Crime & Safety
Prostitution Investigation Leads to Arrest of Tyngsborough Woman, NH Man
The following information was provided by the Milford Police Department. Where arrests are mentioned, they do not indicate conviction.
Milford Police on Thursday arrested a Tyngsborough woman and a Concord, New Hampshire man as a result of an investigation into alleged prostitution at the Double Tree Hotel in Milford.
Milford Police responded to the Double Tree Inn at 11 Beaver St. in Milford around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, as part of the investigation, according to Milford Police Det. Robert Pavia.
As a result, police arrested Mercy Imperial, 30, of Tyngsborough, who was charged with sexual conduct for a fee, disorderly conduct, possession of a Class B substance and possession of a Class B substance with intent to distribute.
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Police also arrested George M. Donahue, 37, of Concord, New Hampshire on charges of possession of a Class B drug, possession of a Class B drug with intent to distribute and possession of ammunition.
Donahue also confessed to breaking and entering into Ray and Dick's Bakery on Exchange Street in Milford on Tuesday, where he allegedly gained entry through a window and confronted the owner. Donahue was charged with breaking and entering nighttime to commit a felony, Milford Police said.
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"After we arrested [Imperial], we went out to find a vehicle, and we found [Donahue] inside," Det. Pavia said Friday. "After a search, we found more drugs in the vehicle, some ammunition, and then we started finding clothing and a pair of gloves; he matched the physical description of a B&E suspect."
Pavia said Donahue looked like the person he'd seen in surveillance footage from the aforementioned breaking and entering, and that he confessed to that crime at the scene Thursday.
Investigations into prostitution have led to two other arrests in recent weeks, one on April 24 and another on April 28. The crime is something Pavia said has tended to link to other crimes.
"What we're finding is that it's also related to a lot of other issues we have, whether it's drug issues, property crimes, B&Es, it all links to this," Pavia said. "It's not just a prostitution issue."
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