JUN 1, 2023
A key prosecution witness in the Adam Montgomery weapons-theft trial admitted on Thursday that she lied when she testified last year to a grand jury that heard evidence about the
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Frain, a recovering drug addict, admitted telling the grand jury that her drug supplier, Ismael Garcia, never held or used any of her husband’s weapons. But Frain actually let Garcia use her husband’s .380-caliber Luger handgun a couple of times in exchange for drugs, she acknowledged on the stand.
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... Both she and Montgomery wanted to buy crack cocaine. They called around to suppliers but found none.
Frain had been on a three-day crack binge, she said, and they both fell asleep in the living room. She testified that when she woke up the next morning, Montgomery was gone, the back door was open and a full crack pipe was on the kitchen counter.
Later that day, her husband came home from a construction job, checked on his guns and found the AR-15, a 12-gauge shotgun, the Luger and some jewelry missing.
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Frain did not initially tell police about Montgomery being there that night.
“I really didn’t think a friend of mine would do that to me at the time,” she testified. “I literally thought we got robbed.”
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Messer reminded Frain she remained under subpoena and told her not to leave the courthouse until she spoke with prosecutors. She did so anyway, prompting prosecutors Benjamin Agati and Christopher Knowles to chase her down Chestnut Street in downtown Manchester.
She later returned to continue her testimony.
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