Wanted couple from Plaistow arrested in Florida: The Plaistow woman and her boyf
riend
wanted for badly beating and burning her 3-year-old son were finally
arrested today in Florida, roughly two weeks after they went on the run,
authorities said.
Police picked up Jessica Linscott, 23, and her boyfriend, Roland Dow, 27, in Orlando, Fla., about 6 p.m., Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams told the Herald in a phone interview.
“We knew we would get them, it was just a matter of when,” Reams said, adding that Plaistow police, authorities in Florida and the U.S. Marshals Service all had a hand in tracking down the wanted couple. “Ultimately it was tips that helped track them down. I know it was a tip in Florida.”
Linscott and Dow face multiple criminal charges in connection with the condition of Linscott’s 3-year-old son, who was dropped off at Exeter Hospital with a badly burnt wrist and fingers and a skull so battered that doctors thought he’d been blinded.
Dow is facing first and second-degree assault charges. Linscott is accused of endangering the welfare of a child and neglect.
Tips had poured in over the last two weeks, with some tipsters saying they had spotted the couple at North Shore coffee shops and gas stations, but the search eventually brought authorities thousands of miles away.
“That’s where everybody from New Hampshire goes,” Reams said of Florida. “We’re not shocked by that.”
Reams said they’re being held in an Orange County jail and will appear in a Florida courtroom tomorrow. He said authorities will move to extradite them back to New Hampshire.
SOURCE: http://news.bostonherald.com/
Police picked up Jessica Linscott, 23, and her boyfriend, Roland Dow, 27, in Orlando, Fla., about 6 p.m., Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams told the Herald in a phone interview.
“We knew we would get them, it was just a matter of when,” Reams said, adding that Plaistow police, authorities in Florida and the U.S. Marshals Service all had a hand in tracking down the wanted couple. “Ultimately it was tips that helped track them down. I know it was a tip in Florida.”
Linscott and Dow face multiple criminal charges in connection with the condition of Linscott’s 3-year-old son, who was dropped off at Exeter Hospital with a badly burnt wrist and fingers and a skull so battered that doctors thought he’d been blinded.
Dow is facing first and second-degree assault charges. Linscott is accused of endangering the welfare of a child and neglect.
Tips had poured in over the last two weeks, with some tipsters saying they had spotted the couple at North Shore coffee shops and gas stations, but the search eventually brought authorities thousands of miles away.
“That’s where everybody from New Hampshire goes,” Reams said of Florida. “We’re not shocked by that.”
Reams said they’re being held in an Orange County jail and will appear in a Florida courtroom tomorrow. He said authorities will move to extradite them back to New Hampshire.
SOURCE: http://news.bostonherald.com/
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