September 30, 2020 – (Concord, NH) – The New Hampshire Department of Corrections
(NHDOC) announces the apprehension of Shaun Cook, 41, a minimum-security resident
of the North End Transitional Housing Unit in Concord who failed to return home as
scheduled and was subsequently placed on “escape” status November 27, 2019.
With information on possible whereabouts from the New Hampshire Department of
Corrections Investigations Unit, Cook was located and taken into custody without
incident at approximately 1:45 p.m. on September 28, 2020 in Jamestown, New York by the New York U.S Marshals Service and the Jamestown Police Department.
Cook is currently in custody in New York awaiting extradition back to New Hampshire.

The Department also announces the apprehension of Shawn Tarr, 44, a minimumsecurity resident of the Transitional Work Center in Concord who walked away from his job site August 29, 2020.
With multiple tips from the NHDOC Investigations Unit, On September 29, 2020 at
approximately 11:45 a.m. a male subject matching the description of Tarr was seen
leaving a residence that was under surveillance in Parsonsfield Maine. During a
subsequent motor vehicle stop by the Maine State Police, the male subject believed to be Tarr provided the Trooper with a different name. After communications with the
NHDOC Investigations Unit and the Maine U.S. Marshals Service Tarr was identified by
his tattoos and later admitted to being Shawn Tarr.