Former Manchester Sex Offender Sentenced For Firearms Offenses

Saturday, November 30, 2024, 8:15 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

CONCORD, NH.- On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, James Aubuchont, 53, formerly of Manchester, New Hampshire, appeared in U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante to 57 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his previously entered guilty plea to being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, Convicted Felon.

     According to U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young and charging documents filed with the District Court, Aubuchont has an extensive criminal record spanning three decades. In July 2023, a New Hampshire State warrant was issued for Aubuchont’s arrest. On July 12, 2023, Aubuchont was arrested by Police Officers near the Flat Mountain Pond Shelter in the White Mountain region.

Aubuchont Gets Caught On Recorded Jail Calls

     During a subsequent recorded jail call, Aubuchont asked his then-romantic partner, Rebecca Aubuchont, to retrieve his two fishing rods from the campsite, including one that “we got from VJ, remember the one you bought?” Three days later, Police Officers recovered a rifle and a pistol from Aubuchont’s campsite, with an additional 2,000 rounds of ammunition. The rifle had been purchased from a firearms dealer operated by an individual with the first and middle initials V.J.

     During that recorded call, Aubuchont had additionally asked Rebecca to remove some of his property, which he called “garbage,” from the jail. The garbage turned out to be a damaged cellular phone with an intact Micro SD card containing over 1,300 digital images and 140 video files of child pornography, including some that depicted Aubuchont himself sexually assaulting a child.

     Aubuchont is currently serving a New Hampshire State prison sentence of 33 years and up to life for Aggravated Felonious Sexual Assault of Two Children; Possession of Child Pornography; and Manufacturing Child Pornography.

     On July 2, 2024, Rebecca Aubuchont appeared in U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire and pleaded guilty straw purchasing of the rifle for Aubuchont. Rebecca Aubuchont is currently scheduled to be sentenced on December 9, 2024.

     “A violent sex offender possessed two firearms and enough ammunition to equip a small militia,” said U.S. Attorney Young. “Today’s significant sentence demonstrates law enforcement’s commitment to ensuring that felons who possess firearms face swift consequences for their repeated disregard of the law.”