Nashua Man Linked to Hollis Home Invasion, Assault

Ronald Dunphy, 53, of Nashua, was arrested May 24 by Hollis Police in connection with a May 17 home invasion in which several people allegedly entered a victim's mobile home on Mooar Hill Road claiming to be police officers and then assaulted and stabbed the victim.

Police have charged Dunphy with second-degree assault, felony criminal threatening, criminal solicitation, and two counts of being a felon in possession of firearms.

Charges against Dunphy are related to an incident May 17 which precipitated a home invasion later that evening during which a 41 year-old man called 911 to report multiple people attempting to break into his mobile home on Mooar Hill Road in Hollis. 

In that incident, according to police, the victim stayed on the phone with Hollis Police dispatch and advised police that three people had entered his mobile home. The victim was allegedly attacked and was eventually able to escape to a neighbor's home where a second 911 call was made to police.

Responding police officers found the victim at a neighbor's home suffering from multiple stab wounds, lacerations and blunt trauma injuries. The victim was hospitalized for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. 

Arrested May 17 were:

Cynthia Nagele, 57, of Methuen St., Lowell, Mass., arrested at the scene and charged with first degree assault and burglary, both class A felonies, and simple assault, a class A misdemeanor.

Ralph Doucette, 53, address unknown, of Lowell, Mass., arrested while fleeing the scene, charged with burglary, a class A felony, simple assault, a class A misdemeanor, and false personation, a class B misdemeanor.

Paul Carbonneau, 43, of Aiken Avenue Lowell, Mass., arrested with Doucette and charged with burglary, a class A felony, simple assault, a class A misdemeanor and false personation, a class B misdemeanor.

It is alleged that Carbonneau and Doucette, identifying themselves as police officers,  both unlawfully entered the mobile home and participated in the assault on the victim. Nagele is alleged to have attacked the victim with multiple weapons including a hammer and knife.

All three were arraigned in the 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division on May 20. 

Dunphy was held on $25,000 cash bail, pending an arraignment on May 28 in the 9^th Circuit Court, Nashua District.