Overview
- Authorities confirmed that Massachusetts State Police, aided by the U.S. Marshals, arrested Daquhan Cromer in Lowell and took him into custody.
- Salem police had issued a shelter-in-place for the Millville and Taylor streets area and the order was lifted after the capture.
- The Salem School District placed three schools on lockdown and held students inside until police cleared them for release to parents.
- The New Hampshire Department of Corrections says Cromer fled the Calumet House transitional housing unit in December and had been on escape status since then.
- Salem police say Cromer faces multiple local felony warrants and an outstanding Massachusetts warrant for aggravated assault on a child, and officials expect further custody transfers and prosecution as the case develops.