Crime & Safety
Man Accused Of Kidnapping, After Holding Several Women Against Their Will In Manchester
Michael Walsh, 37, of Manchester, faces twenty-one criminal charges following the incident on Pine Street Sunday night.
MANCHESTER, NH — A Manchester man faces multiple charges after police say he held several people against their will in a Pine Street apartment.
Manchester Police responded to 545 Pine St. for a report that an individual was holding several people inside an apartment against their will on Sunday at about 11 p.m. Officers set up a perimeter around the building and observed a man through a window holding a knife and several women in the apartment.
After investigating, they found that Michael Walsh, 37, had assaulted the woman and made threats of violence against them.
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Police eventually took him into custody, and he is facing numerous charges, including two counts of first-degree assault, five counts of kidnapping, five counts of criminal threatening with a deadly weapon, felon in possession of a deadly weapon, falsifying physical evidence, six counts of simple assault, and resisting arrest.
Walsh was scheduled for arraignment today, where a judge held him on preventive detention.
