Salem Police Nab Texas Fugitive on Bridge Street

Working alongside U.S. Marshals, Salem Police help apprehend a man who jumped bail on sexual assault charges in Texas and is wanted for questioning in a New Hampshire attack.

Fugitive From Texas, Also Wanted in Connection With a New Hampshire Attack, Arrested in Salem

Arthur Huffman was arrested Monday night on Bridge Street by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.

A man wanted in connection with a violent assault on a New Hampshire woman — and who fled sexual assault charges in Texas — was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Salem on Monday night. Arthur Huffman, 44, was wanted on an outstanding Rockingham County, N.H. arrest warrant issued on Jan. 7 for two counts of second degree assault – strangulation and kicking and simple assault. The warrant stemmed from Huffman's alleged violent assault on a female victim at a residence in Stratham, N.H. in June of 2012, according to a press release from the U.S. Marshals Service. Huffman, whose last known address was in Stratham was arrested Monday night in Salem by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force from Massachusetts and members of the Salem Police…

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