Crime & Safety
Massachusetts Woman Arrested On Second DUI Charge
Tasha Nolan, who had a suspended license due to a prior drunken driving incident, is accused of driving very slowly on Hooksett Road.
HOOKSETT, NH — A woman with a previous drunken driving conviction was arrested again this week after an early morning traffic stop on Hooksett Road. At just before 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, an officer saw a vehicle stopped in the parking lot of the Shooter's Outpost. The vehicle, a Scion, later pulled out onto Hooksett Road, heading south, but was driving at a very slow speed.
"The vehicle proceeded to drive 15 mph in a 35 mph zone for some time," said Sgt. Joseph Ducharme of the Hooksett Police Department to the vehicle was pulled over.
The officer accused the driver – Tasha Nolan, 21, of Dracut, Massachusetts – of showing "signs of impairment." She was asked to take a field sobriety test, agreed to take it, and was arrested afterward. A check of Nolan found that her license was suspended after a DUI conviction and an alcohol ignition interlock device was required to be installed in any vehicle she was driving.
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"The vehicle she was operating did not comply with this requirement," Ducharme said. "Nolan was transported to the Hooksett Police Department where she was asked to submit to a breath test, which she refused."
Nolan was charged on July 25, 2019, with driving under the influence-subsequent, operating after suspension for DUI, and alcohol ignition interlock circumvention. She was released on personal recognizance bail and is due in court on Aug. 13.
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Nolan, who was living in Chichester at the time, was arrested in May by the New Hampshire State Police on a driving after revocation or suspension-subsequent charge and motor vehicle not equipped with interlock device violation after a stop on I-89 in Sutton. Her license was suspended by the department of motor vehicles in February.
Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Hooksett Police Department and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the removal request process for New Hampshire Patch police reports.
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