Crime & Safety

3 Arrested In Nashua After Operation Granite Shield Roundup

Jamie St. Laurent of Hudson was accused of dealing crack while Kyle Jones and Kerry Fredette of Nashua were arrested on possession charges.

​A woman from Hudson and two residents of Nashua were arrested on March 16 after a Granite Shield roundup.
​A woman from Hudson and two residents of Nashua were arrested on March 16 after a Granite Shield roundup. (Tony Schinella/Patch)

NASHUA, NH — Nashua police, with the help of officers from Hudson, arrested three people as part of a Granite Shield operating on Wednesday.

Lt. Joshua Albert of the Narcotics Intelligence Division of the Nashua Police Department said officers with his unit as well as Problem-Oriented Policing coordinated the roundup and arrested Jamie St. Laurent, 42, of Webster Street in Hudson on three sale of a controlled drug charges, five possession of a controlled drug charges, and a single count of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, all felonies. She was released on personal recognizance bail and will be arraigned at a future date in Hillsborough County Superior Court South.

Two Nashua residents were also arrested.

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Kyle Jones, 35, of Stonebridge Drive in Nashua was arrested on a felony possession of methamphetamine charge. He, too, was released on personal recognizance bail and will be arraigned at a future date in Hillsborough County Superior Court South. Jones was previously arrested in another Operation Granite Shield roundup in late February on bench warrant for nonpayment of fines on an original charge of negligent driving and a capias warrant for lewd and indecent exposure.

Kerry Fredette, 33, of Railroad Square in Nashua was arrested on a felony possession of crack cocaine charge. She was also released on personal recognizance bail and will be arraigned at a future date in Hillsborough County Superior Court South.

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Albert said Gate City residents were urged to contact the narcotics hotline at 603-594-3597 to report any information about drug activity in the city. Tips about any criminal activity can also be submitted to the Crime Line at 603-589-1665.

Read the full press release, with booking photos, here.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Nashua Police Department and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the removal request process for New Hampshire Patch police reports.

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