Concord,
NH – The hard-work of investigators both in New Hampshire and
Florida yesterday led to the quick arrest of this week’s “Fugitive of
the Week.” At approximately 5:00pm last evening, “Fugitive of the Week,”
James Giles Jackson, III, 32 years-of-age, who was last known to reside
in Manchester, NH was arrested by the U.S. Marshal’s in Tampa, Florida
as he got off a bus. Jackson was being sought on a federal arrest
warrant which was issued by the U.S. District Court in Concord, NH. This
warrant alleges that Jackson was in violation of his conditions of
supervised release. Mr. Jackson was on supervised release due to a prior
federal conviction and sentence for an armed home invasion during which
he discharged a firearm.
The NH Joint Fugitive Task Force was
actively seeking to arrest Jackson yesterday, when information was
developed indicating that he had fled New Hampshire and was enroute to
Florida. This information was forwarded to our U.S. Marshals
counterparts in Tampa, Florida. The U.S. Marshals in Tampa waited for a
bus that Jackson was reportedly on and arrested him as soon as he
arrived at the bus station.
Jackson had just been featured as
the “Fugitive of the Week” this past Wednesday and marked as Armed &
Dangerous due to the offense involved. 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.
Jackson was transported to the Pinellas County (FL) Jail, where he
was booked and held pending his initial court appearance in U.S.
District Court in Tampa, FL. This hearing will be a warrant of removal
hearing, during which it will be decided if Jackson will remain in
custody until he is returned to New Hampshire to face his supervised
release violations.
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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