UPDATE: Calumet House inmate back in custody, picked up in Hooksett

UPDATE, June 3, 2023, 1:30 p.m. – Juan Rivera-Ortiz, who was reported to be on “escape” status from the Calumet House in Manchester on June 2 is back in the custody of the state Department of Correction.

Investigators located and apprehended Rivera-Ortiz in Hooksett with the assistance Hooksett Police Department. Rivera-Ortiz was taken to the New Hampshire State Prison for Men, where he faces felony escape charges.

The New Hampshire Department of Corrections thanks the Hooksett Police Department for its assistanc.

MANCHESTER, NH – A minimum-security resident has “walked away” from the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit on Lowell Street and authorities are seeking help in finding him.

On June 2 Juan Rivera-Ortiz, 40,  failed to return to the halfway house. He was due back at 2:40 p.m. and placed on escape status at 8 p.m.

Rivera-Ortiz was last seen at 9:58 a.m. on June 2, 2023.

After following a lead, the Department of Correction did make contact with him and encouraged him to turn himself in.

He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with black shorts, black sunglasses, and carrying a black backpack.

Rivera-Ortiz is incarcerated for second-degree assault (631:2), with a minimum parole eligibility date of October 25, 2023, and a current maximum release date of October 23, 2029.

Anyone with information on Rivera-Ortiz’s whereabouts should contact Chief Investigator Jason Darrah of the NHDOC Investigations Bureau at (603) 848-2569 or call local police.