Concord Police Detective Charged With Assault, Witness Tampering

Concord Police Department Detective Bryan Croft was arrested on Jan. 22 on several charges including felony strangulation, witness tampering, and falsifying evidence. Croft is the son of the Merrimack County sheriff.

By TONY SCHINELLA/Concord Patch.com

CONCORD — A Concord police detective was arrested Friday on several charges after a multi-month investigation into a strangulation incident against a woman.

Bryan Croft, 39, of Songbird Drive in Concord, was charged with second-degree assault, two counts of witness tampering, and two counts of falsifying physical evidence, all felonies, as well as a single domestic violence charge.

The case came to fruition due to an anonymous tip to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families accusing Croft of assaulting a woman on Oct. 17, 2020, according to court documents and investigatory materials.

Concord police requested the state police to investigate the allegations and both state trooper detectives and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office spent weeks interviewing witnesses connected to and around the family as well as others.

During the investigation, investigators learned that the alleged attack was recorded via a baby monitor. Croft, whose father is David Croft, the Merrimack County sheriff, was accused of removing the baby monitor as well as an Alexa unit from the home before investigators could access them. He is also accused of convincing the victim of deleting the recording of the assault as well as a backup version of the assault the victim had attempted to preserve, court documents stated.