BY STEPHEN BEALEThe drug that killed 18-yearold Evan Schwager in May is among the rarest and strongest in New Hampshire. The narcotic that claimed his life had remained hidden behind the curtain of a Bedford police investigation until recently, when Hooksett police arrested Montgomery Proulx, the 19- year-old man from Manchester who was wanted ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Jim Pelton has seen firsthand the effect that drugs can have on a family, and he wants to be sure that others don’t experience the same. Pelton, who had a family member deal with substance abuse for four years, started A Drug Free Kid, a group that provides drug-testing kits to parents. The Bow resident has ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY A Bow High School student was arrested on multiple felony drug charges after police found marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms and drug paraphernalia in his vehicle. Colby Hall, 18, was arrested Friday, April 11, after school resource officer Sgt. Margaret Lougee learned Hall may have drugs in his possession and alerted the ...

By Darrell Halen   The School Board may revise its policy on drug searches in Pelham schools after concerns were raised about the magnitude of the searches and disruptions caused to students. During the board’s Wednesday, Jan. 16 meeting, School Board member Linda Mahoney cited the large number of law enforcement agencies that were ...

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Paul Chergey, who two years ago led the Bow Falcons boys basketball team to the Class I title game, has been indicted on multiple charges involving the possession and sale of marijuana. On Aug. 16, Chergey was indicted by the grand jury on two special felony counts of sale of a controlled drug, one felony count of ...

BY DARRELL HALEN A Pelham woman is accused of manufacturing crack cocaine in her own home and selling it to customers from Pelham and surrounding communities. Pelham police said their arrest of Priscilla Champagne, 50, of 14 Hobbs Road, and seven other people is the result of a two-month investigation into the sale, possession and manufacturing ...

BY DAVE CHOATE An odd series of calls from a residence in New Boston led police to arrest three people on separate charges on Monday, Aug. 13. Police responded twice to calls from 252 Bunker Hill Road, the first of which led to the arrest of 23-year-old Robert Clukay on multiple warrants, in and out of state, and additional charges of resisting ...

BY SUSAN WARE Federal agents are undecided whether the evidence found at 10 Edgewood Drive will confirm what local law enforcement believe, that a methamphetamine lab was operating in a run-down mobile home near Bear Brook State Park. If proven to be a methamphetamine lab, this would be the first full-blown lab the state has seen. Local law ...

BY SUSAN WARE A two-year investigation led local and federal law enforcement agencies to raid a mobile home in Allenstown, shutting down what appears to have been a methamphetamine lab. “This is not over. It is just beginning,” said Allenstown Police Chief Shaun Mulholland. According to Mulholland, he is waiting for a federal ...

BY DAVE CHOATE A former town resident has been arrested and charged by Washington state authorities with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana. John Hien Nguyen was arrested on July 10 on Holly Street in Goffstown after driving across the country from Everett, Washington. Concord Deputy U.S. Marshal Jeffrey White said his offices had been ...