Crime & Safety
Manchester Man Arrested On Another Child Assault Charge After Abuse Hospitalization
Ryan Sanchez Montanez, who was out on bail after an assault charge and was accused of assaulting a child in 2023, has been arrested again.
MANCHESTER, NH — A man from Manchester who was accused of child assault last year and was out on bail after being arrested on a prior assault charge was arrested on new charges after a child abuse inquiry at a local hospital.
On July 2, police were requested to Elliot Hospital for a report of suspected child abuse, according to Heather Hamel, a public information officer for the Manchester Police Department. The boy had a head injury and both of their eyes were swollen, she said.
“The child’s injuries were serious but non-life-threatening,” Hamel said. “He was taken to a Boston Hospital for further evaluation.”
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Hamel said the boy was in the care of Ryan Sanchez Montanez, 25, of Manchester. After an investigation, a warrant was issued against Montanez on a felony second-degree assault charge and a misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child.
Montanez was arrested and held on preventative detention. He is due in Manchester District Court on Thursday.
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Hamel noted, at the time of his arrest, Montanez was out on bail after being arrested on a prior assault charge. He was also arrested on a second-degree assault charge last year “for causing injury” to a child under 13, she said.
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