Londonderry Gas Station Robbery Suspect Also Faces Charges In Manchester Drugstore Robbery Case

MANCHESTER, NH — The suspect of a robbery at a gas station in Londonderry is accused of robbing a drugstore in the Queen City, about 22 hours after the first robbery.

Around 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, police in Manchester were sent to the Walgreens on South Main Street for a report of an armed robbery. Officers learned from employees a man entered the store, flashed a knife at a clerk, demanded money, and fled the scene on foot, Heather Hamel, the public information officer for the Manchester Police Department, said.

“Surveillance footage later showed the suspect in the area of Blaine and Cleveland Streets, where he had removed his shirt and changed his hat,” she said.

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While investigating their robbery, Queen City police were alerted to a robbery BOLO (be-on-the-lookout) call by Londonderry police concerning their investigation from Tuesday. The BOLO reported a vehicle possibly involved in the gas station robbery investigation, Hamel said. Manchester police spotted the vehicle on School Street, observed a traffic violation, and pulled the vehicle over, she said.

The driver, Seth Skillins, 44, of Manchester, “matched the description of the Walgreens robbery suspect,” Hamel said. After a short investigation, he was arrested and charged with armed robbery and driving after revocation or suspension.

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Londonderry police were notified of the arrest and filed charges in their case.

Skillins was arraigned in Manchester District Court on Thursday.

Skillin’s criminal history dates back more than two decades, according to superior court records.

In October and December 2002, he was involved in four different robberies in Manchester.

In March 2013, Skillin was accused of felon in possession of a dangerous weapon and criminal threatening in Derry as well as armed robbery, armed robbery-conspiracy, two unarmed robbery, robbery, and two robbery conspiracy charges in Manchester connected to two separate incidents. One robbery and one conspiracy charge were nolle prossed in October 2013. A jury trial was held in the second Manchester case in February 2014, and on the armed robbery charges, he was found not guilty. The jury found him guilty on the other two counts. In May 2014, he was sentenced to three and a half to seven year sentences, served consecutively, with 399 days of time served credit. He was required to pay $895 in restitution. Two years of the minimum sentence was suspended for 10 years. About a month later, Skillin pleaded guilty to felon in possession and criminal threatening, and received two three-and-a-half to seven-year sentences, with one of the sentences suspended for 10 years and two years probation.

Skillin was also charged with drug possession after an incident in Berlin in July 2015. In January 2017, he pleaded guilty to the charge and received a one-to-three-year sentence, with six months suspended and a $434 fine suspended for three years.

Skillin was awarded work release in January 2022.

Skillin was also arrested in Concord in August 2024 on theft by unauthorized taking-$1,501-plus and receiving stolen property-$1,501-plus charges, both felonies, as well as driving after revocation or suspension and conduct after an accident, accused of stealing an Aranco Oil company pickup truck stolen from the parking lot of the Red Arrow Diner.

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