NASHUA – While Taylor Cahill, who was arrested on numerous charges Tuesday night in Nashua, may at some point be returned to the more familiar environment of Sullivan County, a Nashua Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered him to be held locally for the time being.

Ultimately, Judge Jacalyn Colburn told Cahill, “Sullivan County may be best for you, but I’m not going to release you today … $50,000 is appropriate at this time,” she said, referring to the bail amount requested by the prosecutor.

The vast majority of Cahill’s charges – including 11 New Hampshire convictions – have been, or are being, handled in Sullivan County, according to Assistant County Attorney Brett Harpster and attorney Elliott Friedman, who represented Cahill during Wednesday’s arraignment and bail hearing on charges stemming from his Tuesday arrest in Nashua.

They include one count each of possession of a controlled drug and falsifying physical evidence, both Class B felonies, along with two counts of resisting arrest or detention and one count of unsworn falsification – deceive official, Class A misdemeanors.

According to police reports, members of the department’s Problem Oriented Policing (POP) Unit were “monitoring” a certain area known for drug activity in downtown Nashua when they spotted a man, identified as Cahill, who they knew had warrants out for his arrest.

As he was walking toward Main Street, one of the officers got out of his car, identified himself and told Cahill to stop, according to the reports.

But Cahill allegedly took off running, “weaving through traffic” on Main Street, police said. At one point, they saw him allegedly discard a small bag later found to contain heroin or fentanyl, they said.

Officers pursuing Cahill eventually caught up to him and tackled him, police said. He allegedly struggled with officers attempting to take him into custody, resulting in the two resisting charges.

In asking for the $50,000 bail, Harpster referred to Cahill as “an absolute flight risk,” while Friedman asked that Cahill be released to the custody of Sullivan County authorities.

Among Cahill’s arrests during the last three to four years, according to court documents and archived news reports, is a July 24, 2016 arrest by Nashua police on a third-strike theft offense. It stemmed from an investigation into the theft of a computer tablet from a local shelter, police said at the time.

Cahill was initially charged with a misdemeanor-level theft offense, but the charge became a felony when police discovered he had been previously convicted of two theft-related charges.

Cahill, who listed an address of 52 Ash St. at the time, was indicted on the theft charge in October 2016.

Reports show he was indicted a year later, in July 2017, by a Sullivan County grand jury on charges of receiving stolen property and criminal trespass.

In August 2018, Claremont police arrested Cahill, who lived in Manchester at the time, on four counts of criminal trespass and one count of resisting arrest or detention after they received reports of a man unlawfully entering residences on Summer and Pleasant streets, according to reports.

As for the newest charges, Cahill’s next scheduled appearance in the Nashua court is at 9 a.m. March 3 for a dispositional conference.

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

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