The US Marshals Service District of New Hampshire has stated that fugitive Christopher Rodriguez, 40, was apprehended yesterday afternoon on Route 28 near Wellington Road in Manchester. During the arrest, authorities safely recovered a missing 15-year-old youth from North Andover, Massachusetts, who Rodriguez had allegedly led away.
On August 16, the Londonderry Police Department requested assistance from the USMS New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force following the issuance of arrest warrants for Rodriguez. The warrants were issued following further investigation into his misleading claims made during a police contact on August 9. Rodriguez is now facing allegations including kidnapping a youngster, endangering a child’s welfare, impeding capture or prosecution, and obstructing government administration, among others.
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Rodriguez was previously found guilty of second-degree murder in a 1999 armed robbery in New York City. He was jailed in 2000 and released from prison in July 2017. Authorities suspect his relationship with the juvenile goes back to 2023.
Following his arrest yesterday, Rodriguez was taken to the Londonderry Police Department, where he was arrested and is awaiting a hearing. The North Andover Police Department safely returned the youngster to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services.
The United States Marshals Service thanked the Londonderry and North Andover Police Departments for their cooperation, along with task force officers from the Strafford, Merrimack, and Rockingham County Sheriff’s Departments, as well as the Manchester and Nashua Police Departments; their contributions were critical to the operation’s success.
The USMS New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force was established in the fall of 2002 and is based at the Warren B. Rudman United States Courthouse in Concord. The task force brings together federal, state, county, and local resources to generate leads, gather intelligence, track down, and apprehend targeted fugitives. Strafford, Merrimack, and Rockingham Counties, as well as the cities of Manchester, Nashua, and Concord, provide important support to the Task Force.
