NH Fugitive Captured in Maine

Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested New Hampshire fugitive Craig Wiggins in Eliot, ME on Wednesday afternoon.

Wiggins, 36, was last known to have ties to the New Hampshire seacoast and southern Maine areas.

He was being sought on multiple outstanding arrest warrants issued by the Rockingham County and Strafford County sheriff’s offices. The outstanding arrest warrants were for a failure to surrender for a prison sentence with an original offense of habitual offender and a violation of probation with an original offense of theft by unauthorized taking. Since the issuance of the arrest warrants for Wiggins, the Rockingham County and Strafford County sheriff’s offices had requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in an effort to locate and arrest Wiggins.

As part of the U.S. Marshal’s fugitive investigation, Wiggins was aired on Jan. 23 as the "Fugitive of the Week" on Patch, WTPL-FM, WMUR-TV, The Union Leader and The Telegraph. Information developed by investigators and through tips led investigators to a residence on Hawk Way, in Eliot, ME.

During the early morning hours Wednesday, the Eliot Police Department contacted the U.S. Marshals Task Force and requested assistance after spotting a vehicle of interest on Hawk Way in Eliot. Eliot officers had attempted to make contact with Wiggins at this residence without success.

The Fugitive Task Force arrived in the area and developed additional information that Wiggins was in fact in the residence. After attempting to have him answer the door, task force members forced the door open. Wiggins was quickly located inside the residence and arrested without any further incident.

Also located at the residence was a friend of Wiggins' who interfered with the location and arrest of Wiggins by providing him a place to stay while he was a fugitive. Wiggin's friend, Diana Foley, 27 of Eliot, ME was arrested by the Eliot Police Department for harboring a fugitive.

Wiggins was turned over to the Eliot Police Department and charged as a fugitive from justice. He was transported to York County Jail, where he will be held pending his in initial court appearance.

The arrest was made by members of the task force, including the Eliot Police Department, Rockingham Deputy Sheriff's Office and deputy U.S. Marshals from Maine and New Hampshire.