15 Arrested in Nashua Crime Sweep: ICYMI

NASHUA, NH — A crime sweep netted 13 arrests in Nashua this week, police announced Friday.

The sweep, part of "Operation Granite Hammer," was conducted in conjunction with the FBI. Similar sweeps have been held in recent months in Manchester; the operations have targeted heroin dealers.

Those arrested in Nashua this week were charged with various drug and related crimes, according to Nashua police Lt. Kevin Rourke. Most of those arrested were charged with heroin-related crimes. Two suspects were charged with failing to pay child support.

These are the individuals who were arrested:

• Ryan Little, 58, of 23 Temple St., Nashua: charged with heroin possession (second offense), held on $300 bail.
• Kara Palmer, 32, of Nashua: charged with selling heroin, held on $3,000 bail.
• Joshua Simard, 21, of 28 Railroad Sq., Apt. 3, Nashua: charged with four counts of selling heroin (second offense), held on $50,000 bail.
• Michael Briand, 25, of Nashua: charged with selling heroin (second offense), held on $300 bail.
• Steven Giguere, age 27, of 120 Palm St., Nashua: charged with selling heroin and resisting arrest, held on $100,000 bail.
• Janita Ledoux, 29, of 5 Summer St., Nashua: charged with selling heroin and selling suboxone, held on $50,000 bail.
• Brandon Chartier, 33, of 11 Joffre St., Concord: charged with selling heroin (second offense), held on $30,000 bail.
• Spencer Katsohis, 24, of 7 Alpha St., Hudson: charged with selling cocaine, held on $15,000 bail.
• Thomas Ducharme, 42, of 42 Riverside Ave., Hudson: charged with selling heroin and possessing cocaine, held on $200,000 bail.
• Joshua Hansen, 41, of 87 Pine St., Apt. C, Nashua: charged with selling crack cocaine, held on $15,000 bail.
• Edward Thomas, 46, of 148 Nartoff Rd., Hollis: charged with selling methamphetamine, held on $5,000 bail.
• Robert Reidy, 24, of 12 Grand Ave., Nashua: charged with escaping a minimum security facility in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he was held on drug possession charges, held pending extradition to Massachusetts.
• Llyod Hall, 54, of 11 Atwood Ct, Apt. 6, Nashua: charged with non-payment of child support, held pending an arraignment.
• Keith Pitts, 45, of 96 Pine St., Apt. A, Nashua: charged with non-payment of child support, held pending an arraignment.
• Chad Silver, 33, with no fixed address: charged with selling heroin (second offense), held pending an arraignment.

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Photo: Top row, left to right: Little, Palmer, Simard and Briand. Second row: Giguere, Ledoux, Chartier, and Katsohis. Third row: Ducharme, Hansen, Thomas, and Reidy. Bottom: Hall, Pitts, and Silver.

This story was first published Nov. 11, 2016