Andover Drug Felon, Arrested Previously More Than A Dozen Times, Faces New Concord Charges

CONCORD, NH — A felon from Andover is facing new drug charges after two incidents in Concord during the past six weeks.

Around 1 a.m. on July 18, an officer patrolling South Main Street for “suspicious vehicles” in the McDonald’s Restaurant parking lot saw a Kia Optima with a veteran plate at the drive-thru. The officer drove by the car, saw a driver who was a woman, and thought the vehicle may have been involved in a past seizure by another officer, connected to “drug-related offenses,” according to an affidavit. The officer ran a check on the car, which revealed the registered owner to be Stacey M. Young, 41, of Lawrence Street in Andover.

A check yielded an active warrant, and Young reportedly had a suspended driver’s license.

The officer stopped the vehicle after the driver exited the drive-thru and spoke to her. The officer accused her of providing a false name and a different birthdate, according to the report. After checking a NH DMV photo, the officer realized Young was offering a fake name and birthdate, according to the affidavit.

Young was asked to exit the vehicle, which she did, and then dropped her license on the ground, the officer said. The officer picked up the license and confirmed it was Young, the report stated.

The officer said Young was suspended on June 11 after failing to pay a court fine with a $100 restoration fee and suspended again on July 12 for failing to pay a court fine with a $100 restoration fee.

After being arrested, she was booked and processed at headquarters. A second officer accused her of having methamphetamine in her purse, the affidavit said. Young was charged with felony drug possession-subsequent, disobeying an officer, transport drugs in a motor vehicle, driving after revocation or suspension, and suspension of vehicle registration charges.

Warrant For 2 Drug Charges

The warrant, according to a second affidavit, was related to an incident that occurred on June 23.

Around 11 p.m., an officer patrolling Gulf Street, “a high-crime zone, with recent incidents including motor vehicle and motorcycle thefts, ongoing drug activity, and a shooting that occurred approximately 30 yards away” nine days before, came upon a parked Kia Optima with a veteran registration. A check found the vehicle was registered to Young.

The officer approached the vehicle and found Young and a man in his mid-30s “completely naked, reclined in the front seats” of the car, an affidavit said.

“Upon noticing my headlights,” the officer wrote, “they appeared startled and began scrambling to put on clothing.”

Young and the man were both “sweating heavily” and appeared “visibly nervous,” the officer said. After checking their IDs, the officer told them they were “old enough to know they should not be engaging in sexual activity in a public place,” the report said. Young acknowledged the comment while the man said, “We just haven’t seen each other in a long time,” the affidavit stated.

The officer returned to the cruiser to check their IDs and accused the man of making “furtive movements inside the vehicle.” The officer approached the passenger side and reportedly found “a large quantity of burnt tinfoil” as well as a butane torch, in the shape of a handgun, as well as money, a pen tube with residue. The man was ordered out of the vehicle but refused and became argumentative, demanding a supervisor, the affidavit said, claiming he was being harassed.

The officer said the man had “recent history” with Concord police, including a protective custody and charges a few years ago.

Other officers began to arrive, including a sergeant, who “attempted to reason” with the man, but he continued to argue. Young was taken aside and asked about the tinfoil and whether there were drugs in the car, but was accused of giving “non-committal responses, refusing to answer yes or no,” the officer wrote.

Inside the vehicle, the officer said they observed a bag consistent with what is often used as a “works kit,” as well as a purse in the rear seat containing a cut straw, a pouch, and what they believed was a digital scale, the report said.

Police decided to seize the vehicle pending a search warrant, with Young being allowed to take her sandals. Both Young and the man were released from the scene.

On June 27, a search warrant was executed and police found 3.1 grams of an off-white-tan powdery substance wrapped in tinfoil, believed to be fentanyl; 0.5 grams of a crystal substance believed to be meth due to a presumptive positive field test; a hypodermic needle and several empty plastic baggies which appeared to hold substances previously; and cut straws, burnt tinfoil, and other items.

A warrant was issued for Young’s arrest on July 10 for two felony subsequent drug possession charges.

At the time of publication, no charges have been issued against the man.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Concord Police Department, Concord District Court, and Merrimack County Superior Court and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the process for requesting the removal of a name from New Hampshire Patch police reports.

Young’s criminal history dates back to at least November 2018, when she was arrested on drug charges in Concord, and December 2018, when she was arrested on a drug charge and a registration suspension violation.

In July 2019, the Concord charges were nolle prossed, after agreeing to a felony program with Merrimack County, while the Boscawen charges were nolle prossed a month later. The Concord charges were vacated in December 2019. However, in January 2020, she was arraigned on the drug charges again. A few months later, Young failed to appear in court. The case dragged on for months with other failed appearances and court processes. In July 2021, she pleaded guilty to an acts prohibited count and received a two-to-five-year prison sentence and a $434 fine, all suspended for five years with two years of probation.

While those cases were being resolved, Young was arrested three more times: In April 2019, she was charged with two acts prohibited, two penalty committed while on bail, and two deal-possess prescription drug charges in Concord. In January 2020, she was charged with acts prohibited in Concord. In Nashua in July 2020, she was arrested on a possession charge. Back in Concord a month later, she was arrested on four acts prohibited charges. Young was arrested again on nine acts prohibited charges out of Concord in November 2020, connected to two cases, and two acts prohibited and resisting arrest or detention in December 2020, connected to two cases.

In March 2021, Young was charged with delivery weapon, contraband, etc., after an incident at the Merrimack County Jail in January 2021. A month later, in April 2021, she was charged again with acts prohibited and resisting after an incident in Concord in February 2021.

As part of a deal, Young pleaded guilty to a single prescription drug count while the other charges were nolle prossed. She received a 12-month sentence and $434 fine, all suspended for two years. Nearly all of the other charges were nolle prossed.

In April 2022, Young pleaded guilty to a violation of probation or parole charge from the November 2018 case and received a 30-day sentence with 30 days of time served credit. Ten months later, she pleaded guilty to a second violation of probation or parole charge and received an 18-month to three-year prison sentence with 243 days served. A third time she was accused of violation of probation or parole and pleaded guilty to that count in July 2024. Young received 252 days of time served credit.

Young was also accused of four counts of acts prohibited in August 2023, after an incident in Concord the month before. She pleaded guilty to three counts and received three three-and-a-half-to-seven-years in prison and $1,860 in fines, all suspended for five years, with three years of probation after that.

Other charges against Young, according to posts on Patch, include assault, theft, breach of bail, loitering and prowling, trespass, receiving stolen property, and warrants.

Editor's note: Young was accused of using a fake name in the report. The person whose name she used had no involvement in the case.

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