Fugitive Torin Michael Cain Ruggeri has 3 active warrants and has not been seen since 2022 after absconding from Grafton County Drug Court.
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CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is asking for the public’s help finding a wanted subject who has not been seen since last year.
Torin Michael Cain Ruggeri, 30, is wanted on three violation of probation warrants and is wanted in Vermont, too. He has not been seen since leaving Grafton County Drug Court. Ruggeri was accused of missing a court date on Dec. 22, 2022.
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Ruggeri is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 181 pounds, and has brown hair and eyes. He has no known aliases. Ruggeri has a Nike tattoo on his upper left forearm with the words “Just Do It,” stars on his left hand, the name “Jamie” on his left wrist, and “Nadia” on his inner right forearm.
The warrants include capias for a probation violation, non-compliance with drug treatment court, and failure to appear in court.
“Ruggeri is known to the areas of Lebanon, Claremont, and Vermont,” the alert stated. “He has a lengthy criminal history that consists of motor vehicle thefts, theft by unauthorized taking, and controlled drugs. Ruggeri has been known to associate with individuals that may be considered armed and dangerous.”
In December 2016, Ruggeri was accused of operating after being certified as a habitual offender and felony drug possession, according to superior court records. He pleaded guilty to the charges in March 2018. Ruggeri violated probation or parole in July 2019, March 2020, and December 2020.
Ruggeri pleaded guilty to an operation after being certified as a habitual offender in January 2017 out of Hopkinton in June 2017. He was accused of being a habitual offender again in Newport in February 2019 and was found guilty five months later. In June and July 2021, he was charged with theft in Claremont and habitual offender again in Newport. He pleaded guilty to the charges in October 2022. In November 2021, he was arrested on a drug charge in Claremont and pleaded guilty 11 months later.
A bail jumping charge was issued against him in March 2019 out of Newport. The charge was nolle prossed four months later.
Ruggeri was arrested on theft by unauthorized taking-$1,501+ charge in August 2021 out of Lebanon. In March 2022, in Haverhill, he was accused of receiving stolen property-$1,501+ and three theft by unauthorized taking-$1,501+ charges while pleading guilty five months later. In Lebanon in May 2022, he was accused of receiving stolen property-$1,501+ and habitual offender again. And, in June 2022, he was arrested in Lebanon on receiving stolen property-$1,501+, habitual offender, criminal trespass, conduct after an accident, breach of bail, two theft by unauthorized taking-$1,501+ charges. Ruggeri pleaded guilty to many of those charges in November 2022. In April, he was accused of violation of probation or parole, and those cases remain open.
In Claremont, in July 2022, he was arrested on domestic violence and second-degree assault-domestic violence charges. Three months later, the charges were nolle prossed.
Anyone with information about Ruggeri should contact their local police department, the Grafton County Sheriff at 603-787-2111, or NH DOC at 603-271-1804.
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