22 arrested in Nashua drug bust

NASHUA, N.H. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Over the past six weeks, Nashua police arrested nearly two dozen people charged with the sale and possession of drugs.

The investigation took several months, but landed the following people behind bars:

• Kevin Cole, 47, arrested on Sept. 15 for possession of a heroin.  Cole was held on $50,000.
• Joseph Crowley, 49, arrested on Sept. 18 for selling cocaine, second offense. Crowley was held on $20,000.
• Phillip De Los Angeles, 26, arrested on Sept. 4 for selling marijuana. De Los Angeles was held on $10,000.
• Nicole Denman, 25, arrested on Sept. 5 for possession of Heroin.  Denman was held on $50,000.
• Jesus Figueroa, 40, arrested on Sept. 29 for selling cocaine and crack cocaine, second offense. Figueroa was held on $50,000.
• Ferdinand Gracia, 26, arrested on Oct. 5 for selling heroin. Gracia was held on $75,000.
• Luis Jiminian, 22, arrested on Sept. 1 for possession of marijuana, and Oxycodone Hydrochloride.  Jiminian was held on $250.
• Nasah Johnson, 27, arrested on Oct. 1 for selling crack cocaine.  Johnson was held on $100,000.
• Kevin Johnston, 23, arrested on Sept. 23 for selling heroin.  Johnston was held on $25,000.
• James Karos, 48, arrested on Sept. 15 for selling heroin, possession of Methadone and Suboxone. Karos was held on $100,000.
• Anthony Kennedy, 22, arrested on Sept. 10 for three counts of selling marijuana, Felony.  Kennedy was held on $15,000.
• Andrew Lavoie, 28, arrested on Oct. 1 for selling heroin, second offense.  Lavoie was held on $50,000.
• Brian Levesque, 43, arrested on Sept. 28 for selling heroin. Levesque refused bail.
• Andre McKinney, 24, arrested on Oct. 1 for selling crack cocaine and MDMA. McKinney was held on $100,000.
• Kevin Munoz, 21, arrested on Sept. 28 for selling heroin and possession of marijuana.  Munoz was held on $50,000.
• Paul Overacker, 39, arrested on Sept. 1 for selling crack cocaine and cocaine, second offenses.  Overacker was held on $100,000.
• Peter Panetti, 35, arrested on Sept. 11 for possession of heroin.  Panetti was held on $5,000.
• Melissa Quigley, 27, arrested on Sept. 28 for selling heroin, second offense.  Quigley was held on $50,000.
• Robert Reidy, 23, arrested on Oct. 6 for possession of heroin.  Reidy was held on $50,000.
• Aaron Sherman, 31, arrested on Sept. 1 for possession of Fentanyl and cocaine.  Sherman was held on $50,000.
• Edward Thomas, 45, arrested on Sept. 11 for selling crack cocaine.  Thomas was held on $25,000.
• Michael Vose, 25, arrested on Sept. 9 for selling heroin, second offense, and possession of Fentanyl, second offense.  Vose was held on $75,000.

Citizens are urged to call the Narcotics Hotline at (603) 594-3597 or utilize the Nashua Police Department's website Nashuapd.com with any information concerning illegal drug activity.

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