4 New Hampshire Fugitives Found In 5 Days: Follow-Up

CONCORD, NH — During the past two weeks, four prior fugitives of the week were apprehended and are now in custody, according to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.

Another fugitive, Melissa Ann Giuliana, who was also suspected of “violent tendencies” and was wanted on a probation violation after being convicted on drug charges and failing to appear, has also been found. She was featured in mid-July. Corrections received a tip that she was at her father’s house in Lynn, Massachusetts, according to a report. Police in Lynn went to the home on Oct. 22 and arrested her.

“A stolen vehicle was located at her father’s residence,” investigators said.

Officials said Giuliana remains in custody in Massachusetts, where she faces additional charges related to a pursuit that resulted in a crash with a Mass. State trooper cruiser and “potential involvement in other thefts,” officials said.

“Once extradited to New Hampshire,” a corrections statement said, “she will face charges for the probation violation, vehicle theft, operating after suspension, and animal cruelty, among other pending investigations.”

On Nov. 20, Richard Gary Blais, 39, was featured. He was wanted on a probation violation after a drug conviction.

Blais was arrested two days later after corrections received a tip that he was at a Manchester address.

Members of the NH Department of Corrections Probation-Parole, Manchester Police Department, and Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department determined he was in the basement, but according to corrections, Blais initially refused to come out.

“However, before a K-9 unit was deployed, he exited the basement and cooperated with the arrest,” a report stated.

Blais was taken to the Hillsborough County House of Corrections, where he is being held on a parole warrant.

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