Crime & Safety

Nashua Man Had Safe Full of Heroin: Police

Robert Reidy this week was arrested for heroin possession twice in two days.

A Nashua man with a safe full of heroin was arrested this week twice in two days, police said.

Robert Reidy, 23, of 12 Grand Ave., faces a host of charges.

Police said on Monday, officers pulled Reidy over and conducted a traffic stop. The officers said he gave them a fake name and had heroin in the car. He was charged with heroin possession, driving with a revoked license following a DWI charge, disobeying a police officer, and driving without financial proof.

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Officers then searched his residence and said they found a safe with about 30 grams of heroin packaged for sale inside. They said they also found several handguns. Reidy was released on $5,000 bail.

Following the search of his home, officers obtained a warrant for Reidy and arrested him again Tuesday. Police said they found more heroin on him and again charged him with heroin possession. He was held on $50,000 bail. He faces up to 30 years in prison for his charges.

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Also on Monday, in an unrelated case, police arrested Rosalie Morell—who lives at Reidy’s residence—on charges she fired a gun inside a moving car.

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