Imprisoned Sex Offender Indicted for Heroin, Prescription Drug Possession

A local man in detainment at the Rockingham County House of Corrections has been indicted on numerous new charges based on drugs confiscated from a hotel room the man rented in October.

Joshua Ryan Lamothe, 23, previously of 15 G St., Apt. 23, in Hampton, was recently indicted on four Class B felony-level counts of possession of a controlled drug.

Police allegedly found numerous bags of drugs in Room 315 of the Hampton Village Resort on Oct. 4, 2012, and lab tests indicated the bags contained heroin, clonazepam, hydromorphone and oxymorphone, according to the indictments, which list the following amounts for the drugs:

• Nineteen green tablets marked "M" "C 14," revealed to be clonazepam, an anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant and sedative used to treat epilepsy;
• Ten yellow tablets marked "E" "40," revealed to be oxymorphone, an opioid used to relieve pain, alleviate apprehension and maintain anesthesia;
• One plastic bag filled with a clear liquid, revealed to be hydromorphone, a semi-synthetic opioid analgesic derived from morphine;
• and one plastic bag containing brown powder and chunks, revealed as an undisclosed amount of heroin.

*[Editor's note: Information about drug descriptions and medical uses gathered from Wikipedia.]

Lamothe is a registered sex offender, and he was also recently indicted on a Class B felony-level count of duty to report. The indictment alleges Lamothe failed to register as a sex offender by Sept. 25, 2012, after establishing residency at the Hampton Village Resort.

It's Lamothe's third failure to report charge in the past two years. He was also indicted in September 2012 for allegedly failing to report a new telephone number and was indicted in September 2011 after allegedly creating a Facebook profile without informing police.

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.