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Massachusetts police capture New Hampshire fugitive who’d been on lam for nearly a year

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Li, D. K. (2026, October 30). Massachusetts police capture New Hampshire fugitive who’d been on lam for nearly a year. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-capture-new-hampshire-fugitive-after-nearly-year-rcna606534

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NBC News · collected 2026-10-30 · by David K. Li

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Daquhan Cromer, a 29-year-old fugitive from New Hampshire, was captured by police in Lowell, Massachusetts on Wednesday after evading authorities for nearly a year. The previous night, he had avoided capture in Salem, New Hampshire and was wanted on charges including escape from prison and multiple felonies. Police tracked him to a residence in Lowell where he surrendered without incident. Cromer originally fled a halfway house in Manchester, New Hampshire in December 2025.
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📰 Massachusetts Police Capture Fugitive
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Lowell Manchester Massachusetts New Hampshire Salem

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New Hampshire GPE · 4× Salem GPE · 4× Cromer PERSON · 2× Lowell GPE · 2× Daquhan Cromer PERSON · 1× Manchester GPE · 1× Massachusetts GPE · 1× NBC Boston ORG · 1× Robert Kirley PERSON · 1×

Narrative

A New Hampshire fugitive who had been on the run for almost a year was captured in neighboring Massachusetts this week after one last frantic attempt to evade police, law enforcement agencies said.
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A New Hampshire fugitive who had been on the run for almost a year was captured in neighboring Massachusetts this week after one last frantic attempt to evade police, law enforcement agencies said. asserted
agencies → capture → police
Daquhan Cromer, 29, was taken into custody shortly after noon Wednesday in Lowell, a day after he dodged police in Salem, New Hampshire on Tuesday night, officials said. asserted
officials → take → night
Cromer was “wanted on an escape warrant from New Hampshire State Prison and in connection with multiple felonies in Salem,” authorities in that New Hampshire town said. asserted
authorities → want → town
His flight prompted a shelter-in-place order in Salem night on Tuesday night, which was lifted by Wednesday morning. asserted
which → prompt → morning
He was surrounded by police almost 15 miles away in Lowell, where he surrendered without incident, officials said. asserted
officials → surround → incident
“Through different investigative methods, they were able to track him down to a residence,” Salem police Lt. Robert Kirley told reporters. asserted
Kirley → track → reporters
“And once they got to that residence, they were looking for him and he was inside.” asserted
he → get → him
Cromer had fled a halfway house in Manchester, New Hampshire, in December 2025, NBC Boston reported. asserted
Boston → flee → December
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