Woman, Wanted On Drug Charge, Arrested While Trying To Buy Firearm: Cops

HOOKSETT, NH — Police in Hooksett arrested two people this afternoon after a woman was flagged at a local gun shop attempting to purchase a firearm while wanted on a drug warrant, according to police. Stephanie Mills, of Concord, was arrested on Oct. 24, 2017, on an electronic bench warrant. Also arrested was Robert O’Neill, 23, of Pembroke, for possession of a controlled drug-cocaine, possession of a controlled drug-cocaine with intent to distribute, and falsifying physical evidence. He was also put on a 72-hour hold.

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Officers were called to Bass Pro Shops on Commerce Drive for a report of a woman with an active warrant reportedly attempting to purchase a firearm, according to Sgt. David Scarpino of the Hooksett police Department. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Concord NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. Like Concord NH Patch on Facebook.)

“The EBW for Mills was issued by the Hooksett 6th Circuit Court for non-appearance on an original drug charge stemming from an arrest in June of 2017 by the Hooksett Police Department,” he alleged.

When officers arrived, there was a man located with Mills who was identified as O’Neill, and he “quickly turned around to exit the store,” Scarpino alleged. In the parking lot of the store, with officers following him, O’Neill allegedly threw “a clear plastic bag containing a large quantity of a white powdery substance suspected to be cocaine” while attempting to elude police.

Mills was arrested and released on $100 cash bail. She’s due back in court on Dec. 1. O’Neill was held and transported to the Merrimack County House of Corrections pending an arraignment in Merrimack County Superior Court.

Previously, according to reports on Patch, Mills has been arrested a number of times during the past two years. She was arrested in March 2016, on a bench warrant for nonappearance in Concord District Court on drug related charges issued on Feb. 25, 2016. In 2015, she was arrested at the end of September on drug charges. In February of that year, she was arrested for unlawful possession after reportedly pounding on the door of a stranger’s home at 3 a.m.

O’Neill was also arrested in 2015 after allegedly being involved in a string of burglaries in Pembroke after the Concord Regional Crimline issued an alert about the case. He was indicted on another burglary charge last month that allegedly occurred in Allenstown in July.