Political Activist Accused Of Trying To Burglarize Northfield Police Station, Commit Suicide By Cop: Report

CONCORD, NH — A political activist from Northfield, arrested for protesting outside of Gov. Chris Sununu’s home in 2021 during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, was arrested in Concord on New Year’s Eve, after being accused of threatening a woman and child with a rifle and attempting to burglarize the Northfield police station.

Around 10:15 p.m. on Dec. 30, 2025, police in Northfield were sent to Sargent Street for a welfare check, after a woman reported being concerned for the safety of a woman and child living in a home “due to the behavior of Skylar Bennett,” according to an affidavit. When a sergeant arrived, they found “numerous items strewn around the driveway.” A woman answered the door, “appeared frightened,” and “desperately told me I needed to leave,” the sergeant wrote in an arrest warrant. The sergeant said the woman did not appear injured and they did not see anything amiss inside the home or threatening her.

Dispatch requested the sergeant to call in, and they did, and later, spoke to the woman inside the home by phone. During that conversation, “she was much calmer,” and told the sergeant the pair had a verbal argument, and she was kicking him out of the home. The woman reported no injuries and no crime, the sergeant wrote, but did accuse Bennett of “loading and unloading a firearm, but said it was not pointed at anyone,” and that he had expressed “a desire to commit suicide by cop and he would make us shoot him if we responded,” according to the affidavit.

Skylar Bennett was arrested in September 2024 in Concord during an incident captured on camera by Patch. The initial call involved a couple reportedly arguing outside a business on North Main Street. A firearm was also reportedly confiscated during the incident.

The woman was attempting to leave the home and did not want police assistance, the report said.

The sergeant spoke with the initial caller, who accused Bennett, 43, of “posting concerning things on social media,” prompting her to reach out to police. The woman accused Bennett of threatening to kill himself and the woman inside the home. She said he had been loading and unloading a firearm, had come home intoxicated from a bar, but had not pointed the gun at anyone, according to the affidavit. The caller also said Bennett wanted to commit suicide by cop, the report said.

The sergeant returned to Northfield police headquarters and discovered an “attempted forced entry to the patrol door.” They checked security footage and saw a man who matched Bennett’s NH DMV photo and descriptors, walking from Sargent Street to the police station, the affidavit said.

“He attempted forced entry to the door,” the sergeant wrote. “He then departed toward Sargent Street.”

Later, the woman showed up at police headquarters but was reluctant to speak with the sergeant. She wanted the sergeant to know Bennett was now alone in the house and was in a bad mental state, the report said, and she wanted police to be aware.

The sergeant asked the woman if she had any information about his accusation that Bennett had attempted to break into the police station. She said after Bennett left the home earlier, he returned and admitted to her that he had tried to kick in the door of the police station, the report stated. She accused him of saying the police would not be coming for him.

“He said that police would respond and he would be killed,” the sergeant wrote. “She said he had been armed with a firearm tonight (and) she was confident he was armed at the time of the incident at the police station.”

The woman said she thought the gun was a .45 caliber and Bennett had numerous firearms and had been loading a rifle earlier.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Northfield and Concord police departments and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the process for requesting the removal of a name from New Hampshire Patch police reports.

BOLO (be-on-the-lookout) alerts were sent around the state requesting information on Bennett and his vehicle. On Dec. 31, a Concord Police Department watch commander gave officers in the field updates about Bennett, and several state police troopers and Concord officers were seen patrolling the Statehouse grounds for Bennett on New Year’s Eve.

Just before 9:45 p.m., an officer reported seeing Bennett’s vehicle at the Speedway on North Main Street, and other officers were sent to the business. With guns drawn, according to scanner chatter, Bennett was taken into custody without incident.

During a follow-up interview with a detective, the woman from inside the home accused Bennett of pointing the firearm at her and a child while talking about suicide. She also accused him of grabbing her by the neck. She said, in self-defense, she kicked him back and exited the home, preparing to leave.

The woman also reported removing a rifle from the home. While doing that, a second confrontation occurred with Bennett attempting to take the rifle back from her, a report said. He was accused of choking her again and pushing her to the ground. The woman showed the detective injuries she sustained during the incident and described the process by which he choked her, the affidavit said.

In Franklin District Court on Monday, Bennett was charged with eight felonies: felonious use of a firearm, reckless conduct-deadly weapon, reckless conduct-deadly weapon-deadly weapon, three domestic violence-criminal threat against person-deadly weapon, and two reckless conduct-domestic violence-deadly weapon charges. He was also charged with six misdemeanors: domestic violence-false imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child, and four domestic violence-simple assault charges. Bennett offered no pleas on the felony charges and pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charges. He was held without bail.

During the hearing, a reckless conduct charge and a criminal threatening charge were nolle prossed.

A probable cause hearing is booked for Friday.

Bennett is no stranger to police or the press, having been arrested several times, most recently, during anti-coronavirus pandemic incidents, including at the home of Gov. Chris Sununu in 2021. He was also arrested in Manchester, accused of posting anti-mask stickers in the city’s downtown in 2021 and driving under the influence-second offense in Bow in 2021.

During the past few years, Bennett has been arrested several times in Concord and charged with felony motor vehicle; penalties, habitual offender, possession of cocaine, motor vehicle not equipped with an interlock device, transport of drugs in a motor vehicle, resisting arrest or detention, acts prohibited, simple assault, and driving after revocation or suspension and subsequent charges.

According to Merrimack County Superior Court records, Bennett pleaded guilty to two habitual offender counts and a controlled drug: controlled premises where drugs were kept charges, all misdemeanors, in June 2025, following incidents in Concord. The cocaine possession felony charge was changed to the premises misdemeanor. He received three 12-month sentences, served consecutively, suspended for three years. Other charges including revocation, interlock device, driving violations, and

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