Subject said to have been 'out of it' in' Friendly's parking lot nabbed on drug trafficking, possession charges

Shawn Davis (Rochester Police photo)

ROCHESTER - Police responding to a welfare check request at the Friendly's restaurant on South Main Street on Tuesday ended up charging the subject of the request on several drug charges as well as being a habitual offender.

The incident unfolded around 9:45 a.m. when police were called to the eatery's parking lot for a male who was reported to be "very out of it" and talking to himself inside a vehicle with the motor running.

Police arrived and after a brief investigation arrested Shawn Davis, 27, of 45 Pine St., Rochester, on a bench warrant out of Rockingham County, possession of a controlled narcotic drug with intent to distribute, heroin possession, meth possession marijuana possession and operating a vehicle while being a Habitual Offender.

Davis refused bail on the charges and was being held at the Strafford County Jail, with a court date today at Strafford County Superior Court.