Slated ‘Fugitive of the Week’ Captured Prior to Feature

DOJ Press

Concord,
NH – The United States Marshals Service – NH Joint Fugitive
Task Force is happy to once again announce the arrest of fugitive, James
Canney. James Marshall Canney, 60 years-of-age, was slated to be
this week’s “Fugitive of the Week” tomorrow. Mr. Canney was wanted on a
two arrest warrants including a State of NH warrant for parole
violations for an original narcotics conviction and a Rockingham County
arrest warrant for failing to appear on charges of assault and operating
a motor vehicle after being deemed a habitual offender.
This was to be Mr. Canney’s third time featured
as the “Fugitive of the Week.” Canney most recently had been featured as
the “Fugitive of the Week” on February 9, 2022, which was aired on
WTPL-FM, WNTK-FM, WTSN-FM, WEMJ-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 numerous
fugitives since its implementation in 2007. Additionally, the “Fugitive
of the Week” was distributed statewide to all law enforcement officers
in New Hampshire. Canney had been arrested by the U.S. Marshals
Fugitive Task Force and the Manchester Police Department on two warrants
on March 28, 2022, after a low-speed chase through Manchester. After
that arrest, Canney had amassed additional charges by the Manchester
Police Department and was bailed. Upon being released on those new
charges, Mr. Canney was transferred to Rockingham County, where a Judge
granted him bail on his cases there in the amount of $5000 cash. Canney
was able to pay the cash bail and was inadvertently released to the
street prior to being returned to the NH State Prison on his still
active warrant for parole violations. Since being released on bail,
Canney has failed to appear at a court hearing in Rockingham County
Superior Court and another new warrant was issued. Today,
members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and the Barnstead
Police Department went to a residence under construction on Peter Biron
Road in Center Barnstead, NH. At this residence, Mr. Canney was observed
working at the rear of the residence. Upon being confronted by law
enforcement, Canney ran inside the residence and attempted to hide in an
unfinished first floor closet without success. Canney was arrested
without any further incident.Mr. Canney was transported directly
to the NH State Prison for Men in Concord, where he will be held in
custody pending his hearing in front of the NH State Parole Board to
determine the length of his prison sentence for his parole violations.
Once Canney’s time at the NH State Prison is completed, he will be
transferred to Rockingham County to resolve those ongoing legal matters.
Since the inception of the U.S. Marshals – New Hampshire Joint
Fugitive Task Force in 2002, these partnerships have resulted in over
8,542 arrests (Updated as of 12/31/2021). 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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