Police say a man wanted for bank robberies in Ludlow, Springfield and elsewhere surrendered himself peacefully Sunday morning around 3 a.m.
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'Fugitive of the Week' Surrenders After Reward Announced
Concord, NH - “Fugitive of the Week,” Matthew Martin, 31, surrendered to the Vermont State Police during the very early morning hours on Sunday.
Martin had been wanted on two outstanding arrest warrants issued by both the New Hampshire and Vermont State Police for several robberies, including multiple armed bank robberies. After being featured as the “Fugitive of the Week,” early in December, the U.S. Marshals offered up to a $5000 reward and re-featured Mr. Martin as the “Fugitive of the Week,” just last Wednesday. Over the past several weeks, the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, VT & NH, along with the State Police investigated the countless tips that came in.
Late Saturday, family members of Martin contacted the Weathersfield (VT) Police Department indicating that Martin would surrender to them, later in the evening. After several missed meeting times, Martin eventually was arrested by the Vermont State Police when he arrived at his parent’s residence during the early hours of Sunday morning. Martin was booked on the outstanding arrest warrants by the Vermont State Police and is currently being held at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, VT.
This arrest culminates an extensive and cooperative investigation by several local police departments in both VT and NH; the NH and VT State Police, and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in NH, VT, and Massachusetts.
Martin had been featured as the “Fugitive of the Week” on December 9th & 23rd, which 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 and prominently featured on the internet. This program has been a remarkably successful tool that has resulted in the location and arrest of numerous fugitives since its implementation in 2007. This case received a lot of additional media coverage throughout New England once the reward was announced.
U.S. Marshal, David Cargill, Jr., said “The announcement of the reward offered by the U.S. Marshals Service is suspected of being a highly motivating factor in Martin’s surrender.” Cargill continued, “We are glad that Mr. Martin made the correct decision and this manhunt has come to a safe and quick conclusion.”
Since the inception of the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force in 2002, these partnerships have resulted in over 6,216 arrests (Updated as of 12/24/2015). 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, 7 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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Hopefully since he was turning himself in he gets a low bail requirement and will be able to apply the $5000 reward money to his bail. It appears that his main crimes are only armed robbery to support his drug habit. So far no one has been injured so I am sure the judge will be willing to grant a low bail especially when the robberies are being caused by an illness. Hopefully a biweekly Narcotics Anonymous meeting will be his sentence for a few months, he will avoid incarceration and be back on the street quickly.
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DeleteWell read this. I am just saddened by this type of news. This is what the liberals have done to our state. Think before you vote next time guys. We need some balance in our state system and unfortunately it is going to have to be republican to offset the new normal liberal courts we have.
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If we decriminalized heroin and treated it like alcohol, it would be so affordable that addicts wouldn't have to commit crimes to get it, their families would be much more likely to push them into recovery programs (who gets arrested for telling the cops they bought their drunken spouse a six-pack?), and we'd have a lot more money for education/prevention/treatment programs. Alcohol abuse causes far more problems (simply because it's so much more common) but far less criminal costs, largely because it is legal and heroin isn't. Just as 85% of alcoholics function well, we could certainly expect 85% of heroin addicts to function well in society, even if they have an addiction that, like cigarettes, will eventually kill them.
ReplyDeleteI agree, make it legal in the way that you can go to a clinic and get your "fix". Some countries in Europe have this available. People go there in the morning, get their "medicine" then go to work. Of course it is all under supervision and l would think the goal is to ween off the stuff.
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