Concord,
NH – The United States Marshals Service is happy to announce
the arrest of last week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week” for New
Hampshire. Louis John DiFazio, 64 years-of-age, of Manchester, NH was
arrested during the early morning hours by officers from the Manchester
Police Department. DiFazio was being sought on a federal arrest warrant
which was issued by the U.S. District Court in Concord, NH. This warrant
alleges that DiFazio was in violation of his conditions of supervised
release after being previously convicted and sentenced on a 2005 bank
robbery charge.
DiFazio had been featured as the “Fugitive of
the Week” on March 3rd. The “Fugitive of the Week” was aired on WTPL-FM,
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” 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 U.S.
Marshals had provided the Manchester Police Department with the wanted
poster and some initial information for DiFazio. Based on this poster
and being featured as the “Fugitive of the Week,” officers were looking
for Mr. DiFazio throughout central Manchester. At approximately 1:00AM
this morning, officers observed a male walking in the 800 block of Elm
Street that strongly resembled DiFazio. The Manchester officers were
able to confirm that it was Mr. DiFazio and arrested him without
incident. While conducting an inventory of DiFazio’s belongings, a
substance believed to be heroin/fentanyl was discovered and he was
charged with possession of a controlled drug.
DiFazio was
transported to the Hillsborough County Jail, where he was booked on his
drug possession charge and held on the federal arrest warrant as well.
DiFazio was arraigned on the drug possession charge in Manchester
District Court and released on personal recognizance bail. DiFazio will
be transferred into federal custody later today and will be held pending
his initial court appearance by video in U.S. District Court.
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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