NH Fugitive Caught Hiding Inside Apartment: Marshals

CONCORD, NH — This week’s U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Fugitive of the Week is behind bars, according to Deputy Marshal Jeffrey White. Adam Walter Searles, 28, was arrested on Aug. 24, 2017, on an outstanding arrest warrant issued back in May by the Strafford County Superior Court for bail violations stemming from original charges of burglary, credit card fraud and drug offenses. Searles, who has a number of priors, was featured yesterday and since that time, task force members – including members from the Strafford, Rockingham, Hillsborough and Belknap County Sheriff’s Offices, Federal Protective Service, along with deputy U.S. Marshals – “developed information indicating that Searles was residing with a known associate on Abbey Lane in Dover,” White stated.

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“Upon arrival at the residence, there was a delay in opening the door, and the associate denied that Searles was in the residence or any knowledge of where he was,” White alleged. “A search of the apartment and Mr. Searles was located hiding behind a bedroom door. Mr Searles was arrested without any further incident.” (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Concord NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Searles was transported to the Strafford County Jail for processing on the outstanding Strafford County arrest warrant, as well as another warrant for criminal trespass which had a $350 bail. He refused a bail and is being held pending his initial court appearance.