Locked up since his arrest in April on charges he vandalized cars outside the state GOP convention, skateboarding anti-Trumper Lawrence Dunlap could be back at a skatepark in time for the general election.
Dunlap, 37, is charged with 11 felony counts of criminal mischief after he allegedly skated around cars parked outside Concord High School during the April 14 GOP event and put deep scratches into the paint of attendees’ vehicles. Dozens of Republican volunteers reported their cars had been keyed when they left the convention venue.
According to court records, Assistant Merrimack County Attorney Carley McWhirk asked on Aug. 1 for more time to bring indictments against Dunlap. The extra time will allow her to work out a plea.
“The State and defense have discussed bail concerns as well as an ultimate disposition in these matters. The parties are working to that result and are anticipating an agreed upon disputation in September,” Whirk wrote.
Dunlap has been jailed since April after it was ruled he is a potential danger to the community and cannot be safely released on any bail conditions.
Police zeroed in on Dunlap after viewing surveillance video from outside the high school. Once they identified the skateboarder as Dunlap, police executed a search warrant at his South Spring Street home where they found several guns, including an AR-15 rifle. Police also found a bag containing latex gloves, flex cuffs, dark clothes, face masks, a billy club, and a medieval-style mace.
Raising more red flags: A document described as a suicide note or manifesto Dunlap reportedly wrote.
In his screed, Dunlap echoed some of the anti-Donald-Trump sentiment that appeared on his social media accounts.
“I can’t continue to exist for everyone else,” Dunlap wrote. “I truly despise humanity and all the filth we have accepted as acceptable. This world and economy require personalities like Scott Herzog and Donald Trump. I’m sorry for the pain I know I will cause with this decision. Have me cremated and throw the ashes in the trash.”
The full manifesto has not been made public, and Concord Police denied NHJournal’s Right to Know request for a copy.
It’s not clear why Dunlap included Herzog in the manifesto along with Trump. In October 2022, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office announced that Herzog of Norwell, Mass., had been sentenced to a year and a half in prison “for failing to report approximately $1.5 million in income to the Internal Revenue Service.” Herzog owned a landscaping business in the South Shore area.
After Dunlap’s arrest, NHJournal discovered several anti-Trump messages he had posted, apparently in response to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“Y’all [Trump supporters] lost your s–t when [Obama] tried to fix healthcare. Never mind the sheer f—ery Trump has pulled for the last for [sic] years,” Dunlap posted.
Dunlap recently lost his job as a relator and has been suffering depression and suicidal thoughts in the past year, according to comments made by Dunlap’s wife to police.
Dunlap’s arrest happened a few months before Thomas Crooks, 20, tried to assassinate Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump’s ear was grazed in the shooting. Rally attendee Corey Comperatore was killed while shielding his family from gunfire. Crooks was killed by Secret Service agents. There’s no known motive for Crooks’ attempt, though he reportedly considered killing President Joe Biden and British Princess Kate Middleton.
