Marshals Say New Hampshire Fugitive Caught Hiding Inside Closet

CONCORD, NH — Wednesday's fugitive of the week was arrested by the U.S. Marshals fugitive task force, reportedly hiding inside the closet of an apartment in Laconia Monday.

Task force members, according to Jeffrey White, a deputy marshal, received "multiple tips" after Nichole Rae Brackett, 31, a woman wanted in Belknap County. She was wanted on warrants for failure to appear on three narcotics charges as well a felon in possession of a weapon charge after she was featured as last week's fugitive. The tipsters said she was staying in an apartment on Court Street.

"This morning, members of the U.S. Marshals-NH Joint Fugitive Task Force, including members from the Belknap and Strafford County Sheriff's Offices, NH Probation and Parole, along with deputy U.S. Marshals went to this apartment to locate Brackett," White said. "After entering the apartment, investigators called out for Ms. Brackett to surrender to us. When she did not, the apartment was searched, leading to Brackett’s hiding spot in a bedroom closet."

Brackett was arrested without any further incident and taken to the Belknap County Jail where she will be processed and held on the outstanding arrest warrants pending court hearings, White said.

During the last five years, Brackett has been arrested and convicted on numerous charges.

In March 2015, she was arrested on a felony operating after being certified as a habitual offender charge in Laconia. She was arrested again on a habitual offender charge in Epsom in February 2017.

In February 2018, she was arrested on four counts of drug possession in Belmont. A month later, Brackett was charged with acts prohibited and possession-sale of a narcotic drug in Gilmanton. She was arrested again in Tilton on a possession and carrying or selling weapons charges in April 2019, and was indicted on those charges in October 2019.

Brackett was picked up in Rochester in November 2018 and charged with three counts of possession and a single theft by unauthorized taking-less than $1,000 charge, according to court records.

In March 2019, she was arrested in Dover on a felony delivery weapon, contraband, etc. charge. A month later, she was arrested on possession of a controlled drug and controlled drug: acts prohibited in Salem. In May 2019, Brackett was arrested in Alton on a bail order charge and a possession charge in Laconia. She was arrested again Laconia in August 2019 on three counts of drug possession. Brackett agreed to a guilty plea deal in February but failed to appear. A warrant was issued for her arrest on June 22.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the U.S. Marshals Service and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the removal request process for New Hampshire Patch police reports.

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