2-State Hunt For Assault To Murder Fugitive Ends In Massachusetts

CONCORD, NH — For a little less than three months, the U.S. Marshals Service has been looking for a convicted attempted arsonist wanted on assault and battery and assault to murder charges and now, he's behind bars. Freedom Weymouth, 40, was arrested by police in Peabody, Massachusetts, on Aug. 15, according to Deputy Jeffrey White of the U.S. Marshals Service on warrants. Weymouth was featured as the Fugitive of the Week in New Hampshire on May 1, because marshals in the Bay State thought he might be hiding out in the southern part of the Granite State.

White said police in Peabody "received information that pointed to a friend of Weymouth’s apartment on Jacobs Street" in the North Shore city last week. Both Peabody officers and officers from the surrounding departments went to the apartment at around 10 p.m., with a K-9 unit, in an attempt to arrest Weymouth.

"Weymouth surrendered to officers without incident," White stated.

Weymouth was arrested and held on assault to murder, four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and four counts of assault and battery.

Weymouth is a convicted attempted arsonist having thrown a bottle of gasoline into the lobby of an apartment building where his ex-girlfriend lived in 2000. After serving that sentence, he was arrested and convicted of stabbing a man who was dating an ex-girlfriend in 2012. He was given a seven year sentence in 2014, but released early.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the U.S. Marshals Service and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the removal request process for New Hampshire Patch police reports.

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