New Hampshire Fugitive Bagged In Massachusetts; Held On 15 Warrants From Multiple States

CONCORD, NH — A fugitive of the week from 2024 has been arrested in Massachusetts, according to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.

Jaquelle Lamar Anderson, 39, with a last known address of Portsmouth, received a suspended sentence and probation for theft convictions despite having a more than two-decade-long criminal history. After being released, he absconded from supervision in March 2024 and failed to appear in court after probation parole officers accused him of selling drugs to other probationers. Anderson was a featured fugitive in October 2024.

“Anderson’s prior convictions include multiple willful concealment charges, numerous thefts by unauthorized taking charges totaling over $100,000 in stolen merchandise, and drug offenses,” corrections officials said.

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Last week, a Massachusetts State Police trooper attempted to stop a rental car with a Virginia registration on Interstate 290 east. The car had an active BOLO (be-on-the-lookout) alert warning law enforcement it was “linked to felony charges in multiple states,” corrections said.

The driver refused to stop and was speeding in the breakdown lane, state police said. Troopers halted the chase but reengaged with the car later on I-495 North. At Exit 67, stop sticks were deployed, but the car still would not stop and exited the highway onto Route 62.

“With help from the rental car company, police tracked the vehicle to Clinton, MA,” corrections said. “Around 3:30 p.m., officers found the suspect hiding in a nearby wooded area and took Anderson into custody.”

Anderson is being held in Massachusetts awaiting arraignment on 15 warrants issued from multiple states.

Watch the capture in this Mass. State Police video posted on Facebook:

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According to superior court records, Anderson’s criminal history dates back more than 22 years.

In December 2002, in Salem, he was accused of felony willful concealment. A year later, he pleaded guilty to the charge. Six months later, he violated probation and had a hearing in January 2006.

In Nashua, in April 2007, he was accused of resisting arrest or detention and pleaded guilty to the charge in January 2008. In between, in June 2007, he was accused of felony receiving stolen property and pleaded guilty to the charge four months later. In August 2008, he was accused of violating probation. Anderson had a hearing in May 2009. He also had a hearing on a violation of a court order in September 2010.

In December 2020, the Commonwealth of Virginia requested documents from his criminal case on the stolen property charge.

Anderson was charged acts prohibited and willful concealment, both felonies, in December 2017, after an incident in Salem four months before. He pleaded guilty to the charges in May 2022 and received a 12-month suspended sentence with 12 days of jail time credit and a fine of $434. Anderson was accused of violating probation in November 2022 and received a one-and-a-half to three-year suspended sentence, with 123 days time served, in July 2023.

In between that case, in March 2022, he was charged with four felony theft counts out of Nashua. Anderson pleaded guilty to two of the charges in September 2022. He received two two-and-a-half to five-year sentences, both suspended for five years, and $7,419 in fines.

In February and March 2023, Anderson was charged with willful concealment and theft felonies in Manchester, willful concealment and organized retail crime enterprise felony charges in Merrimack, felony theft in Salem (and later, a probation violation), and felony possession of controlled drugs and resisting arrest or detention charges. He pleaded guilty to all but the Manchester concealment charge. Anderson received several suspended sentences and was fined $6,788.86 accumulatively.

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