Concord Montgomery
The stepmother of lacking New Hampshire little one Concord Montgomery, Kayla Montgomery, pleaded not responsible to new fees she confronted in court docket Monday, together with a felony theft cost.
Granite State prosecutors dropped a earlier cost of welfare theft, however changed it with three new fees alleging Montgomery had claimed meals stamps in Concord’s identify on eight totally different events, whereas the 7-year-old was not residing along with her. Six of these incidents fell outdoors the statute of limitations, in accordance with the state.
In mild of the dropped fraud cost, Montgomery’s legal professional requested her $5,000 bail be reconsidered. He mentioned she isn’t a flight threat due to her ties to the Manchester space. Montgomery has three different kids within the space.
Prosecutors pushed again, and asserted, “all the pieces within the state’s authentic bail argument continues to carry true.”
Concord Montgomery has been lacking since 2019, however was solely reported lacking on Nov. 18, 2021, by her organic mom, Crystal Sorey. Manchester Police opened an investigation into the lady’s disappearance in December 2021, and charged Concord’s father, Adam Montgomery, with felony second-degree assault stemming from a 2019 incident with the kid.
Neither Adam nor Kayla Montgomery have been charged in reference to Concord’s disappearance, however Sorey additionally faces misdemeanor fees of endangering the kid’s welfare.
The court docket will rule on Montgomery’s bail later immediately.