Bristol Felon Faces Drug Charges After Screaming Incident In Concord Hospital Parking Lot

CONCORD, NH — A felon with a lengthy criminal history is facing more charges after an incident at Concord Hospital earlier this month.

Around 9 a.m. on April 6, officers were sent to the “E” parking lot at the hospital for a report of a man wearing a black hoodie inside an SUV who was screaming and bleeding from his hand. Security, an affidavit stated, also reported the man had an empty firearm holster on his lap.

The man, identified as Drew Wentworth, 42, of Summer Street in Bristol, had two electronic bench warrants out of Franklin District Court and was immediately taken into custody, the report stated.

Two officers patted down Wentworth and accused him of having a baggie with a white crystal-like substance in his left pants pocket.

“I personally examined the item and based upon my training and experience, I recognized the substance to be crystal methamphetamine, which is a Schedule Il drug,” the officer wrote in the affidavit.

Wentworth was taken to police headquarters, booked and processed, and taken to county. When they arrived at the jail, corrections officers searched Wentworth, too, and found a small bag with whitish-brownish substance in it, the affidavit said. The officer said they believed it to be fentanyl, according to the report.

Wentworth was arraigned via video on April 7 and released on $250 cash bail April 15.

The case against Wentworth was boundover to Merrimack County Superior Court where he has a dispositional conference booked for July 17.

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According to superior court records, Wentworth’s criminal history dates back more than 14 years when he was charged with acts prohibited and driving under the influence in Bow in April 2011 and acts prohibited, unregistered vehicle, and altered inspection sticker in Epsom in June 2011. He pleaded guilty to two acts prohibited and the DUI charge and received two 12-month sentences, suspended for five years, with two years probation, and 19 days of time served.

After his convictions, Wentworth violated probation twice and went to jail for 52 days.

In October 2012, Wentworth was accused of burglary and receiving stolen property on School Street in Concord from two incidents in June of that year. He pleaded guilty to both charges in April 2013 and received a 3.5 to seven year sentence in prison, suspended for 10 years, and three years probation, as well as a 12-month sentence, with 30 days of time served.

Wentworth was arrested on driving after revocation and four felony acts prohibited charges in Manchester in May 2015. Two drug charges were dismissed four months after the arrest. In February 2016, he pleaded guilty to one acts prohibited and the driving charges. Wentworth received two 12-month suspended sentences, $1,740 in fines, and four days of time served. He violated parole and in May 2017 his probation was terminated.

In January 2017, Wentworth was arrested on acts prohibited charges in Concord during a Granite Hammer SWAT team bust from an incident in September 2016. He pleaded guilty to a single count in June 2017 and received a four- to 10-year sentence with 215 days time served with $900 in fines and restitution. In September 2017, his sentence was amended and amended again in December 2019 — 60-days minimum suspended for two years.

In Franklin in August 2023, Wentworth was arrested again on felony in possession of a dangerous weapon-brass knuckles, driving after revocation or suspension, and disobeying an officer charges connected to an incident four months before. In March 2024, he pleaded guilty to the driving and possession charge and received a seven-day prison sentence for the driving charge and a 12-month to three-year sentence, suspended for five years, on the weapon charge.

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