NHSP Hunting for Escaped Concord Inmate

Concord, NH – New Hampshire State Police and the Department of Corrections are looking for an escaped prisoner who allegedly did not return for his scheduled check-in time at 10 p.m. on June 24, 2016.

Jacob Bouchard, 22, a convicted burglar and thief, signed out of the hallway house on Friday afternoon, allegedly claiming he was heading to his mother’s residence in Concord for a family visit at 5 p.m., according to Lt. Gilbert, a commander with the men’s correctional unit.

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Investigators later checked in with the family, but they advised that there was no such meeting planned and hadn’t seen him, according to the alert.

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Bouchard is currently serving time for felony-level burglary and theft by deception. Bouchard’s earliest release date, according to officials, would have been December of next year.

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According to scanner chatter, Concord Police put out information that state police were in the South End at just before noon on June 27, chasing a potential suspect. A perimeter was set up in the neighborhood but later called off when NHSP told Concord that the person they were chasing was not the suspect they were looking for. Dispatch didn’t say if it was Bouchard they were looking for.

Investigators from the State Police and Department of Corrections are asking anyone with information regarding Bouchard’s whereabouts or if they come into contact with him to call the New Hampshire State Police at 603-271-3636 or NH Department of Corrections at 603-271-1804.

According to reports on Patch, Bouchard has been arrested numerous times during the last five years for burglary, theft unauthorized taking, conspiracy, receiving stolen property, possession of an infernal machine, criminal mischief and violation of probation.