Alleged Dealer Indicted on 2 DUIs, 7 Drug Charges

A Seacoast-area man has been indicted on a variety of drug- and alcohol-related charges stemming from a traffic stop in Hampton in which police found a significant quantity of various prescription drugs in his possession.

Daniel Joseph Mayo, 24, of 163 Ocean Road in Portsmouth, has been indicted in Rockingham Superior Court on four Class B felony possession of a controlled drug with intent to sell charges, two misdemeanor dealing in or possessing prescription drugs charges, one misdemeanor possession of a controlled drug charge, and misdemeanor two driving or operating under the influence of drugs or liquor charges.

Mayo was stopped on High Street in Hampton on Dec. 18, 2012, and the arresting officers allegedly found him under the influence of a combination of alcohol and controlled substances, according to the indictments. One of the DUI charges is solely for alcohol, while the other is for driving "while under the influence of any combination of intoxicating liquor and controlled drugs."

Police also allegedly found Mayo in possession of seven different controlled substances. The felony intent to sell charges stem from possession of less than one ounce of amphetamine and undisclosed quantities of clonazepam, alprazolam and diazepam, according to the indictments.

Mayo also didn't have a valid prescription for the undisclosed quantities of hydroxyzine and trazodone he had on him, which are the drugs listed on the indictments for the two misdemeanor dealing in or possessing prescription drugs charges.

The possession of a controlled drug misdemeanor stems from an undisclosed quantity of marijuana that police also found during the Dec. 18, 2012, incident, according to the indictments.

An indictment is not an indication of guilt or conviction; rather, it means a grand jury believed there was sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.