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Authorities offer reward for info as search continues for man who escaped custody in New Hampshire

Credit: Belknap County Sheriff Department

LACONIA, N.H. — Authorities are now offering a reward for information as they continue to search for a “dangerous” man who escaped custody in New Hampshire earlier this week.

Peter John DiBiaso, 57, escaped from the Belknap County Jail in Laconia shortly before 10 p.m. on Monday, according to Belknap County Sheriff Bill Wright.

“DiBiaso should be considered dangerous based on the escape status only, unknown if he has become armed since his escape,” Wright said in a Facebook post. “No force is believed to have been used during his escape.”

DiBiaso was awaiting a pre-trial hearing on charges of being a career criminal, criminal threatening with deadly weapon, stalking, and operating a vehicle without a license, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

He is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 180 pounds, with blue eyes, blonde hair, and several tattoos on his right hand, left forearm, chest, back, left ankle, and left shoulder.

The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a reward of $2,500 for information that leads to DiBiaso’s capture.

Anyone who sees DiBiaso is urged to stand clear of him and contact local, state or federal law enforcement.

At 9:37 PM the Sheriff's Office Dispatch informed me, this man in the picture, Peter DiBiaso had escaped from the...

Posted by Sheriff Bill Wright on Monday, July 25, 2022

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