BEEN CHARGED WITH FRAUD AND PERJURY. THE TWO INDICTMENTS SAY THE CRIMES HAPPENED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 29 AND OCTOBER 22 IN 2019. AT THE TIME, KAYLA MONTGOMERY WAS LIVING WITH HARMONY’S FATHER, ADAM MONTGOMERY. ADAM MONTGOMERY IS CHARGED WITH STEALING THE TWO WEAPONS. THE FIRST INDICTMENT SAYS THAT KAYLA RETAINED A RIFLE KNOWING IT HAD BEEN STOLEN OR BELIEVING IT PROBABLY HAD BEEN STOLEN. THE SECOND INDICTMENT ACCUSES HER OF RECEIVING A SHOTGUN, AGAIN BELONGING TO CF, AND KNOWING IT HAD BEEN STOLEN OR PROBABLY HAD BEEN STOLEN. BOTH ARE CHARGED AS CLASS A FELONIES. KAYLA IS ALSO CHARGED WITH WELFARE FRAUD FOR ALLEGEDLY TAKING BENEFITS CLAIMING THAT HARMONY WAS LIVING WITH THE FAMILY WHEN THE LITTLE GIRL HAD DISAPPEARED. MOST RECENTLY, KAYLA WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF PERJURY FOR ALLEGEDLY LYING TO THE GRAND JURY IN MAY. THE TESTIMONY IN QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH WHERE AND WHEN SHE WAS WORKING AROUND THE TIME THAT EIGHT-YEAR-OLD HARMONY WAS LAST SEEN. RAY: ADAM MONTGOMERY IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT TOMORROW FOR A STATUS CONFERENCE ON HIS CASE. WHILE
Kayla Montgomery, stepmother of Harmony Montgomery, indicted on charges of receiving stolen weapons
Wife of father of missing girl faces several charges not related to girl's disappearance
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Updated: 2:09 PM EDT Jun 27, 2022
The stepmother of missing 8-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire, girl, Harmony Montgomery, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of receiving stolen property.Kayla Montgomery has also been charged with fraud and perjury. None of the charges she faces are related to Harmony's disappearance.The two indictments allege that the crimes happened between Sept. 29 and Oct. 22 of 2019. At the time, Kayla Montgomery was living with Harmony's father, Adam Montgomery, in a house on Gilford Street in Manchester. Adam Montgomery is charged with stealing two weapons. The first indictment against Kayla Montgomery alleges that she retained a rifle belonging to "C.F." knowing that it had been stolen or believing that it probably had been stolen. The second indictment accuses her of receiving a shotgun, again belonging to C.F., and knowing that it had been stolen or believing that it probably had been stolen. Both are Class A felonies, punishable by 7-and-a-half to 15 years in prison and a $4,000 fine.Kayla Montgomery is also charged with welfare fraud for allegedly taking benefits and claiming that Harmony was living with her family, even though the girl was no longer living with them and her whereabouts were unknown.Kayla Montgomery has also been charged with two counts of perjury for allegedly lying to the grand jury in May. The testimony in question had to do with where and when she was working around the time that Harmony was last seen. Adam Montgomery is scheduled to be in court Tuesday for a status conference on his case. While he remains in jail, Kayla Montgomery is free on bail.
The stepmother of missing 8-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire, girl, Harmony Montgomery, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of receiving stolen property.
Kayla Montgomery has also been charged with fraud and perjury. None of the charges she faces are related to Harmony's disappearance.
The two indictments allege that the crimes happened between Sept. 29 and Oct. 22 of 2019. At the time, Kayla Montgomery was living with Harmony's father, Adam Montgomery, in a house on Gilford Street in Manchester.
Adam Montgomery is charged with stealing two weapons. The first indictment against Kayla Montgomery alleges that she retained a rifle belonging to "C.F." knowing that it had been stolen or believing that it probably had been stolen. The second indictment accuses her of receiving a shotgun, again belonging to C.F., and knowing that it had been stolen or believing that it probably had been stolen.
Both are Class A felonies, punishable by 7-and-a-half to 15 years in prison and a $4,000 fine.
Kayla Montgomery is also charged with welfare fraud for allegedly taking benefits and claiming that Harmony was living with her family, even though the girl was no longer living with them and her whereabouts were unknown.
Kayla Montgomery has also been charged with two counts of perjury for allegedly lying to the grand jury in May. The testimony in question had to do with where and when she was working around the time that Harmony was last seen.
Adam Montgomery is scheduled to be in court Tuesday for a status conference on his case. While he remains in jail, Kayla Montgomery is free on bail.
