Police arrest 13 on felony drug charges month after raid targeting heroin, fentanyl

By RICK GREEN, LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA _ A 33-year-old man, one of 23 local people targeted in a heroin and fentanyl sweep last month, was booked early Monday on multiple felony drug charges.

Zachary A. Brown, 33, was also charged with resisting arrest.

He was being held in Belknap County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bail.

Laconia police said on Feb. 16 that they had arrested four people on felony drug charges and were seeking 21 others.

This was part of a larger law enforcement action in which 151 people were arrested statewide. Seized in that raid were 551 grams of heroin and fentanyl, 24 weapons and $37,000 in cash.

Since then, local police have arrested 13 of the 21 people who were not picked up in the initial sweep, including Brown.

The other 12 people arrested on felony drug charges are:

• Katelin Arsenault, 20, of Belmont.

• Christopher G. Klaft, 46, of Meredith.

• Rebecca Sirois, 20, of Laconia.

• Matthew Better, 35, of Belmont.

• Christopher Miles, 36, of Barnstead.

• Andrew Page, 37, of Gilford.

• Mariah Vetrone, 26, of Laconia.

• Heather R. Davis, 34, of Laconia.

• Luis Dominguez, 33, of Belmont.

• Nathan J. Barros, 37, of Laconia.

• Cirsten McKim, 42, of Laconia.

• Tara C. Black, 35, of Laconia.