Nashua man accused of threatening police officers, 4th of July events

HEALTH SUPPORT THAN HE’S CURRENTLY GETTING. HE IS NOT A CRIMINAL, BUT HE IS NOT MENTALLY IN HIS STATE. DANIEL MERCADO’S PARENTS SAYS HE STRUGGLED WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. LAST WEDNESDAY, NASHUA POLICE GOT A CALL FROM DANIEL’S MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR SAYING HE WAS DELUSIONAL AND THREATENING TO SHOOT SOME OF THEIR OFFICERS. COURT PAPERWORK SHOWS THAT DANIEL ADMITTED TO POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER 500 TIMES THAT DAY, THREATENING TO KILL OFFICERS, FRIENDS OF HIS AND CLAIMING THAT HE HAD PICKED UP FIVE PIPE BOMBS FROM KEENE AND PLANTED THEM AROUND NASHUA AND MERRIMACK. I ALWAYS TAKE IT SERIOUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT PEOPLE MAY BE WILLING TO DO. POLICE FOUND DANIEL DRIVING AROUND NASHUA, BUT HE SPED AWAY AND WAS LATER ARRESTED IN MASSACHUSETTS. PAPERWORK SAYS THAT HE ADMITTED TO POLICE HE NEVER INTENDED TO ACT ON ANY OF THE THREATS, AND DENIED HAVING ACCESS TO FIREARMS OR PIPE BOMBS. HIS MOTHER TOLD POLICE THAT DANIEL HAD BEEN LIVING IN HIS CAR SINCE BEING RELEASED FROM CONCORD STATE HOSPITAL AT THE END OF JUNE, AND HIS DECLINE IN MENTAL HEALTH IS FROM A LACK OF FOLLOW UP CARE. I THINK HE’S PAYING A PRICE, BUT INSTEAD OF GETTING THE SUPPORT AND THE HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE OLDEST ORGANIZATION OR THE AGENCIES OUT THERE, WE DON’T GET NOTHING. AND THE STATE ASKED THAT DANIEL BE HELD, CLAIMING THAT HE IS A THREAT TO HIMSELF AND TO THE PUBLIC. THE JUDGE AGREED. SO HE IS BEHIND BARS RIGHT NOW. HIS FAMILY HOPES THAT HE’S TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL SO HE CAN GET THE HELP THA