MANCHESTER, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections has placed a minimum-security inmate on escape status after he fled from a transitional housing facility Wednesday night.
Anfernee Jay King was placed on escape status at 8:31 p.m. on Nov. 5.
King, 27, of Manchester, was last seen returning to Calumet House Transitional Housing Unit from work at approximately 8:11 p.m.
An officer approached him regarding suspected intoxication upon his arrival.
King fled on foot in an apparent attempt to evade a breathalyzer test and has not returned to the facility.
King is approximately 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 225 pounds.
He has blue eyes, brown hair and facial hair.
King has several tattoos, including a skull with roses on his left thigh, a timepiece with a scroll on his right thigh and an image of a woman eating a banana on his left shin.
He was last seen wearing glasses, a white hooded jacket with a red hooded sweatshirt underneath, gray sweatpants and white and gray sneakers.
King is incarcerated for criminal threatening – conduct involving a firearm.
His minimum custody release date is March 12, 2026, and his maximum custody release date is Jan. 8, 2037.
Anyone with information on King’s whereabouts should contact Chief Investigator Jason Darrah of the NHDOC Investigations Bureau at (603) 848-2569 or call local police.
