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 Concord,
NH – Last week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week,” John Robert
Wentworth, III, 31 years-of-age surrendered to members of the U.S.
Marshals – NH Joint Fugitive Task Force and the Strafford County
Sheriff’s Office late this afternoon in Rochester, NH. Mr. Wentworth was
being sought on two outstanding arrest warrants including a parole
violation stemming from an original conviction and sentence for
burglary, as well as a Strafford County Superior Court warrant for bail
violations on a cocaine charge.
Wentworth had been featured as
the “Fugitive of the Week” this past Wednesday, October 21, 2020. This
feature was aired on WTPL-FM, WMUR-TV, The Union Leader, The Nashua
Telegraph, The Patch, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Manchester Information,
the Manchester Ink Link, the Rochester Voice and prominently featured on
the internet. Additionally, this “Fugitive of the Week” was distributed
statewide to all New Hampshire law enforcement officers.
A short
time after Wentworth had been featured as the “Fugitive of the Week,”
multiple tips were received pointing a couple of locations in Rochester,
NH. The NH Joint Fugitive Task Force did multiple interviews and
surveillance today, which led to Wentworth calling and arranging for his
surrender. Mr. Wentworth surrendered to the task force and was
transported to the Strafford County Jail for processing and holding
pending his initial court appearance.
Additionally, Fugitive of
the Week,” James Scott Brooks, 30 years-of-age was arrested by the
Rochester Police Department on October 13, 2020 after allegedly fleeing
from law enforcement on multiple prior occasions. Mr. Brooks was being
sought on an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the Strafford County
Superior Court warrant for bail violations on narcotics charges and
theft by unlawful taking (x2).
Brooks had been featured as the
“Fugitive of the Week” on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. This feature was
aired on WTPL-FM, WMUR-TV, The Union Leader, The Nashua Telegraph, The
Patch, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Manchester Information, the Manchester
Ink Link, the Rochester Voice and prominently featured on the internet.
The “Fugitive of the Week” was also distributed statewide to all New
Hampshire law enforcement officers.
The
“Fugitive of the
Week” continues to be a very successful tool that has resulted in
the location and arrest of numerous fugitives since its implementation
in 2007.
Since the inception of the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive
Task Force in 2002, these partnerships have resulted in over 8,061
arrests (Updated as of 06/30/2020). These arrests have ranged in
seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation
and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses. Nationally
the United States Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out
with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive
task forces, 8 regional task forces, as well as a growing network of
offices in foreign countries.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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