CONCORD – Federal authorities on Tuesday took into custody Nashua resident Amanda Lee Tappan, a month after they issued an arrest warrant on allegations related to bail violations and failure to appear in court, according to Jeffrey White, deputy U.S. Marshal for New Hampshire.

Tappan, 31, whose last known address is 24 Scripture St. in Nashua, surrendered at U.S. District Court late Tuesday, White said. The original charge, on which she allegedly failed to appear in violation of her bail conditions, was a felony accusing her of selling fentanyl.

Tappan’s file at Hillsborough County Superior Court-South in Nashua includes several cases, the most recent of which was opened upon her arrest in late April as part of a Nashua Police Department Granite Shield operation.

The three felony charges filed in that case – sale of a controlled drug, heroin, second offense; possession of a controlled drug, heroin, second offense; and criminal liability to the conduct of another to sale of a controlled drug, heroin – were subsequently dropped at the Superior Court level when federal authorities undertook the case.

White said Tappan is being held at the Concord courthouse pending her initial court appearance, which has yet to be scheduled.

White credited the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force’s “Fugitive of the Week” program for Tappan’s decision to turn herself into authorities.

Since Oct. 2, when Tappan was featured as part of the program, the Marshal’s Service “conducted multiple interviews and surveillance in and around the Nashua area,” White said.

“It was as a result of this pressure that Tappan opted to surrender,” he said.

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256, or at dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.

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