Fugitive NH Sex Offender Caught in NY

CONCORD, NH - A sex offender who reportedly hadn’t registered with New Hampshire police for nearly five months about an address change was arrested in New York last week, according to U.S. Marshals.

William Soltan, 33, was arrested on May 6, 2016, in Shirley, NY, by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Soltan was featured as a Fugitive of the Week last month after Manchester Police issued a warrant for his arrest in January.

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Soltan, a Level II sex offender, was convicted of two counts of felonious sexual assault in 2011 for sexual assault against a victim 13 or older but under 16 with an age difference of more than four years. The victim in the case was 14 while Soltan was 29, according to marshals.

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After the alert was issued in April, tips were submitted with one leading to New York. The information was “developed by investigators,” according to Deputy Marshal Jeffrey White, and Soltan was captured, with the help of the New York Regional Task Force. He will be held in custody in New York and then returned to New Hampshire.