New Hampshire Drug task force, police arrest 4 teens at motel

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire - Four teens were arrested on drug-related charges at the Meadowbrook Inn in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Thursday by officers from the New Hampshire Drug Task Force and Portsmouth, New Hampshire Police Department. Jonathan E.P. Wickers, 19, of 16 Clement Ave., Kingston, was arrested and charged with unlawful sale of a controlled drug; unlawful possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute; unlawful possession of a narcotic drug with the intent to distribute; resisting arrest; and simple assault.

Robbie C. Jablonski, 19, of 160 Old Province Road, Barrington, was arrested and charged with accomplice to the sale of a controlled drug.

Nicole M. Doble, 19, of 29 Summer St., Rochester, was charged with resisting arrest and simple assault.

And Timothy N. Barnes, 18, of 86 Knox Marsh Road, Dover, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled drug with the intent to distribute.

The four teens were arrested at 8:15 p.m. Thursday in a room they had rented at the Meadowbrook on 549 Route 1 Bypass, according to New Hampshire police.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire Police Detective Steve Arnold, who was undercover at the time, was sold marijuana; Wickers and Jablonski were arrested for their involvement in the sale, according to court documents.

When Wickers was arrested, New Hampshire police discovered he also had marijuana and crack cocaine, which was packaged for distribution, according to Al Kane of the New Hampshire Drug Task Force.

Kane said Wickers resisted arrest and assaulted a New Hampshire police officer. Doble was arrested after she allegedly assisted Wickers in resisting arrest, and assaulted a New Hampshire police officer, Kane said.

New Hampshire police said they arrested Barnes after they found he had marijuana, packaged for distribution.

The teens were held at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Police Department on cash bail Thursday night and were arraigned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire District Court yesterday morning.

Wickers was taken to the Rockingham County House of Corrections following his arraignment and is being held on $15,000 cash bail. His probable-cause hearing is set for July 14, according to court documents.

Jablonski was released on $1,000 personal recognizance bail following his arraignment and is scheduled to appear in Portsmouth, New Hampshire District Court for a probable cause hearing July 27.

Doble and Barnes were taken to the Rockingham County House of Corrections following their arraignments and bail was set for each at $1,000 cash, $5,000 personal recognizance. Probable cause hearings are scheduled for each July 14.

New Hampshire police said an investigation is continuing and further arrests and charges are pending.