Concord Man Arrested On Drug Dealing Death Charge

CONCORD, NH — After a multi-month investigation, a local man has been arrested and arraigned on drug sale and charges after the death of another man in July, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. Spencer Grayson, 21, was arrested on Nov. 10, 2017, by Northfield Police on five felony warrants. He was arraigned in Merrimack County Superior Court today.

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According to Benjamin J. Agati, a Senior Assistant Attorney General with the NH AG’s Office, sometime on July 25, or July 26, 2017, Grayson allegedly dispensed a fentanyl-methamphetamine mix to Ryan Smith, 30, of Concord, behind the Cumberland Farms on North Main Street. He passed away later at Concord Hospital.

“Members of the Concord Police Department have been actively investigating the circumstances of Smith’s death, and Grayson’s subsequent sales of a controlled drug to an undercover Concord Police detective,” Agati alleged. “A warrant was issued for Grayson’s arrest.”

Grayson – who resided on Rumford Street at the time – was arrested on July 28, 2017, on a possession of meth charge and a warrant. He was indicted earlier this year in Merrimack County Superior Court on the drug charge. He was arrested again on a warrant in August.

On Friday, Northfield Police were sent to an emergency call. Grayson was allegedly at the scene of the call, according to Agati. One of the officers recognized him, confirmed the active Concord warrants, and arrested him. Grayson waived arraignment today on five counts – three counts of sale of a controlled drug and two related to Smith’s death.

Anyone with information about the case is being asked to contact Lt. Sean Ford of the Concord Police Department at 603-225-8600 or the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100.

Smith, according to his obituary, waged a 16-year-long battle with addiction that “continuously progressed” but came to a fatal end on July 26. He was an avid music and movie fan, loved animals as well as writing and drawing.

Grayson’s previous charges in Concord include default or breach of bail conditions, warrants, assault, domestic violence-simple assault, obstructing report of a crime or injury, and domestic violence-obstructing report of a crime or injury. He was arrested on a warrant in Bow in July 2017, and had his license revoked in December 2016, according to the state of New Hampshire.

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