First-Degree Assaulter, Burglar Placed On Escape Status: New Hampshire Corrections

MANCHESTER, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is asking for the public’s help finding a first-degree assaulter and burglar accused of failing to show up for work Thursday and returning to a minimum-security transitional housing.

Jada Hodan Alfred is 28, Black, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, and weighs around 155 pounds. Officials posted a photo from June but said now he was bald and clean-shaven. Alfred was last seen wearing black athletic pants, a black hoodie, black sneakers, and a red durag head covering.

Alfred was accused of failing to show up at a work site on Second Street in Manchester at 8:40 a.m. on Thursday. He was placed on escape status at 9:45 p.m. when he was accused of failing to return to the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester 45 minutes before, as required as part of his transitional status.

“The department is actively looking to take Mr. Alfred into custody and encourages him to turn himself in immediately,” the department said in an alert.

Alfred was incarcerated on first-degree assault and burglary charges. In September 2017, he was accused of burglary and theft by unauthorized taking after an incident in Henniker and burglary, theft, conduct after an accident, and disobeying an officer in Keene. Both incidents were on the same day.

In the Henniker incident, he pleaded guilty to lesser charge of criminal trespass instead of burglary and theft and received suspended sentences with 97 days of time served.

In February 2018, he was accused of attempted murder, first-degree and second-degree assault, and witness tampering. Another witness tampering charge was issued against him in March 2018 in Manchester. Alfred pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree assault charges in May 2019. He was given a three-and-a-half to seven-year sentence, suspended for 10 years, and a six-to-12-year sentence, with a mandatory minimum of six years, with 154 days of credit and a $387 fine.

In the Keene case, he pleaded guilty to burglary and theft charges in July 2019. He was giving a one-to-six-year sentence and three two-to-five-year sentences. The latter sentences were suspended for 12 years. Alfred was also fined $4,126, according to court records.

Alfred was allowed to start work release in April. He was eligible for parole in December, with a current maximum release date of December 2030.

Anyone with information on Alfred’s whereabouts should contact Chief of Investigations Jay Darrah at 603-848-2569 or call local police.

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