New Hampshire Department Of Corrections: Drug Fugitive Last Known To Be Living In Nashua

CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is asking for the public’s help finding a drug fugitive with possible “violent tendencies.”

Justin Paul Jones is 38, white, about 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and weighs around 170 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair. Investigators said he was known to use the alias “JJ” and also had several tattoos, including the word “RESPECT” on his chest, a cross on his right front arm, playing cards on his right shoulder, and a portrait on his left breast.

The warrant for his arrest was issued out of Carroll County Superior Court with a violent tendencies warning due to prior crimes.

“Jones has a lengthy criminal history that includes charges such as possession of controlled drugs, resisting arrest or detention, delivery of weapons or contraband, forgery, receiving stolen property, and theft by unauthorized taking,” an alert stated. “Jones has a history of resisting arrest and is considered to have violent tendencies.”

Jones was last known to be living in Nashua, but he also has ties to friends, family, and associates in Belknap and Carroll counties.

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According to superior court records, Jones’ criminal history dates back more than two decades.

In April 2004, he was accused of falsifying physical evidence and rules of the road-disobeying an officer in Northfield and pleaded guilty to the disobeying charge in August of that year. The evidence charge was nolle prossed

Jones was charged with acts prohibited twice in December 2005 after incidents in Laconia. Both charges were nolle prossed in July 2006. Jones was back in court connected to the cases in October 2008 on a hearing on payment of counsel fees, according to court records.

In April 2008, he was accused of habitual offender in Tilton. Jones was charged four months later. He pleaded guilty to the charge in December 2008 and violated probation twice. Jones was sent to prison for 12 to 24 months in August 2010 after the second violation.

Jones was accused of forgery twice, in April and May 2010, after incidents in Tilton in October 2009. In October 2010, he pleaded guilty to one charge and was given a 12 to 24 months sentence.

In January 2013, Jones was accused of two counts conspiracy-possession-sale of a narcotic in Tilton and acts prohibited in March 2013. He was charged months later. All the charges were dropped about nine months later.

In January 2014, he was accused of theft in Derry and two acts prohibited charges in Windham in February 2014. Jones pleaded guilty to the theft and one drug charge in July 2014 and received two one-year sentence with 45 days of time served. He was also ordered to pay $7.76 in restitution. In March 2015, Jones was convicted of violating his probation and given a one-and-a-half-to-three-year sentence with 84 days time served. He was also charged with delivery weapon, contraband and three acts prohibited charges in Brentwood in July 2015. Jones pleaded guilty to the contraband charge in February 2016 and received a 12 to 24 month sentence, deferred for a year and then suspended for two more years. The sentence was amended a year later.

Jones was also accused of simple assault upon a police officer and resisting arrest after an incident in Laconia in September 2016. He pleaded guilty to the resisting charges and received a one-to-three-year sentence, with 133 days of time served credit.

Between 2019 and 2021, Jones racked up 14 more charges in Conway, including acts prohibited, stolen property, criminal trespass, falsifying evidence, willful concealment, habitual offender, drug sale, felon in possession of a dangerous weapon charges, as well as violations of probation on the charges he was convicted on, according to court records.

If you see Jones or someone who looks like him, do not try to apprehend him. Contact local police, the corrections department at 603-271-1804, or the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office at 603-539-2284.

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