Homeless Man, With Many Prior Charges In Concord, Bow, And Hopkinton, Arrested On Fentanyl Sale Count

CONCORD, NH — After being given several suspended sentences on drug and weapon charges during the past few years, a homeless man now located in Concord faces new charges.

Larry W. Cole, 44, a member of the city’s unhoused community, was arrested at 3:28 p.m. on June 15 on controlled drug sale-more than 5 grams and two possession of a controlled drug-subsequent as well as a possession of marijuana-three-quarters of an ounce or less.

According to court paperwork, Cole possessed fentanyl at around 1:12 a.m. on May 19 on Ormond Street with intent to sell. Around 3:14 p.m. on June 15, he possessed fentanyl at the methadone clinic on Hall Street.

Cole, according to the charges, was previously convicted on a possession charge in October 2014 and acts prohibited in March 2023 in Merrimack County Superior Court.

The complaint against Cole was filed in Concord District Court on July 2. He is due back in court for arraignment on July 27.

No other information was available about the arrests.

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According to superior court records, Cole’s criminal history dates back about a dozen years after being charged with several acts prohibited in May 2014 in Concord. In October 2014, he pleaded guilty to the four charges and received a two-to-five-year sentence suspended for 10 years as well as two years probation and suspended fines, too. About two years later, the case was reopened after he was accused of violating probation or parole. Cole was then sentenced to six months in jail in August 2018. In July 2020, he was brought up on a violation of a court order for failure to pay $480 in restitution. He failed to appear four times. Cole’s violation was vacated in October 2021.

Also in October 2021, Cole was accused of acts prohibited in Bow. In May 2022, he was accused of acts prohibited and aggravated driving under the influence-collision with serious injury in Concord.

In 2022, Cole faced more drug charges: five acts prohibited and revocation charges in Concord in April during three incidents, two acts prohibited charges in Hooksett in September, and acts prohibited and two felon in possession of a dangerous weapon charges in Bow in September.

Cole pleaded guilty to the two 2021 Bow charges in May 2023 and received two one- to three-year sentences, as well as $1,240 in fines, all suspended for five years. He also pleaded guilty to the Concord drug and DUI charges from 2022. He received two two- to four-year sentences, all suspended for five years, with $2,480 in fines also suspended. He also received a 12-month sentence on the DUI charge.

Cole also pleaded guilty to five of the April and September 2022 acts prohibited charges and received suspended sentences. He also pleaded guilty to one of the dangerous weapon charges and received a 12-month sentence suspended for two years.

Cole was given 208 days of time-served credit across all cases.

A bail hearing was held three months later and a motion to terminate his probation and be released to drug court was granted in January 2025.

In August 2025, Cole was accused of possession of a controlled drug-sale, etc.-subsequent after an incident in Concord. He was indicted on the charge in February. Cole failed to appear at a hearing in April. A status conference on this case is booked for Aug. 7 in Merrimack County Superior Court.

According to posts on Patch, Cole has also been arrested on simple assault, driving under the influence charges, and warrants.

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