Since 2007, The United States Marshals Service has been partnered with Peter St. James and the “NH Wake Up Show” featuring the “Fugitive of the Week” program for the State of New Hampshire.
Over the years, the program has grown to be a feature that the public looks forward to each week and the fugitives cringe at the thought of being the “Fugitive of the Week.”
This is evidenced by the comments made by several prior fugitives that have been featured indicating they knew their time on the run was limited!
This program continues to prove its success each year through the number of arrests.
The staff of the United States Marshals Service continues to be grateful and wants to extend their thanks to all of our media partners across all forms including; radio, newspapers, television and the internet for their continuing support, which makes this program a huge success.
“I personally would like to thank Peter St. James & WTPL “The Pulse” for helping to create the “Fugitive of the Week” program back in 2007, and continuing to be great advocates for law enforcement to this day, over ten years later,” said Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal, Jeffrey White, District of New Hampshire.
“The “Fugitive of the Week” program needs one more component to be successful and that is the countless number of tipsters that have provided a lot of valuable information that has directly resulted in the numerous successful arrests of these serious offenders.”
“Thank you for all of your assistance, tips both big and small to help make our communities safer.”
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2017 Arrests
- Violent Crimes – 3
- Unregistered Sex Offender – 10
- Firearms – 3
- Drugs – 16
- Larceny/Fraud/Burglary – 8
- Total Arrests for 2017 – 40
- Total Arrests for 2016 – 44
- Total Arrests for 2015 – 41
- Total Arrests for 2014 – 46
- Total Arrests for 2013 – 45
- Total Arrests for 2012 – 42
- Total Arrests for 2011 – 37
- Total Arrests for 2010 – 26
- Total Arrests for 2009 – 30
- Total Arrests for 2008 – 33
- Total Arrests for 2007 – 20
- Total Arrests in Cooperation with Media Partners and Tipsters – 404
The “Fugitive of the Week” is only a small percentage of the work done by the US Marshals Service here in New Hampshire.
The US Marshals here in NH are responsible for the day to day transportation and production of defendants for federal court hearings, as well as ensuring the overall security of the federal courthouses, the judges and staff.
On a national scale the US Marshals are also charged with:
- The seizure and forfeiture of assets taken in connection with civil and criminal cases
- Prisoner transportation around the country to and from court hearings and correctional institutions (think Con Air!)
- Additionally, the US Marshals Service operates the Witness Security Program, sometimes referred to the “Witness Protection Program”
- This program provides for the security, safety and health of government witnesses and their authorized family members, whose lives are in danger as a result of their cooperation with the U.S. government.
All of this is done, while operating the very successful NH Joint Fugitive Task Force.
The task force is comprised of five full time task force officers including Belknap, Hillsborough, Rockingham & Strafford County Sheriff’s Offices, the Greenfield Police Department, along with deputy US Marshals and over 40 local, county, state and federal agencies working together to locate and arrest fugitives around the state, country and world.
As of December 18, 2017, the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force has been responsible for locating 385 fugitives during this past year to date.
This would not be possible without the high level of teamwork and cooperation provided by the fugitive task force and all law enforcement agencies.
Since the inception of the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force in 2002, these partnerships have resulted in over 7,029 arrests (Updated as of 12/18/2017).
These arrests have ranged in seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses.
Nationally the United States Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive task forces, 8 regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.
The U.S. Marshals Service is the nation’s primary fugitive hunting organization and captures more federal fugitives each year than all other law enforcement agencies combined.
Annually, U.S. Marshals arrest more than 50 percent of all federal fugitives and serve more federal warrants than all other federal agencies combined.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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