New Hampshire Home Confinement Resident Placed On Escape Status

CONCORD, NH — A state administrative home confinement resident is missing and has been placed on escape status by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.

Arthur Augusto Foss, 37, is Caucasian, about 6 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighs 160 lbs., with blue eyes and red-auburn hair. He has been known to have s goatee. Foss' last known address was in Concord, according to Tina Thurber, a public information officer with the corrections department.

Foss was incarcerated for felony operating after being certified as a habitual offender. He was due to be paroled as early as March 2021 or as late as March 2022.

According to court reports, Foss criminal record dates back to 2003, when he was charged with habitual offender after an incident in Franklin, and possession of drugs in a motor vehicle, habitual offender, and disobeying an officer in Boscawen. The drug charge was later nolle prossed.

In November 2006, he was arrested again in Hooksett on a habitual offender charge and found guilty in April 2007.

In June 2012, he was accused of habitual offender and disobeying an officer in Laconia but the charges were nolle prossed. Also in June of that year, another habitual offender charge out of Warner was dismissed. In Franklin, in August 2013, he was arrested again after a crash for habitual offender, false report, and conduct after an accident. After being found guilty in May 2014, he was also found in violation of parole or probation in March 2015.

In July 2018, he was found guilty on a habitual offender charge after an incident in Antrim in December 2017. In May, he was convicted of habitual offender again after an incident in Franklin in June 2019.

Foss was accused of drug possession in December 2019 and January 2020, and habitual offender in September in Concord, and was scheduled to appear in superior court on Nov. 5 but failed to appear.

Anyone with information on Foss' whereabouts should call the New Hampshire Department of Corrections Investigations Bureau at 603-271-4416, 603-848-2569 or local police.

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

Got a news tip? Send it to tony.schinella@patch.com. View videos on Tony Schinella's YouTube.com channel or Rumble.com channel.