Nashua Thief Accused Of Stealing Checks From Previous Employer; Also Wanted On Maryland, NH Warrants

NASHUA, NH — A Nashua thief was arrested Tuesday on multiple charges after a multi-month police investigation involving stolen checks.

Erick Reyes-Hidalgo, 31, was arrested on Nov. 10 on two counts of theft by unauthorized taking-$1,501-plus, two counts of forgery of a government instrument, two counts of theft by deception-two prior convictions, and two counts of operating after being certified as a habitual offender, all felonies.

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Back in January 2025, police took a report about forged checks at a business. During the investigation, Reyes-Hidalgo, of Nashua, was deemed a suspect, according to Sgt. John Cinelli, the public information officer and communications division supervisor for the Nashua Police Department.

"Reyes-Hidalgo was alleged to have forged and cashed two checks that he obtained from a previous employer, and both checks were more than $1501," he said.

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Detectives assigned to the case later learned Reyes-Hidalgo was a suspect in several retail thefts in Nashua, according to a report. A warrant was then issued for his arrest. Cinelli said on Tuesday, police arrested Reyes-Hidalgo after a motor vehicle stop.

"During the stop," he added, "the officers learned of multiple in-state warrants and an extraditable warrant from the Prince George County Sheriff's Office in Maryland for theft-organized retail crime."

Reyes-Hidalgo is also a certified habitual offender and should not have been driving, so those charges were issued against him as well. After the arrest, he was held without bail and is due in Nashua District Court on Thursday at 1 p.m.

Anyone with further information regarding this case was asked to call the Nashua Police Department Crime Line at 603-589-1665.

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