NH Fugitive Shot, Killed In Florida

POSTED: 5:24 pm EST December 27, 2011
UPDATED: 11:45 pm EST December 27, 2011

CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- A fugitive from New Hampshire was shot and killed Tuesday in a shootout with law enforcement authorities in Florida.The U.S. Marshals Service said 22-year-old Joseph Cleary was located in Cape Coral, but when authorities tried to arrest him, he brandished a gun. A deputy sheriff assigned to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force shot Cleary in an exchange of gunfire, the department said.No law enforcement officers were injured.Officials said Cleary managed to elude officers three times in December and had taken a moving van down to Florida when authorities found him.Cape Coral residents living near where the showdown happened said officers came to their doors Tuesday morning and told them to stay inside. Not long after that, there was an exchange of gunfire."He had violated the terms of his bail agreement, and Strafford County attorney Tom Velarde had filed a motion with the Strafford County Superior Court for his bail to be revoked and it was granted,? Strafford County Sheriff?s Office Capt. Joseph DiGregorio said.Officials said Cleary barricaded himself in a room, and then came out and was killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers."They approached the house and actually saw Mr. Cleary through the window, and when they did they ordered Mr. Cleary to come out of the house, which he did not, and then he actually went deeper into the house," U.S. Marshal David Cargill said. "If Mr. Cleary had just surrendered, he would have been taken into custody and things would have been OK."Investigators said it doesn't appear Cleary knew anybody in Florida.Reports indicate he had rented a house and officers said it looked like he was just moving to get away from local troubles and avoid justice in New Hampshire.Cleary was wanted for bail and probation violations related to a first-degree assault conviction in 2006 in Barrington, according to the Marshals Service.Cleary was convicted of stabbing a good Samaritan in the knee and in the face when that man intervened after Cleary came at a mother and her 7-year-old daughter with a boat oar. The mother said Cleary threatened them as they were riding horses, and she motioned for Cleary to slow down as he sped past them.

Copyright 2011 by WMUR. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Source: http://www.wmur.com/news/30083839/detail.html

words with friends words with friends roy orbison red solo cup xbox live update new planet new planet