Child Assaulter Caught After Two Years on the Run

CONCORD, NH - “Fugitive of the Week,” Robert Maunsell, 32, was arrested this afternoon in Plant City, FL after two years on the lam, according to U.S. Marshals.

Maunsell was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant issued on Jan. 8, 2014, by the Rockingham County Superior Court for his failure to appear for a previously imposed sentence for a 2010 conviction on a charge of second-degree assault of a child.

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Maunsell was featured as the “Fugitive of the Week,” on February 2014.

According to Jeffrey White, a deputy marshal, during the past two years, investigators had made every effort to locate Maunsell. The task force developed information that he was likely living in Florida near several family members just outside of Tampa. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force from NH contacted its counterparts with the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and requested their assistance in apprehending Maunsell, according to White.

“This afternoon, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Florida, were able to Maunsell in an RV off of Dormany Loop, Plant City (FL), he was arrested without incident,” White said. ”Maunsell will be charged as a fugitive from justice based on the outstanding Rockingham County warrant. Maunsell will be held without bail at the Hillsborough County Jail (FL), pending his return to New Hampshire and then will begin serving his sentence for assaulting a child.”

This arrest, White said, comes after “a two year search in several states for and after tireless efforts by Investigators from several agencies throughout New Hampshire, Maine, and Florida.”

U.S. Marshal David Cargill, Jr., said “The Marshals Service never gives up on the search for a fugitive, this is evident by Maunsell’s arrest after a two year search. I am very proud of all of the investigators that were involved for their persistence and desire to bring Maunsell to justice.”

Since the inception of the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force in 2002, these partnerships have resulted in over 6,216 arrests (Updated as of 12/24/2015). These arrests have ranged in seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses. Nationally the United States Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive task forces, 7 regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at usmarshals.gov.