New Hampshire Fugitive Arrested In Puerto Rico: U.S. Marshals

CONCORD, NH — A New Hampshire Fugitive of the Week was arrested in Puerto Rico on Monday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

Jonathan Navarro-Gomez was wanted on charges of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and was featured in late February. After the publication of his information, "several tips were received" by the task force leading investigators to Puerto Rico, according to Jeffrey White, a deputy marshal. Marshals in the U.S. territory were contacted and the tip info shared, he noted.

"Eventually, this information led to Navarro-Gomez's location, but he was able to flee prior to being arrested," White said. "Last evening, the persistence of the U.S. Marshals-Puerto Rico Violent Offenders Task Force paid off — they were able to locate and arrest Navarro-Gomez without incident even though he had changed his appearance after he had fled from authorities a couple of weeks earlier."

Navarro-Gomez was taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, for processing and holding pending his initial court appearance in U.S. District Court in San Juan on Monday.

White said Belknap, Rockingham and Strafford county sheriff's offices, the Greenfield Police Department, the Federal Protective Service, and marshals in both New Hampshire and Puerto Rico, all worked on the case.

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