Four people are facing multiple charges after a monthslong investigation led officers to a cache of assault-style rifles, cash, oxycodone and crack cocaine at a Boscawen residence on Wednesday.
Multiple New Hampshire State Police units, including a S.W.A.T. team, were deployed to the 117 Corn Hill Road residence, resulting in the arrest of four people.
The following people were arrested:
Ernest Jones, 42, of Boscawen was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of crack cocaine and possession of oxycodone. The Concord Police Department also had an outstanding warrant for Jones on the charge of possession of opium or a derivative. He was held on $75,000 cash bail.
Nancy Turner, 52, of Boscawen was charged with sale of a controlled drug, possession of crack cocaine and possession of oxycodone. She was held on $25,000 cash bail.
Tratasia Day, 24, of Stoughton, Mass., was charged with possession of a controlled drug. She was released on personal recognizance bail.
Mary-Ellen Matthews, 31, was charged with sale of a controlled drug. She was released on personal recognizance bail.
Both Turner and Jones are scheduled for arraignment on July 13 in Merrimack County Superior Court.
Jones was held on a high cash bail because he had a “lengthy” criminal record and was uncooperative during the booking process and refused to be fingerprinted, according to Sgt. James Norris of the New Hampshire State Police’s. Turner, he said, did not have a record, but was also uncooperative during the booking process. The other individuals cooperated and had minor records, according to Norris.
Members of the state police Narcotics and Investigations unit, Special Weapons and Tactics unit, and Mobile Enforcement Team units, along with the Boscawen Police Department and the Hillsborough County Drug Task Force, assisted in the investigation.