Rochester man gets alleged drug money back after possession charge unproved
Staff reports 11:30 a.m.
CONCORD - The New Hampshire Attorney General's office announced Wednesday it has returned $2,361 in cash seized from a Rochester man during a traffic stop last fall after investigators determined there was no evidence of controlled drugs in the vehicle he was riding in. Previous to the stop, court records show that task force members surveilled Demeritt riding in the car as it picked up a man on Winter Street nearby. The vehicle, a Nissan Altima, was known to lawmen who had been apprised by an informant that Demeritt was dealing drugs, according to Assistant Attorney General Jesse O'Neill. When Demeritt and his female companion left the restaurant, the vehicle was stopped, and when Demeritt emptied his pockets for police, he was found to have $2,361 in cash but no drugs. Demeritt claimed he had won the money from legal gambling. A subsequent search of Demeritt's residence turned up a reported 195 packets of synthetic cannabanoids along with a digital scale.
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