Alleged Burglar, Fraudster Wanted For Bail Violations

CONCORD, NH — The District of New Hampshire - New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force is searching for a man accused of bail violations after being arrested for burglary, credit card fraud, and drug possession, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Adam Walter Searles, 28, is a white male, 5 feet, 2 inches tall, and weighs around 145 lbs. He has brown eyes and black hair.

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Searles – who has also been known to use the alias “Gary Searles” – has tattoos on his left arm, right shoulder, and right arm. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Concord NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

The warrant for Searles’ arrest was issued by Strafford County on May 9, according to Deputy Marshal Jeffrey White.

“Searles was on bail for charges of burglary, credit card fraud, and drug possession,” he noted. “Searles was last known to be living in Rochester, where he has ties to family, friends, and associates throughout the area.”

According to reports online, Searles was arrested in December 2014, in Dover, on a bench warrant and held on cash bail. Searles was arrested on warrants in Newington in April 2013, according to Seacoastonline.com. He was also arrested in Rochester on bench warrants in December 2011 after being arrested in 2010 for false imprisonment and robbery in Rochester.

Searles’ license was revoked in 2015, for DWI, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. Last year, according to the Newburyport News, he was found guilty of receiving a stolen motor vehicle and served 60 days in prison. A fugitive from justice warrant was dismissed, according to the report.