Stolen Gun Investigation Leads To 166 Grams Of Meth In Concord: Report

CONCORD, NH — A homeless man staying at a AirBNB on North State Street was arrested last month on a drug distribution charge during a stolen handgun investigation by police.

Around 10:30 a.m. on April 26, police were sent to a North State Street home for a firearm theft accusation. The reporting party, who owned the home and rented out on a temporary basis, was accusing tenants of stealing a gun that was stored inside the home.

Officers spoke with the complainant as well as Derek Sikora, 38, and Alexandra Eckersley, 25, who are both homeless and have a number of prior interactions with police. Eckersley, dispatch reported, had active trespass paperwork that needed to be served to her connected to an unrelated incident.

Both were questioned, according to an affidavit, and denied stealing anything from the rental. Sikora said he would not be in possession of a gun since he was a convicted felon, the officer wrote in a report. They then both agreed to consent searches, the affidavit said. Eckersley, the report said, “immediately pulled out a glass pipe” designed to ingest methamphetamine and handed it to the officer.

“Following this,” the reporting officer wrote, “without prompting, Sikora stated that he, too, was in possession of methamphetamine.”

Officers searched his backpack and while doing so, “still without prompting him,” the officer wrote, “Sikora willingly handed me the Ziplock bag and identified it as approximately ‘one ounce of meth.’” He was then arrested on a felony possession of meth with intent to distribute charge.

During booking, police accused Sikora of having three other bags with a crystal-like substance consistent with meth, a box of bags, a digital scale, mini-bags, a plastic spoon and straw, cellphone, laptop, and a trail camera. The drugs were field-tested and were confirmed to be meth, the report said. The reporting officer weighed the bags and said the total was approximately 166 grams of meth or around $1,800, according to reports online.

Sikora was also charged with stalking. Police did not report finding a stolen gun in the affidavit.

Sikora, according to superior court records and posts on Patch, has a slew of priors.

Back in January 2019, he was accused of drug possession in Concord and pleaded guilty to a single count. In October 2019, he was charged with drug possession charges in Canterbury. Sikora was accused of violation of probation or parole in November 2019, based on the Concord charge. He pleaded guilty to two of the charges in Canterbury.

Sikora was also charged with drug possession in January 2020 in Concord and pleaded guilty to two charges on February 2021. In August 2020, in Manchester, he was charged again with felony drug possession and pleaded guilty to the charge in May 2021.

A felon in possession of a dangerous weapon charge was issued against Sikora by Concord police in August 2021. That case is pending. Another case that is pending is possession of controlled drugs and deal-possess prescription drug charges from September 2021 out of Concord.

Sikora was due in Merrimack County Superior Court for a hearing for the probation violation on March 21 and failed to appear. A warrant was issued by sheriffs on April 4 and he had a bail hearing on April 7. On April 27, a supplemental report was issued, he was arraigned on the drug distribution and stalking charges, and he posted $2,500 cash bail on May 3.

According to posts on Patch, Sikora has been arrested or charged on warrants, criminal trespass, stalking, domestic violence, assault, drug possession, breach of bail, and weapon possession charges.

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