Crime & Safety
Drug Probe Nets Concord Man
NH State Police: Man arrested in RI for alleged 'obtaining a controlled drug by fraud.'
A Concord man was arrested in Rhode Island on April 8 and charged as a fugitive from justice for allegedly trying to obtain a controlled drug by fraud.
New Hampshire State Police said William Eades, 53, of 23 Perley St., Concord, is currently being held in Rhode Island before court proceedings and rendition back to New Hampshire. Police in Coventry, RI, arrested him on a warrant out of New Hampshire.
The arrest follows a two-week investigation by the New Hampshire State Police Narcotics & Investigations Unit into alleged drug diversion activities.
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The investigation also produced an arrest April 7 of Kelli Clifford, 28, of 256 Wibird St., Portsmouth, on a similar charge, and what State Police referred to in a press release as "doctor shopping." She was arrested by Portsmouth police officers in her home city.
No additional details were available April 10.
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