Nashua Woman Charged With Kidnapping After Taking Girl To Game: Police

NASHUA, NH — A Nashua woman was arrested Friday after police said she took a 10-year-old girl whom she did not know to a high school football game. The suspect was later found walking with the victim, according to the Nashua Police Department.

Gabrielle Belanger, 22, of no fixed address, was taken into custody and charged with kidnapping, which is a Class B felony, police said. A Class B felony is punishable by up to 7 years in state prison, exclusive of fines.

Authorities said the suspect is being held at the Hillsborough County House of Corrections on preventative detention and is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday.

According to police reports, at approximately 8:23 p.m. on Friday, the NPD's Uniform Field Operations Bureau received a call from a woman who reported that her 10-year-old daughter was missing after not returning home from playing with friends.

At 9:10 p.m., the NPD received a call about a suspicious adult female and a juvenile walking in the area of Gendron Street in Nashua, police said.

The police said a resident walking in the area had notified the NPD after speaking with the suspect and becoming "concerned about the situation."

Detectives from the NPD's Special Investigations Division were assigned to the investigation, the department said.

Police said the detectives determined that Belanger was unknown to the juvenile and had taken the girl to the football game at Stellos Stadium, located at 7 Stadium Drive. During an unrelated disturbance at the game, the suspect had taken the juvenile away from the area.

Officers located the pair, and the NPD said the juvenile was returned to her home. The department said it does not believe the victim was physically harmed.

Belanger was taken into custody without incident, according to the NPD.