Crime & Safety
Update: Concord Minimum Security Prison Resident In Custody
Andrew Parker, a felon scheduled to be paroled as early as December, was placed on Escape status Sunday. A few hours later, he was found.
Update: 9:02 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2023: The New Hampshire Department of Corrections announced Sunday night that Andrew Parker was back in custody following his return to the North End House Transitional Housing Unit. Nearly 12 hours after failing to return to his housing unit on time, he was taken into custody without incident. Parker has been taken to the New Hampshire State Prison for Men, where he faces administrative discipline and escape charges.
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CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reported a minimum-security resident of the North End House Transitional Housing Unit in Concord was placed on escape status Sunday.
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Andrew Parker is 39, about 6 feet tall, and weighs around 180 pounds. He is bald with a devil horn tattoo above his left eyebrow. Parker was scheduled to return to work at 10 on Sunday but was accused of failing to do so.
“Parker was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, black pants, black and white sneakers, black backpack, black hat, and had a light beard,” the alert stated. “Parker is incarcerated for numerous counts of controlled drug acts prohibited with a minimum parole eligibility date of Dec. 3 and a current maximum release date of Dec. 1, 2030.
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Parker’s criminal history, according to superior court documents, appeared to date back to at least 2010, when he pleaded guilty to acts prohibited, prohibited sales, and receiving stolen property charges out of Bennington. About a decade later, in Sunapee, he was charged with six drug sales, transport, and manufacture counts, four controlled drug: acts prohibited, and a single count of penalty for an offense committed while on bail. He pleaded guilty in September 2022 to the six drug sales, transport, and manufacture charges.
Anyone with information on Parker’s whereabouts should contact Deputy Chief of Investigations Jay Darrah at 603-848-2569 or call local police.
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