FOM 2021-6821
BEDFORD, NH — A suspect from New Jersey accused of killing two men at a Bedford hotel on Saturday waived arraignment in Hillsborough County Superior Court on Monday.
Theodore L. Luckey, 42, of Asbury Park, NJ, was formally charged with two counts of attempted murder after an incident at the Country Inn & Suites, at 250 South River Road.
The complaints for second-degree murder charges that were filed with the court accused Luckey of causing the death of David Hanford, 60, by suffocation and Nathan Cashman, 28, by attacking him with "a machete-type knife.”
According to court documents, Luckey was also charged with three counts of being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon. The court complaints said he had under his control a machete-type knife, a pistol, and metallic knuckles, and had previously been convicted in the state of New Jersey of a felony.
Court documents describe Luckey as 6 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighing around 190 pounds.
He is being held at the Valley Street Jail in Manchester without bail and can have a bail hearing within 10 days.
Police responded to the hotel on Saturday for a reported stabbing incident and found two men dead. One of the men was in a hotel room. Witnesses said the second victim was killed in the lobby of the hotel.
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UPDATE: Additional information was released from the NH Attorney General's Office, including information from the autopsy.
As previously disclosed, upon arriving at the Country Inn and Suites in Bedford on August 21, 2021, police officers found two deceased males—one in the lobby of the hotel and another in one of the hotel guest rooms. Nathan Cashman, 28 of Manchester, was found deceased in the lobby area of the hotel.
David Hanford, 60 of Seasid