NH Felon With Swastika Tattoos, Possibly ‘Armed & Dangerous,’ Wanted On Warrant

CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is asking for the public’s help finding a potentially “armed and dangerous” felon with a 25-year criminal history, with a “violent tendencies” warning, who was accused of missing a show cause hearing in March.

Jason William Chapman is white, 49, about 5 feet, 4 inches tall, and weighs around 150 pounds. He has blue eyes and is bald. Chapman, according to investigators, sometimes uses the alias “Casper” as well as “Jason Pike.”

Chapman has several tattoos, including a Swastika, an Iron Cross, the word “PIKE,” and a bird with spread wings on his abdomen, as well as a red Swastika with a black flame and a rose on his left arm. He also has a spiderweb with a Swastika on his left elbow and neck tattoos featuring the grim reaper, the words “Power” and “Pride,” and the letters “SS.”

Chapman also has a 2-inch scar on his forehead.

Corrections, in an alert, said Chapman was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison after being convicted on burglary, witness tampering, and receiving stolen property charges. He also has a prior parole violation after being convicted of domestic violence-simple assault.

“Chapman was released on parole in December 2023 and has since stopped reporting to his parole officer and has failed to comply with parole conditions,” the alert stated.

Chapman has other convictions, including simple assault, carrying and selling a weapon, resisting arrest, escape, theft, and drug possession. He was last known to be living in the Rochester area.

According to superior court records, Chapman’s criminal history dates back more than 25 years, when he was named “Jason Pike” and was accused of robbery in Rochester.

After two years of court hearings, the charge was nolle prossed after a motion for a mistrial in October 1998.

In June 2004, he was accused of burglary in Strafford County. The case was closed two weeks later. Chapman was also accused of theft and witness tampering in Rochester as well as an attempt charge in Dover, all felonies, in November 2004. He pleaded guilty to all the charges in May 2005.

About a decade later, there were more cases: felony willful concealment out of Gorham in May 2014, cases that were dismissed, and acts prohibited in Farmington, theft of a vehicle in Rochester, and burglary in Somersworth in August 2014. Chapman later pleaded guilty to all the charges.

Chapman was charged with felony escape in February 2015, after an incident in Concord in December 2014, and pleaded guilty to the charge in February 2016.

Also in December 2014, he was accused of receiving stolen property, conduct after accident-death, injury, witness tampering, driving under the influence, resisting arrest, and driving after revocation or suspension charges in Rochester. He was charged a month later. Chapman pleaded guilty to all of the charges a year later. He received multiple sentences, some suspended.

According to the court, in June 2023, the case was reopened and a show cause hearing was booked for September 2023. Chapman failed to appear and a warrant was issued for his arrest. In late December 2023, the warrant was vacated. Bail was set at $50 on Jan. 4. But then, Chapman failed to appear again at a show cause hearing on March 7, and another warrant was issued for his arrest.

If you know where Chapman is or see someone who looks like him, do not try to apprehend him. Contact the police or call Corrections at 603-271-1804.

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