New Hampshire Fentanyl Dealer, 3-Time Fugitive Back Behind Bars: Follow-Up

CONCORD, NH — A fugitive felon who has evaded investigators for close to four years is back behind bars after showing up for a drug court hearing where corrections officials were waiting for him.

Samuel Jeff Warren, 37, was featured in October 2023. At the time, no one had seen him for nearly two years. During the past six months, officials said, parole officers had been contacting him to get him to turn himself in.

Warren, officials said, was wanted on a drug court probation warrant and a parole warrant.

On Feb. 25, Warren appeared at a hearing, “intending to speak directly with the judge in hopes of having the drug court warrant lifted and avoiding incarceration,” officials said. A report stated the warrant was issued due to his failure to follow the program requirements and absconding from the program.

Warren, however, was not aware corrections officers were in court with the parole warrant, and he was arrested.

“Warren was taken into custody in the courtroom before having the opportunity to address the judge, placing his parole warrant as a priority action over the drug court probation violation, which he will have to resolve at a later date,” the report stated. “He is currently being held at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men.”

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Update

On June 8, 2025, Warren emailed Patch, claiming this story was inaccurate and he planned on turning himself in, whether he spoke to the judge or not. Patch sent Warren the press release sent out by the NH DOC and offered to publish a statement challenging the NH DOC press release. He then sent the following photo of an email he sent to a parole officer:

Investigators have issued “violent tendencies” warnings on Warren due to past criminal convictions and accusations, including theft, burglary, resisting, and domestic violence. He is no stranger to statewide investigators since he was featured as a U.S. Marshals’ Fugitive of the Week in October 2019 and November 2021.

On both occasions, he was captured days after notices were posted.

According to superior court records, Warren’s criminal history dates back nearly two decades after being accused of and pleading to felony receiving stolen property out of Kingston, felony burglary out of Rochester, and felony receiving stolen property in Strafford in 2006 as well as conduct after an accident, criminal mischief, driving after revocation or suspension, and reckless operation out of Kingston and felony bail jumping out of Brentwood in 2007.

Two felon in possession of a dangerous weapon charges in Rochester in 2008 were dropped after motions to suppress evidence.

Warren was arrested on sale of controlled-narcotic drug, acts prohibited, and two controlled drug-sale charges in Somersworth in June 2019. In February 2020, he pleaded guilty to the acts prohibited and sale of controlled-narcotic drug charges. A drug court warrant was issued against Warren in October 2021. After hearings, another warrant was issued against him in December 2021.

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