with the assault charge, but Noucas pleaded guilty to the threatening charge and was given a six-month suspended sentence and fined $550, with $250 suspended.

Records in Belknap County Superior Court shows that Hart, who was then living at 8 School St. in Alton, was indicted for robbing the Lake Side Deli on Route 3 in Tilton on Oct. 20, 1999, and threatening the clerk. Hart was convicted and sentenced to six to 12 years in prison, but the sentence was ordered deferred for one year.

When Hart violated the terms of his probation he was ordered imprisoned for six to 12 years and served eight years in a Florida penitentiary before being paroled in 2008.

While in prison Hart filed several petitions seeking to reduce his sentence. Judge Harold Perkins cited Hart's poor disciplinary record while incarcerated, included testing positive for opiates on several occasions, as one of the reasons for denying Hart's request on July 25, 2001.

Hart later filed a writ of Habeas Corpus with the New Hampshire Supreme Court seeking his release. The writ was dismissed without prejudice to the petitioner's ability to seek relief in the Superior Court on Nov. 29, 2001.

On May 13, 2008, Judge Larry Smukler denied Hart's request for a motion to suspended sentence. Hart was released the following month.

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twoplustwo Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 456 Thanks: 51 Thanked 39 Times in 21 Posts	arrest made Homicide probe leads to arrest Meredith: By BEA LEWIS bwheel@metrocast.net Thursday, June 17, 2010 Authorities Wednesday released some details of their investigation into a homicide, disclosing the incident was triggered by two people breaking into an apartment with the intent of committing a robbery. According to police, a masked man carrying a baseball bat broke into the apartment at 16 Lake St. on June 6. The intruder awakened one of the occupants, David Rivera, 18, formerly of Massachusetts. As Rivera began to struggle with a man police later identified as Robert A. Hart Jr., 46, of Laconia, a second masked man, identified as Michael Carpenter-Noucas, 26, also formerly of Laconia, appeared in the bedroom., according to authorities. Carpenter-Noucas, identified in a media release from the state Attorney General's office as simply Michael Noucas, joined the struggle between Hart and Rivera. Rivera ultimately managed to get the knife away from Carpenter-Noucas and turned it on the two alleged intruders, police said. Hart was stabbed repeatedly and collapsed in the second floor bedroom where he was later found dead. Carpenter-Noucas, who was also stabbed in the struggle, fled the building and went outside where he was taken in a friend's car to the lobby of the Meredith Police Department. Rivera ran from the apartment as well and went to a nearby pay phone and called 9-1-1 for help. Carpenter-Noucas was initially treated at Lakes Region General Hospital before being airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon for treatment. Rivera suffered non-life threatening injuries and was treated at the emergency room and released following the incident. Meredith police said Wednesday they arrested Carpenter-Noucas and charged him with burglary with intent to commit robbery. He was held overnight at the Belknap County Jail on $100,000 cash bail pending an arraignment set for this morning in Laconia District Court. Police say the incident remains under investigation and further arrests are expected. Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact Meredith police at 603-279-4561. Both of the alleged home invaders have a criminal history. According to records in Laconia District Court, Michael R. Noucas, 26, formerly of 429 Mile Hill Road, Laconia was charged in 2002 with misdemeanor simple assault criminal threatening. Prosecutors chose not to proceed with the assault charge, but Noucas pleaded guilty to the threatening charge and was given a six-month suspended sentence and fined $550, with $250 suspended. Records in Belknap County Superior Court shows that Hart, who was then living at 8 School St. in Alton, was indicted for robbing the Lake Side Deli on Route 3 in Tilton on Oct. 20, 1999, and threatening the clerk. Hart was convicted and sentenced to six to 12 years in prison, but the sentence was ordered deferred for one year. When Hart violated the terms of his probation he was ordered imprisoned for six to 12 years and served eight years in a Florida penitentiary before being paroled in 2008. While in prison Hart filed several petitions seeking to reduce his sentence. Judge Harold Perkins cited Hart's poor disciplinary record while incarcerated, included testing positive for opiates on several occasions, as one of the reasons for denying Hart's request on July 25, 2001. Hart later filed a writ of Habeas Corpus with the New Hampshire Supreme Court seeking his release. The writ was dismissed without prejudice to the petitioner's ability to seek relief in the Superior Court on Nov. 29, 2001. On May 13, 2008, Judge Larry Smukler denied Hart's request for a motion to suspended sentence. Hart was released the following month.