Crime & Safety

Nashua Teen, Four Others Arrested On Meth, Other Drug Charges

Four Nashua residents and a woman from Exeter were arrested yesterday as Operation Granite Shield hits Nashua again.

NASHUA, NH — Nashua police arrested five people on drug charges during another Granite Shield operation in the Gate City yesterday. Two Nashua residents – Justin Greenwood, pictured upper left, 42, of Sargent Avenue, and Katelyn Ferguson, 19, upper right, of Eric Avenue – were arrested on felony sale of methamphetamine charges. Greenwood was also charged on April 18, 2019, with criminal liability for the conduct of another-acts prohibited. He was released on bail pending arraignment at a future date.

Ferguson was also charged with possession of meth. She was released on bail and will be arraigned at a later date.

Jorjiana Rittenhour, 33, of Ernest Avenue in Exeter, lower left, was charged with felony possession of a controlled drug-methamphetamine. She was held without bail.

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Tori Goulette, 41, lower center, of Main Street in Nashua, was charged with felony possession of a controlled drug-clozapine and unlawful possession of a prescription drug-gabapentin. She was released on bail and will also be arraigned at a future date.

Also arrested was Jose Torres, 28, of Wesley Street in Nashua, for felony acts prohibited; possession of a controlled drug-oxycodone hydrochloride and acts prohibited; possession of a controlled drug-marijuana. He was also held on bail.

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The department’s Narcotics Intelligence Division, Problem Oriented Policing Unit, and Traffic Enforcement Unit were all involved in the arrests.

Nashua residents are urged to call the city’s narcotics hotline – 603-594-3597 – to report illegal drug activity.

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