Concord,
NH – This past Friday, U.S. Marshals – New Hampshire Joint
Fugitive Task Force “Fugitive of the Week”, Anthony Govan, was arrested
by members of the Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike
Force.
Govan, 28 years-of-age, was last known to be transient in
and around Boston, Mass. Govan had been featured as the U.S. Marshals –
New Hampshire “Fugitive of the Week” on July 14th, as he was being
sought on a Federal arrest warrant for bail violations issued out of the
U.S. District Court in Concord, NH. Mr. Govan was on bail on a case
involving the possession with intent to distribute narcotics.
Additionally, Govan was on bail with GPS monitoring in Massachusetts due
to an ongoing state case involving firearms. Govan had cut the GPS
bracelet off and stopped reporting to the supervising officers in both
NH and Massachusetts
As part of the search for Govan, he was
featured as the “Fugitive of the Week” on July 14, 2021. This feature
was aired on WTPL-FM, WNTK-FM, WTSN-FM, WEMJ-FM, The Union Leader, The
Nashua Telegraph, The Patch, Manchester Information, the Manchester Ink
Link, The Rochester & Lebanon Voice and prominently featured on the
internet. The “Fugitive of the Week” continues to be a very successful
tool that has resulted in the location and arrest of over 500 fugitives
since its implementation in 2007. Additionally, the “Fugitive of the
Week” was distributed statewide to all law enforcement officers in New
Hampshire.
The investigation into Govan’s whereabouts all pointed
to Boston, so this information was forwarded to the U.S. Marshals
Fugitive Task Force in Massachusetts, who works closely with the Boston
Police Department on a lot of fugitive investigations. As a result of
this partnership and the shared information, members of the Boston
Police Department – Youth Violence Strike Force on patrol around Centre
and Bickford Streets in Jamaica Plain, where they observed Govan last
Friday. Members of the task force were able to make contact with Govan
and arrest him without incident.
Govan was transported to the
Suffolk County Jail, where he was held pending his initial court
appearance on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts bail violations on the
firearms charge. Today, Govan was ordered detained on the Massachusetts
case and once he resolves this case, he will be turned over to the U.S.
Marshals on his outstanding bail violations out of New Hampshire on the
Federal narcotics case.
U.S. Marshal Nick Willard said, “The U.S.
Marshals Service across the country works tirelessly with its state,
county and local partners to arrest fugitives that think they are immune
from arrest, just because they cross state lines.” Willard continued, “I
can assure you that the U.S. Marshals Service and its partners continue
to prove fugitives wrong every day, when we find and arrest them!”
Since the inception of the U.S. Marshals – New Hampshire Joint
Fugitive Task Force in 2002, these partnerships have resulted in over
8,218 arrests (Updated as of 12/16/2020). 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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