Elijah Blue Allman, 50, son of singer Cher, has been indicted on felony criminal mischief charges for allegedly breaking into a woman's home in Windham, New Hampshire, and smoking a cigarette on her couch. The incident occurred after he was arrested for causing disturbances at St. Paul’s School in Concord, including simple assault and disorderly conduct. Allman pleaded not guilty to the initial charges and is currently receiving treatment at New Hampshire State Hospital, with court proceedings set for October and November this year.
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The troubled son of music legend Cher has been indicted on felony criminal mischief charges after allegedly breaking into a woman's home and smoking a cigarette on her couch.
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Elijah Blue Allman, 50, was arrested on March 1 after police say he smashed a back door to a woman's home in Windham, New Hampshire, and the terrified occupant called 911 while hiding in a closet.
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The incident came two days after Allman was also arrested for a bizarre incident at prestigious private school St. Paul's in Concord, New Hampshire.
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The Concord Police Department said Allman was allegedly causing a 'disturbance' at the school - which he did not attend as a student - and acting 'belligerently' in the school's dining hall.
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For that incident, Allman was charged with two counts of simple assault as well as one count each of criminal threatening, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct.
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After he was released, he allegedly broke into the woman's home in Windham, New Hampshire, two days later, while the homeowner was still inside.
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He pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal mischief, burglary and breach of bail at the time, and this week a grand jury indicted him on the criminal mischief charge, records seen by the Daily Mail show.
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The criminal proceedings against Allman have been stalled however, as he is receiving treatment at New Hampshire State Hospital, according to WCVB.
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Elijah Blue Allman, 50, the troubled son of music legend Cher, has been indicted on felony criminal mischief charges after allegedly breaking into a woman's home and smoking a cigarette on her couch
Elijah Blue Allman (pictured in 2001), allegedly broke into the woman's New Hampshire home two days after also being arrested for a bizarre incident at a private school, where he allegedly acted 'belligerently' in the school cafeteria
Records show Allman's arraignment date on the felony criminal mischief charge has been set for October 2.
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He has also been set a competency hearing in November for the case regarding the incident at the St. Paul's private school in Concord.
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Allman's run-ins with the law this year came after a troubling health scare in June 2025, when he was hospitalized after suffering a drug overdose.
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The Daily Mail reported in March that the troubled 50-year-old - the son of Cher and her deceased second husband, musician Gregg Allman - was reported to police as an 'unwanted guest' at the school.
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He was accused of causing a disturbance and acting belligerently around students at the school, which police said he has no known connection to.
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Police said he posed as the parent of a prospective student to gain access to the campus, before becoming hostile, at one point allegedly poking a student with his cane.
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Students also alleged that Allman's erratic behavior saw him approach female students and attempt to strike up conversations, before security intervened.
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One student who witnessed the aftermath told the Daily Mail at the time that police vehicles soon flooded the scene.
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The 50-year-old faced charges of simple assault, criminal threatening, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct after allegedly sneaking onto the campus of prestigious private school St Paul's in Concord, New Hampshire (above)
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Allman is a musician, best known for leading the band Deadsy
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I was walking through campus, and I saw the cop cars outside the dining hall,' the student said.
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At that point the guy [Allman] was sitting against a car, talking to police.
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It looked like he was handcuffed, and everything looked pretty calm.
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But the student, who initially believed Allman was a random 'crackhead', said the 50-year-old had been causing a disturbance inside before cops arrived on scene.
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'A few of my friends who were there when it happened started telling me about it,' the student said.
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One of my friends told me, "a crackhead got on campus and started offering meth to some girls," but I'm not sure if that's really what he did, I just heard that.'
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He added: 'What I do know, from a few of my girl friends, is that right before he was in the dining hall bothering people.
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He was right in front of a girls' dorm, trying to get in.
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They slammed the door in his face.
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'Then when he was in the dining hall, first one of my friends told me he saw this guy smoking a cigarette, standing around talking to faculty and security.
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The school said he ID'd himself as a parent, but he looked like a complete crackhead.
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He had a cane and a long robe.'
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The student told the Daily Mail Allman had been acting 'weird' and claimed he wanted 'friends' but only talked to female pupils.
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Officials said Allman had entered the private school's dining hall by slipping inside as students were leaving the building and began causing a disturbance and acting belligerently
Allman is the son of music legend Cher and her second husband, Gregg Allman, who died in 2017; pictured in 1978
He explained: 'So, after all that is when I saw the guy, it was crazy.
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He wanted friends, I guess, but the only kids he was trying to talk to were girls.
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He kept hitting on all the girls.
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Allman has a long history of drug abuse, has been through repeated spells in rehab, and has been hospitalized for overdoses in the past – most recently in June last year when he was found unconscious in Joshua Tree, California, and rushed to hospital.
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He was also the subject of a long-running conservatorship battle over his substance abuse problems with his mother that ended in January 2024 with Cher's application being denied.
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Sources told the Daily Mail that Allman had been in Maine visiting his old school – which is also a boarding school – when he allegedly wandered to the New Hampshire school.
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