Belknap County Jail officials have released new information about an inmate who escaped Monday night. Peter DiBiaso, 57, is considered “dangerous” and it is not known if he was armed after he escaped. Jail officials said DiBiaso was working in the laundry room around 8:30 p.m. Monday. A routine check of the room was conducted at 9:30 p.m., prison officials said. “When our staff checked on him again during routine inspections, the door leading from our main corridor to the room was barricaded,” the prison superintendent said. Adam Cunningham. “They forced their way in and then found the outside door had been forced open.” Officials said he escaped through an outside door that wasn’t connected to an alarm, scaled a 10-foot-tall fence that didn’t have barbed wire and fled. A K-9 search was conducted Monday night, but he was not found. “They couldn’t pick up the scent,” said Sheriff Bill Wright. “We think it was just a little bit of time and they couldn’t get that scent.” Officials said DiBiaso was seen on a Ring camera from a home north of the jail around 11:30 p.m., according to the Belknap County Sheriff’s Office. of the Correctional inmate online search, DiBiaso was awaiting trial on a number of charges including domestic violence threatening with a deadly weapon, stalking and being an armed career criminal. Anyone who sees DiBiaso should not approach him or try to stop him. Instead, call Belknap County Dispatch at 603-527-5454, extension 0. “It’s not necessarily what they’re going to do to get away with it, it’s what they’re going to do to avoid getting caught.” Wright said. “That’s the biggest concern for us.” The New Hampshire-US Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading directly to DiBiaso’s location and arrest. DiBiaso is described as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair. He has several tattoos, including on his right hand, left forearm, chest, back, left ankle and left shoulder. According to the prison superintendent, this is the first escape of a prisoner since 2008.
LACONIA, NH
Belknap County Jail officials have released new information about an inmate who escaped Monday night.
Belknap County Sheriff’s Department
Peter DiBiaso, 57, is considered “dangerous” and it is not known if he was armed after fleeing.
Jail officials said DiBiaso was working in the laundry room around 8:30 p.m. Monday. A routine check of the room was conducted at 9:30 p.m., prison officials said.
“When our staff came back to check on him during routine inspections, the door leading from our main hallway to the room was barricaded,” said prison superintendent Adam Cunningham. “They forced their way in and then found the outside door had been forced open.”
Officials said he escaped through an outside door that wasn’t connected to an alarm, scaled a 10-foot-tall fence that didn’t have barbed wire and fled.
A K-9 search was conducted Monday night, but he was not found.
“They couldn’t pick up the scent,” said Sheriff Bill Wright. “We think it was just a little bit of time and they couldn’t get that scent.”
Officials said DiBiaso was seen on a Ring camera from a home north of the jail around 11:30 p.m.
According to the Belknap County Department of Corrections’ online inmate search, DiBiaso was awaiting trial on a number of charges, including domestic violence threatening with a deadly weapon, stalking and being an armed career criminal.
Anyone who sees DiBiaso should not approach him or attempt to detain him. Instead, call Belknap County Dispatch at 603-527-5454, extension 0.
“It’s not necessarily what they’re going to do to get out of it, it’s what they’re going to do to avoid getting caught,” Wright said. “That’s what worries us the most.”
The New Hampshire-US Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading directly to DiBiaso’s location and arrest.
DiBiaso is described as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair. He has several tattoos, including on his right hand, left forearm, chest, back, left ankle and left shoulder.
According to the prison superintendent, this is the first inmate escape since 2008.
