Crime & Safety

Wanted Seacoast Woman Arrested In Portsmouth

The 34-year-old wanted felon was arrested on several outstanding warrants.

Trisha Marie Ricker has been arrested on outstanding warrants after being accused of failure to appear in Rockingham County Superior Court and Rochester District Court.
Trisha Marie Ricker has been arrested on outstanding warrants after being accused of failure to appear in Rockingham County Superior Court and Rochester District Court. (U.S. Marshals Service)

PORTSMOUTH, NH — A woman wanted on several outstanding warrants from Rockingham County Superior Court and Rochester District Court was arrested in Portsmouth this week, U.S. Marshals said.

On Twitter, U.S. Marshals said, all told, she was wanted on two narcotics charges, bail violations on three counts of assault, two counts of obstructing the report of a crime and criminal trespass.

Court records show Ricker was accused of felony credit card fraud and theft by unauthorized taking in Rochester in October 2016. After a plea was agreed to, she failed to appear in court in October 2017 and a warrant was issued for her arrest in December 2017.

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In February 2019, she posted bond but failed to appear at status conferences in May and August 2019. In October of that year, she was found guilty on the credit card charge, making her a felon, but the theft charge was nolle prossed.

Warrants for her arrest were issued May 5 and July 15.

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In October 2019, Ricker was also accused of drug possession in Exeter and Brentwood. Both of those cases are still active with the court accusing her of failing to appear July 14.


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Ricker was arrested on a driving after revocation or suspension-subsequent charge and a warrant in Rochester in February 2019. She was also arrested by New Hampshire State Police in December 2019 on warrants at the Hooksett Rest Area off Interstate 93.

U.S. Marshals said in a Tweet on Wednesday that Ricker had been arrested in Portsmouth

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