Maine murder suspect arrested in New Hampshire after police chase that began in Massachusetts
A murder suspect from Maine was arrested on Saturday in New Hampshire after a police chase that began in Massachusetts.
The suspect was seen driving in a 2018 Jeep Compass with Ohio plates in Lowell, Massachusetts, around 8 a.m. Maine State Police said that the suspect refused to stop, causing them to chase him as he went north on I-93. Massachusetts State Police joined the chase.
The chase continued into New Hampshire and onto I-93, I-293, Route 101, and Route 114. The Jeep eventually crashed into a tree on Route 13 in Dunbarton. Police said the suspect then "barricaded himself inside the vehicle."
"Nonlethal munitions" were used during the arrest, according to New Hampshire State Police. The suspect was arrested around 10:30 a.m by the SWAT team. He was identified as 55-year-old Dane Burke from Skowhegan, Maine. He was wanted in connection with the homicide of 46-year-old Nicole Jackson from Skowhegan, who died as a result of blunt and sharp force trauma, according to an autopsy.
Burke was determined to be Jackson's boyfriend, according to the Maine State Police.
Burke was taken to Concord Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He has been charged with murder in Maine and as a fugitive of justice in New Hampshire. Investigators said that he will also be charged in Massachusetts.
He will remain in New Hampshire until he is taken back to Maine. No information is available about a future arraignment or when he will be transferred back to the state.