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WEBVTT POLICE SAY, WAS A BREAK IN THECASE.THIS IS 51-YEAR-OLD MARYANNEJACOBSMEYER, ACCUSED OF BREAKINGINTO A 92-YEAR-OLD MAN'S HOME INNASHUA, RESTRAINING HIM WITHDUCT TAPE, AND STEALING HIS CARAS WELL AS HIS ATM AND CREDITCARDS.ACCORDING TO POLICE DOCUMENTS,THE ATM CARDS WERE USED TOWITHDRAW CASH SOON AFTER.BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL JACOBSMEYERALLEGEDLY USED ONE OF HIS CREDITCARDS SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, THATPOLICE WERE FINALLY ABLE TOIDENTIFY HER>> MARYANNE AND USE THE VICTIMSCREDIT CARD TO PURCHASE ONLINE.FROM THERE WE WERE ABLE TOOBTAIN VIDEO SURVEILLANCE.REPORTER: POLICE SAY, THE I.P.ADDRESS OF THE COMPUTER THATJACOBSMEYER USED TO MAKE THOSEPURCHASES WAS LINKED TO HER HOMEADDRESS.THEY SAY SHE SENT HER FRIEND TOPICK UP THE ITEMS SHE BOUGHT,BUT THEY DON'T BELIEVE THATFRIEND KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.HER ARRAIGNMENT DETAILED HER-->> AT THIS POINT IN TIME WEBELIEVE IT'S ONE PERSONORIGINALLY, POTENTIALLY TWOPEOPLE INVOLVED BUT AT THISPOINT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE IT'SJUST MARYANNE THAT WAS INVOLVED.REPORTER: HER ARRAIGNMENTDETAILED HER CRIMINAL HISTORY,WHICH INCLUDES OTHER INSTANCESOF THEFT.AUTHORITIES SAY, SHE DID NOTKNOW THE VICTIM, BUT MAY HAVESEEN HIM IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.>> THE INFORMATION WE HAVE,THERE'S NO CONTACT, NO KNOWNASSOCIATION WITH THE VICTIMOTHER THAN SEEING HIM IN THEAREA POTENTIALLY.REPORTER: THE VICTIM DECLINED TOCOMMENT ON CAMERA, BUTLIEUTENANT ALLARD TELLS US HE ISDOING WELLMARYANNE JACOBSMEYER'S BAIL HASHE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ARREST.

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A Nashua woman tied up and robbed a 92-year-old man in a home invasion earlier this year, police said.Maryanne Jacobsmeyer, 51, of Nashua, is charged with kidnapping, robbery, two counts of burglary, falsifying physical evidence, three counts of theft by unauthorized taking, habitual offender and theft by deception.>> Download the FREE WMUR appShe was arrested on Wednesday.Police said Jacobsmeyer tied up the victim on June 8 with duct tape and told him she had a knife.Jacobsmeyer allegedly stole several items from the home and fled in the victim’s car. Police said Jacobsmeyer used the victim’s stolen debit card to withdraw money from several Nashua banks, and made several fraudulent purchases."We got a break in the case," Lt. Craig Allard said. "The suspect Maryann had used the victim's credit card, a Kohl's credit card, online to purchase some items online. From there, we were able to obtain video surveillance, and we saw not Maryann, but another female, who, in doing some legwork and doing some digging, we were able to link back to Maryann."Police said the IP address that Jacobsmeyer used to make those purchases with the stolen credit card was linked to her home address. They said she sent her friend to pick up the items she bought online, but they don't believe that the friend was a co-conspirator, and no other arrests have been made in the case. Police said Jacobsmeyer had burglarized the home before the June 8 incident.Allard said the victim is doing well.Jacobsmeyer was arraigned Thursday, and bail was set at $250,000.Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 603-589-1665.