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October 23. 2012 8:26PM

Teens plan to plead guilty in North Hampton break-in

BRENTWOOD — Two Hampton teens who allegedly broke into a home in a search for drugs intend to plead guilty to charges they committed the burglary and made off with a game console, a computer and several games.

Alfonso Medina, 19, and Jordan Welch, 18, are scheduled to plead guilty to charges next month in Rockingham County Superior Court.

The guilty pleas come weeks after two others were convicted of misdemeanor charges as part of plea deals negotiated with county prosecutors.

The four suspects broke into the home on Dec. 11 on Slate Run Road in North Hampton and attempted to break into the same home days later on Dec. 20, according to prosecutors.

A grand jury indicted the four teens on felony burglary charges in June, but their cases were negotiated down to lesser charges.

Welch is expected to receive a 12-month suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor criminal trespass charge. Terms of Medina’s plea have not yet been made public.

North Hampton police were called to the home on Slate Run Road on Dec. 20 for the report of a prowler outside the house.

Two suspects were chased from the house on Dec. 20. They ran to a car parked outside the 180 Restaurant on 180 Lafayette Road, according to police.

Police received a tip that the car belonged to George Serpis, who was initially charged with accomplice to burglary for allegedly acting as a lookout during the attempted break-in, court documents say.

Serpis, 18, of Hampton received a suspended six-month jail sentence after pleading guilty last month to a misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to receiving stolen property.

His interview with police helped identify three other suspects in the case.

Serpis admitted to police during a Jan. 11 interview that he had driven Medina, Welch and Scott Andrews to the home “to get some weed,” a police affidavit says. Medina told police in a separate interview that another suspect told him “a lot of drugs” were in the home, the affidavit says.

Instead, the group only found an Xbox game console, various games and a home computer, which were taken and later recovered by police.

Andrews, 18, of Hampton pleaded guilty last week to criminal trespassing and received a suspended 12-month jail sentence.

jkimble@newstote.com

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