After Finding 1, U.S. Marshals Capture A Second Fugitive In NH

CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force was able to arrest two fugitives in Strafford County on Wednesday who were wanted in two different states.

Travis Michael Magoon, 37, was wanted on a warrant for failure to appear in court on a possession of a dangerous weapon charge after previously being convicted on the same charge about two years ago. He was featured on Wednesday.

Members of the task force, while conducting research and interviews, were led to property owned by a family member in Strafford, according to Jeffrey White, a deputy marshal.

“At this residence, Magoon was found residing in a camper at the rear of the property,” he said. “Magoon was arrested without incident and transported directly to the Belknap County Jail where he will be processed and held without bail pending his initial court appearance later today in the Belknap County Superior Court.”

Later on, task force members began looking for Tyler Christopher Leary, 29, who was last known to live in Rochester. He was wanted out of Maine for failure to appear on a narcotics charge as well as a failure to appear on a drug-dealing charge out of Strafford County Superior Court.

“Additionally, Leary recently amassed a third arrest warrant issued out of the Dover NH District Court alleging that he was in violation of a protective order and two counts of criminal threatening: fear of bodily harm,” White said.

Marshals were searching Rochester for Leary and found him — reportedly sitting in the rear of a vehicle at a store.

“The task force was able to quickly mobilize and stop the vehicle in downtown Rochester, where Mr. Leary was arrested without incident,” White said.

Leary was taken to the Strafford County Jail for processing and holding on the New Hampshire warrants. He will also be charged as a fugitive from justice based on the outstanding arrest warrant issued out of Maine. Leary, White added, will have “multiple court hearings in New Hampshire to attend to clear his local criminal matters prior to being returned to Maine to face his other narcotics-related charge.”

According to superior court records, Magoon is a felon due to an aggravated driving while intoxicated charge in Strafford County in April 2002 when he was a teenager. He was accused of felon in possession of a dangerous weapon and alcohol interlock motor vehicle not equipped charge in December 2018 and pleaded guilty nine months later to the possession charge. Magoon was also charged with criminal mischief and theft in Gilford in May 2019 but those charges were nolle prossed later. His current case involves a felony weapon charge and a misdemeanor resisting arrest or detention charge from April in Gilford. Magoon was scheduled to be arraigned on Belknap County Superior Court on May 27 and a warrant was issued for his arrest on June 28.

Leary is a felon due to a second-degree assault conviction in September 2010 out of Somersworth in April 2010. He was also convicted on criminal mischief and two simple assault charges. He was accused of dealing fentanyl in Somersworth in March. Also in March, he was charged with two felony controlled drug: acts prohibited charges out of Manchester and failed to appear at an arraignment on April 22. Leary is due back in court on Aug. 9.

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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