Man Steals NH DMV Employee’s License And Cellphone: State Police

CONCORD, NH — A New Hampshire man was arrested in Allenstown yesterday and held without bail after allegedly stealing a state employee’s driver’s license and cellphone, according to the New Hampshire State Police. Adam Cordano, 35, with a last known address of Northfield, was arrested on Aug. 25, 2017, and charged with theft. On Thursday afternoon, troopers were sent to the Division of Motor Vehicles in Concord for a report of a theft incident, according to Staff Sgt. Andrew Player of Troop G.

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“It was reported that a customer had entered the DMV in Concord and removed the DMV employee’s driver license and personal cell phone, which was stored behind the counter of the employee’s workstation,” Player alleged. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Concord NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

A trooper investigated the complaint, eyed surveillance video, and spoke to witnesses. Cordano was then identified as a suspect and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

On Friday, state police learned through the Merrimack County Attorney’s Office that Cordano was staying in Allenstown. Police there as well as a state police K-9 Unit were able to locate Cordano and arrest him, Player noted.

“The cell phone was recovered within the residence where Cordano had been staying, along with the DMV employee’s driver’s license,” he stated.

Cordano refused bail and will be arraigned on Monday.

Troop G was assisted by members of the New Hampshire State Police K-9 Unit, Merrimack County Attorney’s Office, Allenstown Police Department, and the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles.

Anyone with information regarding the theft is asked to contact Trooper James O’Leary at 603-223-8778.

Cordano, according to posts on Patch, is no stranger to police, including Concord cops. He was arrested in April on forgery and receiving stolen property charges in Concord. He was later indicted on those charges in Merrimack County Superior Court. Cordano was also indicted earlier this year for felony possession of a narcotic drug-fentanyl after being arrested in January. He was arrested in January as part of an Operation Granite Hammer bust on the Heights for a meth possession charge. According to posts online, he was previously arrested in Meredith in 2013, and on the Seacoast in 2001.