Marshals catch up with fugitive from justice in Eliot

Craig Wiggins (Courtesy US Marshals)

CONCORD, N.H. – Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Fugitive of the Week Craig Wiggins in Eliot, Maine, on Wednesday.

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

Wiggins was being sought on multiple outstanding arrest warrants issued by the Rockingham County and Strafford County Sheriffs’ 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 fugitive status was aired on Jan. 23 as the 'Fugitive of the Week'.  The 'Fugitive of the Week' is broadcast on several TV stations and featured on the Internet. 

Information developed by investigators and through tips led investigators to a residence on Hawk Way in Eliot. During the early morning hours of Wednesday, the Eliot Police Department contacted the U.S. Marshals Task Force and requested assistance after spotting a vehicle of interest on Hawk Way. Eliot officers had in the recent past 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 within the residence. 

After attempting to have Wiggins 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' that interfered with the location and arrest of Wiggins, by providing him a place to stay while he was a fugitive. The friend, Diana Foley, 27 of Eliot, 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 the York County Jail, where he will be held pending his initial court appearance.