After Being Featured, Fugitive Of The Week Surrenders To Marshals

CONCORD, NH — A New Hampshire fugitive of the week from late last month, who was featured with a “violent tendencies” warning after being wanted on several charges, surrendered to the U.S. Marshals Service on Friday.

Jason Edward Brooks, 43, turned himself to the task force after being featured on Feb. 22. He was wanted on several “outstanding arrest warrants,” Jeffrey White, a deputy marshal, said, “on multiple counts of assault, reckless conduct and being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon.” The warrants were issued by both Concord police and Merrimack County sheriffs.

White said investigators were close to finding Brooks before he surrendered.

“The NH Joint Fugitive Task Force had been working the case and developed information about a couple of possible locations in the Concord, NH, area that Mr. Brooks was reportedly staying,” he said. “This past Friday, Mr. Brooks turned himself in to the U.S. Marshals Service at the Warren Rudman Federal Courthouse in Concord due to being featured as the ‘Fugitive of the Week.’”

Brooks was taken to the Concord Police Department for processing and then brought to the Merrimack County Jail for holding pending a court appearance.

“Being featured as the ‘Fugitive of the Week’ was definitely the motivation needed for Mr. Brooks,” U.S. Marshal Nick Willard said. “We are grateful that Mr. Brooks chose to do the right thing by surrendering and now he can move through the criminal justice process to get these cases resolved.”

According to reports on Patch, Brooks has been arrested a number of times since 2014.

In February 2014, Brooks was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card. In June, Brooks was charged with two counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, receiving stolen property, and two bench warrants. He was picked up on another bench warrant in October 2014. Brooks was indicted on a motor vehicles; penalties charge in 2021.

According to superior court records, Brooks has a number of charges against him dating back nearly 20 years. In January 2004, he was accused of reckless conduct, criminal threatening, attempt, and simple assault after an incident in Portsmouth, which led to convictions on the threat and assault charges. In April 2016, Brooks was charged with habitual offender and falsifying physical evidence, both felonies after an incident in Hooksett. He pleaded guilty to both charges in January 2017. Four and a half years later, Brooks was accused of habitual offender and conduct after an accident in Concord. On Jan. 14, he failed to appear in Merrimack County Superior Court for a plea and sentencing hearing, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

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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