Police: Drug Deal Dispute Results in Arrests

A Merrimack woman was arrested in Manchester on Wednesday night with multiple bags of what police say they believe to be crack cocaine and heroin in her possession.

Glenice Littlefield, 25, of Merrimack was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled drug with the intent to distribute, after police say they happened upon an argument that turned out to be a dispute over a drug transaction.

According to Manchester Police, Lt. Mike Hurley was working a police detail at 
the intersection of Beech Street and Merrimack Street when he observed Littlefield and a man engaged in a heated dispute on Merrimack Street. 

Hurley, with two other officers approached the pair to investigate further and learned that the couple were not involved in a relationship but were acquainted with each other and apparently engaged in a dispute over a drug transaction.

After further investigation, police found Littlefield in possession of six baggies of suspected heroin and six baggies of suspected crack cocaine, along with a note 
that appeared to be a ledger.

According to police, the man, Nathan Derusha, 20, of Manchester, had provided money to Littlefield to buy drugs, but she had failed to provide those drugs, resulting in their dispute.

Derusha was also charged in the incident with criminal liability to distribute a narcotic.