Crime & Safety
Murder Suspect Captured at Red Roof Inn Hideout in N.H.
N.H. police said they staked out the Red Roof Inn and arrested Joshua Chevez, who allegedly shot a man to death in Lawrence in 2014.
SALEM, NH — Police captured a murder suspect at a Red Roof Inn in Salem Wednesday night.
Joshua Chevez, 23, of Methuen, Mass., was wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a man in Lawrence last year.
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Police said they descended on the inn at about 10:15 p.m. after receiving information that Chevez was staying there. When he walked out of his room, he was arrested without a fight, police said.
Police said they found a .38-caliber revolver, crack cocaine, and oxycodone.
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Chevez was charged in the Aug. 17 shooting death of Mark Trusselin.
He was held without bail pending an arraignment.
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