Marshals Nab Two Fugitives this Week

U.S. Marshals were able to catch two recent Fugitives of the Week this week including one who was allegedly involved in robbing a Dunkin’ Donuts employee in Bedford, right across the street from the police department.

Christopher Stevens (pictured, left), was picked up last night in Somersworth on warrants on a 2013 conviction of stalking and criminal threatening.

According to marshals, on Sept. 8, a Dunkin’ Donuts employee making her way to the bank with about $6,000 was robbed in the parking lot by a man with a handgun. A woman drove the getaway car after the robbery.

While investigating the incident, police quickly alleged that it was Sara Stevens, 26, Christopher’s wife, who was driving the getaway car, and arrested her in Laconia at her home.

Marshals continued to search for Christopher Stevens and their investigations led to a home on Highland Street in Somersworth.

“Once Stevens was aware of the task force’s presence, he looked out the window to see if he could flee,” according to Jeffrey White of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. “Stevens quickly realized his only option was to surrender and open the door, where he was arrested without further incident.”

He was arrested, turned over to Bedford Police, and held without bail.

Alex Ortiz Sr. was also found this week, it turned out, in a local jail.

Ortiz was featured yesterday as a Fugitive of the Week and an employee at the Hillsborough county Jail notified Rockingham County Sheriffs that he was in custody at the jail on unrelated charges.

“Once Ortiz’s criminal matters in Hillsborough County have been resolved, he will be turned over to the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office on these other very serious allegations,” White stated.

Since the creation of the New Hampshire Joint Task Force in 2002, more than 5,800 arrests have been made, according to officials.