Third Heroin Overdose Death in a Month Hits Portsmouth

A local man reportedly died on Friday from a heroin overdose and police are looking for information about who may have sold him the drug.

Corey Jarest, a 29-year-old Portsmouth resident, was pronounced dead on Kent Street on Nov. 7, at around 6 p.m., when police and fire and rescue teams were called to the address for a report of an unconscious male.

Capt. Mike Schwartz of the Portsmouth Police Department said in a statement that while the state medical examiner’s office hasn’t ruled on the death yet, police are “pursuing the investigation as a heroin overdose.”

Anyone with information about Jarest or any of his associates is being asked to contact Detective Scott Study at 603-610-7653.

Tips can also be submitted to Seacoast Crime Stoppers 603-431-1199 or at seacoastcrimestoppers.org. You can also text your tip to CRIMES (274637) with the letters “TIPSCS” and leave your tip that way.

A tip that leads to an arrest or indictment of the individual could be rewarded with up to $1,000.

Jarest was a 2004 graduate of Portsmouth High School, according to his Facebook page. Last year, he was arrested for armed robbery and second-degree assault, according to a post on Portsmouth Patch.

Jarest’s death is the third recent heroin overdose that has taken the lives of residents during the last month.

Kieth Napolitan, 43, was found in a parking lot on Oct. 4, due to an overdose. Cassandra Clermont, was also found dead of an overdose on Oct. on 18. Benjamin Rogers, a Newmarket man, was arrested last week on falsifying evidence charge for allegedly deleting text messages between himself and Clermont.

Screenshot courtesy of Facebook.