Man arrested for drugs failed recovery program

By GAIL OBER, LACONIA DAILY SUN

TILTON — A former Laconia man who was arrested on a probation violation had approximately 200 grams of heroin/fentanyl and an unknown quantity of methamphetamine in his possession, police said Wednesday.

Jordan Manning, 25, of 601 Province Road was arrested by Tilton Police who were working with the U.S. Marshal’s Joint Fugitive Task Force was found by on Aug. 2.

He is being held at the Belknap County House of Corrections on $100,000 cash-only bail for the probation violation.

According to a motion to terminate his participation in Recovery Court filed by Belknap County Attorney Melissa Guldbrandsen in the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division on Aug. 5, Manning pleaded guilty on March 8 to one count of possession of heroin and was allowed entry to the recovery program.

The recovery team voted to terminate him from Recovery Court after about 10 weeks because he disappeared, he continued his drug use and lied about it, and because he failed to make it past Step 1.

Manning, according to Guldbrandsen, had also been terminated from the Phoenix House Program in Dublin on May 23 and they reported his termination to the Belknap County Corrections Department.

An officer went to pick him up but learned he had fled while they were in route. Guldbrandsen said that at one point he called Horizon's Counseling Center and said he would take a taxi from Dublin, but never arrived.

Manning hid from police for two months until the task force, his probation/parole officer and the Tilton Police found him at the Rodeway Inn last week. The drugs were allegedly found in a toilet bowl in his hotel room.

Gulbrandsen said that during a subsequent interview, Manning allegedly told them “He had been purchasing substantial quantities (of drugs) in Massachusetts and distributing them in the Lakes Region.”

Tilton Police said that any additional charges against Manning regarding the drugs at the Rodeway Inn are being handled by Guldbrandsen and the county attorney's office.