New Hampshire Fugitive Surrenders Before Being Found: Update

CONCORD, NH — This week’s New Hampshire fugitive of the week turned himself in to task force members before being captured, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

After Travis Gabriel Garand, 33, was featured on Wednesday, investigators received tips from the public that he might be in the Plymouth area. Task force members began looking into the tips and the result of that activity led Garand to surrender, Jeffrey White, a deputy marshal, said.

“Garand met task force officers from the Strafford County Sheriff’s Office at the Rochester Police Department,” White said, “where he was arrested without incident.”

Garand was thought to be “armed and dangerous” based on prior criminal activity. He was held at the Strafford County Jail on Thursday pending a court appearance in Strafford County Superior Court Friday.

“It is very encouraging when people like Mr. Garand voluntarily contact the U.S. Marshals in an effort to do the right thing,” U.S. Marshal Nick Willard said. “Mr. Garand’s willingness to surrender shows the court the positive steps he is taking to get this criminal matter resolved.”

According to superior court records, Garand is a felon due to a controlled drug: acts prohibited guilty plea in December 2016 after he was accused of robbery with a weapon, burglary, and criminal threatening in Epping in October 2016. The case, according to an indictment, involved an attempt to steal 5 pounds of marijuana from another person. In June 2018, he pleaded guilty to a violation of probation or parole charge. Garand pleaded guilty to a criminal mischief charge out of Portsmouth in November 2019 that was originally filed as a felony burglary charge in July 2019. He was convicted on a Dover burglary charge from July 2019 in January 2020. Garand has an active conspiracy to commit an armed robbery charge out of Rochester from April 2020.

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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