Knife Assaulter From New Hampshire Wanted On Parole Violation: Corrections Department

CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is asking for the public’s help finding convicted first-degree assaulter and past fugitive of the week who was granted parole again and has disappeared.

Keith Alan Hutchings is 32, white, about 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and has blue eyes and brown hair. He has a 6-point Star of David tattoo and a Pitchfork tattoo. Hutchings also has scars on his forehead due to a car accident, officials said.

Hutchings is wanted for parole violation stemming from a first-degree assault conviction where he stabbed a person in the neck with a knife. He was a fugitive of the week about 13 months ago.

“After being arrested,” an alert stated, “he was granted parole again, and then, absconded from supervision.”

The warrant for his arrest was issued on April 25. A “considered armed and dangerous” was issued as part of the alert.

“Hutchings has a history of absconding from supervision, multiple assaults including the use of a weapon, and burglary,” investigators said. “Hutchings is known to abuse drugs.”

Hutchings has ties throughout Carroll County, was last known to be in Madison, and frequents the Manchester area. Due to a lack of a license or a vehicle, Hutchings may rely on others for transportation.”

According to superior court records, Hutchings’s criminal history dates back nearly 15 years, when he was involved in a second-degree assault in Conway. He pleaded guilty to the charge in December 2009 and received a 12-month sentence, all but 30 days suspended for 11 months, and two years probation. Seven months later, he violated probation and was sentenced to two to four years in prison, all deferred and suspended for three years.

Hutchings was involved in burglaries in Madison in October and November 2009 and was charged in February 2010. He pleaded guilty to both charges in July 2010 and received a year in jail, stand committed, and a year in jail on the second charge, suspended for two years.

In January 2012, he was charged with criminal trespass in Ossipee and pleaded guilty in January 2013. Hutchings was sentenced to another suspended year in prison.

In Conway, in December 2015, he was accused of attempted murder, attempted robbery, and first-degree assault in two separate incidents. As part of a plea deal, the murder and first-degree charges were dropped and he pleaded guilty to a single count of robbery and was sentenced to three to six years in prison, stand committed, with 190 days credit of time served.

Hutchings was accused of drug possession in Berlin in February 2018 and pleaded guilty to the charge nine months later. He received a two to four-year sentence with a year suspended and $434 in fines suspended for two years. In June 2020, the sentence was amended.

If you know where Hutchings is or see someone who looks like him, do not try to apprehend him. Contact local police or the corrections department at 603-271-1804.

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