NASHUA, NH — A Seacoast felon is facing firearm charges after being accused of stealing an AK-47 pistol and a shotgun from a Nashua resident in September 2025, according to police.
Dennis Riveglia Field, 25, of Ocean Boulevard in Hampton, was arrested on two felony counts of theft by unauthorized taking-firearm.
Around noon on Sept. 27, 2025, officers were sent to an apartment on Myrtle Street in response to a report of firearm thefts. The owner of the apartment said his girlfriend was moving in over time. Two of her possessions stolen from the home were a Draco AK-47 pistol and a Mossberg 590 Shockwave 12-gauge shotgun.
According to the woman, the morning before, her boyfriend was arrested by Hudson police on an unrelated matter and was taken to the county jail in Manchester. He requested her to help him with bail, and she obliged. Since she did not have a key to the apartment, she left it unlocked.
The man also contacted Field for assistance with bail, and he and a second woman were at the jail to assist, an affidavit said. While there, the woman stated to the others that she had left the apartment unsecured, the report said. Later, Field and the second woman left the jail, according to the report.
Around 8 p.m., the couple returned to the apartment, and she noticed her firearms and ammunition were missing, the report said.
“(They) stated they believed Field could have stolen the aforementioned firearms,” a detective wrote, “as he was one of the only individuals who knew the locations of the firearms and knew the apartment to be unsecured.”
On Oct. 4, 2025, a detective met with staff at the apartment complex and requested to view security footage.
The detective reviewed it and saw a man and woman in a Toyota Tacoma arrive at the complex, the report said. The man, according to an affidavit, had his hoodie drawn over his head but “looked directly at the security camera” in the first-floor lobby. The detective took a screenshot of the video and compared it to prior booking photos of Field, who had previously been arrested by the Nashua police, and “positively identified this male as Field.”
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The detective accused Field of being empty-handed as he walked to the apartment, but about seven minutes later, he was holding large, rigid items, wrapped in blankets, that shifted as he walked. He “periodically struggled with the items,” the detective wrote, but as they shifted, the detective “confirmed the shape of one of these items to be the approximate length and shape of a long gun such as a shotgun or rifle.” In another part of the video, the detective wrote, one of the items in the blanket was clearly black in color.
Field then entered the Tacoma, and the woman drove him from the complex, the affidavit said.
About 20 minutes later, Field returned to the apartment, according to the affidavit, and left with “something within the pocket of his sweatshirt,” an object that “appears to have weight, as it is pulling down on his sweatshirt while he walks.”
On Nov. 7, 2025, a detective interviewed the victim again, who repeated her previous statement.
She also explained she had relied on Field for assistance, and that they were all acquainted with one another. The victim was shown screenshots of the security footage and confirmed it was Field, the affidavit said. The victim was able to produce a receipt for the Draco but could not find documentation for the Mossberg, police said.
The apartment owner was also called, and while he refused to speak to the detective, he did provide text messages between him and Field regarding the matter, the report stated.
In the texts, Field denied stealing the guns, but offered to provide them with money. He also “pleads with (him) to not have the police contacted,” the detective wrote.
On Dec. 18, 2025, the detective returned to the building and obtained the footage from security.
The detective also spoke to the woman in the truck on Jan. 21.
She told the detective she was no longer in a relationship with Field, refused to provide a statement, and denied any involvement, according to the affidavit.
The detective requested a warrant for Fiend’s arrest on a theft count, and he was picked up by Salem police on Tuesday at the Red Roof Inn on a warrant. He was also charged with resisting arrest or detention.
On Wednesday, Field was Mirandized and interviewed by the detective.
“Field initially denied being the individual contained within the footage provided by (the apartment complex),” The detective wrote. “Field was then presented with comparison images and then admitted to being the male subject who entered (the man’s) apartment on Sept. 26.”
The detective accused Field of initially claiming he had been asked to “clean out” the apartment because the couple was concerned they might be raided by police.
“Field stated the items he disposed of were a blanket and a few articles of clothing, such as a pair of shorts,” the detective wrote. “Field stated he disposed of the blanket because there was ‘drug residue’ on it.”
When told the footage seemed to show he was carrying rifles out of the apartment, Field could not provide an explanation and denied stealing the firearms.
“(He) claimed (the couple was) ‘setting him up’ to be ‘extorted’ for money,” the affidavit said.
A second was added after he was arrested.
Also on May 20, the detective spoke to the couple again, and they both denied requesting Field to enter the apartment to remove items, the affidavit said.
On Thursday, Field was arraigned via video, offered no plea to the charges, and was detained. A probable cause hearing will be held in Nashua District Court on May 28.
According to court bail paperwork, Field also has “pending cases” in Massachusetts.
Back in October 2018, according to Rockingham County Superior Court records, Field was accused of theft by unauthorized taking with a deadly weapon, robbery-firearm, criminal threatening with a firearm, kidnapping, and theft by unauthorized taking-$1,501 charges, all felonies, and a misdemeanor theft by unauthorized taking charge in Sandown.
At the time, he was living in Stratham.
Field was accused of colluding with two other men to kidnap a 17-year-old while also stealing a gold chain, hooded sweatshirt, wallet, phone, and shoes, according to a post on Patch. He was also accused of jabbing a gun into the victim’s head.
In June 2019, Field was indicted on robbery, deadly weapon theft, criminal threatening-firearm, kidnapping, and misdemeanor theft charges. A week later, he pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor theft charge, and the felony charges were nolle prossed. Field was sentenced to six months in jail, with three days of time served credit, home confinement, and restitution of $2,500.
About four months later, he was accused of violation of probation, and his bail was revoked — after being charged with one drug sale count and seven counts of acts prohibited, all felonies, in Stratham.
In March 2020, Field pleaded guilty to violating probation or parole and received a six-month jail sentence with 133 days of time-served credit. He also pleaded guilty to the drug sale charge and three acts prohibited charges. Field received a two-to-five-year prison sentence, with a $5,526.99 fine; a two-and-a-half-to-five-year sentence and $1,240 fine, both suspended for three years; a two-year-and-five-months-to-five-year sentence and $1,240 fine, both suspended for three years, and a one-and-a-half-to-three-year sentence and $1,240 fine, both suspended for three years. He was also given 133 days of time served credit.
Anyone with information about the case was asked to call the Nashua Police Department Crime Line at 603-589-1665.
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