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STORY UPDATE: Nashua Police announce suspect arrest

On September 22, 2026, the Nashua Police Department arrested 39-year-old Derrick Couture of Nashua on a Felony warrant for Arson, a Class A Felony.  Additionally, Couture was charged with Criminal Trespass, Criminal Threatening, and Resisting Arrest/Detention, all Class A Misdemeanors.

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On September 22, 2026, the Nashua Police Department arrested 39-year-old Derrick Couture of Nashua on a Felony warrant for Arson, a Class A Felony.  Additionally, Couture was charged with Criminal Trespass, Criminal Threatening, and Resisting Arrest/Detention, all Class A Misdemeanors.

On September 22, 2026, the Nashua Police Department received a call that Couture was walking in the area of the fire scene.  Couture was located by Officers; he ran from the area. Officers were able to catch Couture, and he was arrested without further incident.

Couture was held on Preventive Detention and will be arraigned at the 9th Circuit-District Division-Nashua Court on September 23, 2026, at 1:00 pm.

If anyone has further information regarding this case, please call the Nashua Police Department Crime Line at 603-589-1665.           

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