Nashua Residents Arrested After Traffic Stop in Merrimack

MERRIMACK, NH - A traffic stop for a motor vehicle infraction on the Daniel Webster Highway earlier this month led to charges against two Nashua residents who were in the car.

Paul Murtagh, 47, of Hall Avenue in Nashua, was arrested on March 19, 2016, and charged with violation of a domestic violence petition. Also arrested was Julie Cook-Murtagh, 44, of Hall Avenue in Nashua, who was charged with stalking.

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Police stopped a vehicle on the DW Highway for a motor vehicle infraction and spoke with both Murtagh and Cook-Murtagh.

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A records check allegedly determined that Cook-Murtagh had a criminal bail order out of Nashua District Court to have no contact with Murtagh and she was arrested for stalking. Murtagh allegedly had a protection order out against him to have no contact with Cook-Murtagh. That order was issued out of Berlin District Court and he was placed under arrest.

Murtagh was held without bail and had a court date on March 21; Cook-Murtagh was released on personal recognizance bail and had a court date on March 22.

Cook-Murtagh, according to reports on Patch, has been arrested a number of times, including in Amherst for shoplifting in January 2012. In Nashua in 2015, she was arrested for allegedly burglarizing a home in August three different times. Cook-Murtagh was indicted recently on the burglary charges, according to the Hillsborough County Superior Court.