Felon, On Escape Status From Manchester, Quickly Located

CONCORD, NH — A transitional housing unit resident was placed on escape status on Wednesday night but was quickly found, according to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.

Angel Caballery, 34, was placed on escape status at 8 p.m. after being accused of punching out at his job for his lunch break around noon and not returning to work. At 7 p.m., he also failed to return to the Calumet House in Manchester as required.

Around 10 p.m., Caballery was located, according to officials.

Caballery is slated to be eligible for parole in November, with a maximum release date in November 2027.

According to superior court records, Caballery’s criminal record dates back about seven years when he was accused of criminal threatening in Manchester. Seven months later, he pleaded to a disorderly conduct charge and received a 60-day suspended sentence.

In late February 2021, Caballery was accused of drug possession and theft in Manchester. A couple of weeks later, he was arrested in Barrington for drug possession, driving after revocation or suspension, disobeying an officer, operating without a valid license, and open container and misuse of plates violations. In June 2021, he pleaded guilty to the driving charges, and the felony drug charge was lowered to a transport misdemeanor charge.

In 2021, Caballery was charged with acts prohibited, drug possession, violation of probation or parole, falsifying physical evidence, forgery, receiving stolen property, theft by deception, and taking without an owner’s consent.

About a year later, in Manchester, Caballery was arrested on felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, riot, robbery with a firearm, attempted first-degree assault, first-degree assault, robbery with a firearm-criminal liability, and first-degree assault with a firearm charges. In August 2022, he pleaded guilty to the attempted and first-degree firearm charges. He received two six-year prison sentences with a mandatory minimum of three years for each, with 175 days credit for time served and served consecutively.

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