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City man who left prison halfway house nabbed in Nashua

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CONCORD - The Rochester man who walked away from his minimum security detention center in Manchester on Tuesday was arrested by Nashua Police the next day, according to a New Hampshire State Prison statement released on Friday.

Clifford Joseph Gagnon, 29, formerly of Milton Road and Prospect Hill Road in Lebanon, Maine, never returned to the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester after leaving for work on Tuesday.

He was taken into custody Wednesday night, according to prison officials, who did not release the nature or whereabouts of his arrest.

Gagnon was sentenced in Strafford Superior Court on December 17, 2013, to a 5-10 year sentence for first-degree assault in connection with a Rochester Inn assault, which occurred in February 2013.

The victim was found covered in blood and taken by helicopter to Maine Med where he was put in an induced coma for several days before his condition improved. The victim lost sight in one eye due to the attack.

According to a police affidavit, the victim suffered facial and cranial bone breakage in the assault.

When police arrived at the inn for a report of a possible beating around 8 p.m. on Feb. 14 they found the victim bleeding from his face and head, with clothing covered in blood and pools of blood in his room, according to the affidavit.

The caller who reported the suspected beating to police told them he heard three loud thumps, and upon looking out the window, saw Gagnon leaving the victim's room, the affidavit states.

Another resident of the inn said Gagnon yelled for someone to call for help because the victim got "jacked up." Gagnon then left the area, the affidavit states.

Police located Gagnon at a Periwinkle Drive residence and arrested him on a bench warrant for failure to appear on a separate case.

Gagnon denied assaulting the victim, according to the affidavit.

Gagnon began his prison stint at New Hampshire State Prison on Dec. 17, 2013, and was eligible for release or parole on Sept. 3, 2019, with a maximum release date of February 2023.

Walking away from a correctional facility is considered an escape and is a Class B felony punishable by up to seven years in state prison.

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