Manchester Man Arrested In Nashua On Deadly Weapon Charges

NASHUA, NH — A Manchester felon, arrested on drug dealing charges more than five years ago, was arrested Tuesday on numerous felony charges after an incident in Nashua. Police around 2 a.m. Friday were called to a "shots fired" report on Palm Street involving "a moving vehicle causing damage to a multi-unit apartment building," according to Lt. Daniel Mederos of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Nashua Police Department.

"There were no injuries reported as a result of the shots fired," he said. "Two of these rounds were discovered to have struck the building and penetrated into two separate occupied apartments (causing damage)."

Detectives worked the case and identified Hernan Rijos Calderon, 31, of Central Street in Manchester, as a suspect. A check of his record found that he was a felon and was banned from possessing a firearm.

On Sunday, a warrant was issued against Calderon on three counts of reckless conduct-deadly weapon, two counts of criminal mischief, and a single count of convicted felons, all felonies. He was picked up Tuesday in Manchester with the assistance of police there and held on preventative detention, according to Mederos. Calderon was arraigned in Hillsborough County Superior Court South Wednesday and is being held without bail.

Calderon, according to ManchesterInkLink.com, was arrested in September 2014 in Manchester on five heroin and cocaine dealing charges.

Anyone with more information about the case can contact the Nashua Police at 603-594-3500 or can anonymously report information through the Crime Line at 603-589-1665.

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