Pembroke Woman Faces Drug Dealing Charges In Concord, Bow

CONCORD, NH — A capital region woman is back in superior court after being accused of drug dealing and drug possession last year, according to reports. In October 2019, a detective and sergeant working the drug enforcement unit in Concord met with a cooperating individual to line up a potential heroin buy with Jonathan Devereaux, 29, according to an affidavit. At the time, the detective wrote, the cooperating individual said Devereaux was "going into rehab and no longer dealing drugs," although he would be arrested more than a month later on Manchester Street during a drug raid.

"Devereaux then provided X with a new heroin dealer who he identified as 'Robin,'" the affidavit stated.

The suspect was later identified as Robin R. Gelinas, 45, with a last known address of Cross Road in Pembroke, according to court documents.

The detective asked the cooperating individual to reach out to Gelinas to score two grams of heroin for $150 and "Robin agreed to meet X at the Residence Inn on Hall Street, where the deal would be conducted," the report stated. The cooperating individual was given an audio recording/monitoring device and $150 of pre-recorded "buy funds," and they met Gelinas near the dumpsters at the hotel.

"At that time, X made contact with Robin at which point they conducted the drug transaction," the detective wrote.

A second deal was arranged two days later on Halloween for another $150, in the same location, and the detective again accused Gelinas of making the deal with the cooperating individual.

A few weeks later, an affidavit was issued for her arrest.

On Dec. 1, at just after midnight, a Bow police officer spotted a Nissan Altima on Route 3A that crossed over the white fog line and stopped the vehicle near the Irving/Circle K gas station. The driver, Gelinas, began looking for her license in her purse but couldn't find it, according to the officer. She also told the officer that he wasn't her vehicle, according to the affidavit. A check on Gelinas yielded the Concord police warrant on the heroin sales charges and she was arrested.

A passenger in the vehicle had a suspended license and was unable to drive the vehicle, so a tow truck was called.

The officer conducted a quick search of the vehicle for inventory purposes and alleged that inside of Gelinas' purse, he found a glass meth pipe with residue, a container with a shard of methamphetamine inside, and a scale.

"Throughout the vehicle there were uncapped/capped needles, cut straws with white residue, and empty drug baggies," the officer stated.

Inside the trunk of the vehicle, the officer found a backpack which had a black zipper bag with a large plastic container with "a large amount of white powder residue" and a silver lockbox, according to an affidavit. Inside the silver lockbox was a "stink sack" — commonly used to conceal the odor of drugs from K-9 units — with more white powder believed to be cocaine, the officer alleged.

At this point, the officer seized the vehicle and applied for a search warrant.

Bow police charged her with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of meth. During processing, "Gelinas stated that everything she owns is in the trunk of the vehicle but then stated not everything in the trunk was hers." A commissioner refused bail, due to her being arrested seven times in the previous 12 months, and she was held on preventative detention with an arraignment date of Dec. 2.

Since 2016, according to court documents, Gelinas has been arrested on 31 different drug, driving while intoxicated, breach of bail and bail order charges in Strafford, Hillsborough, and Merrimack counties.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Merrimack County Superior Court and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the removal request process for New Hampshire Patch police reports.

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