Fugitive Sex Offender Caught In Farmington

CONCORD, NH — This week’s New Hampshire Fugitive of the Week, a registered sex offender who was wanted for violating the conditions of his supervised release, has been caught, according to U.S. Marshals. Jerome Carter, 41, was arrested in Farmington on June 15, 2017, after the task force spotted him leaving a home on Miller Street in New Durham this morning. Carter, according to a press statement, entered a car at the home drove from New Durham into Farmington where he was stopped by the task force, with the help of both New Durham and Farmington police officers.

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“Mr. Carter was cooperative at that time and was arrested without incident,” offered Deputy Jeffrey White of the U.S. Marshals Service in a press statement.

Carter – a Tier II sex offender – is required to register for life in New Hampshire after a 1996 conviction for felonious sexually assault in Vermont of a victim under 16 but over 13 with more than three years age difference.

“Shortly after Carter was featured as the Fugitive of the Week, the U.S. Marshals Service received several tips pointing to both Farmington and New Durham,” White stated. “Through additional investigation, the task force began to watch an address on Miller Road in New Durham. This morning these efforts paid off, when Carter was seen leaving the residence driving the car that was eventually stopped in Farmington.”

Carter is being held in Concord and was expected to be arraigned later today.

This arrest was made by several members of the U.S. Marshals, NH Joint Fugitive Task Force including members from the Belknap, Hillsborough and Strafford County Sheriff’s Offices, officers from the New Durham and Farmington Police Departments, along with deputy US Marshals, White noted.