Lakes Region Felon Wanted By New Hampshire Corrections, Accused Of Absconding From Parole

CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is asking for the public’s help finding a felon with more than two decades of criminal history who was accused of absconding from parole and has not been seen in about two months.

Mark Anthony Monsante is 56, white, about 6 feet, 2 inches tall, weighs about 180 pounds, and has brown hair with gray hair, but is usually bald. He has “Justin 9-8-91” tattooed on his right shoulder, “Monsante” on his left arm, and a clock with the words “Wasted Time” on his right forearm, but no known aliases.

The state issued a warrant for his arrest on Nov. 7, 2025, after he was accused of absconding from parole. Monsante, corrections said, has previously been convicted on drug charges and has “a history of assaults.” He should be considered “dangerous with violent tendencies, if approached,” an alert stated.

“Monsante has ties to the Lakes Region area of NH, specifically, Laconia, and is known to have relatives in Canaan and Lebanon, NH, areas,” an alert stated.

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According to superior court records, Monsante’s criminal history dates back nearly a quarter of a century.

In January and February 2002, Monsante was accused of five counts of forgery in Laconia. All charges were nolle prossed in April 2003.

In November 2004, he was accused of receiving stolen property in Laconia. Monsante pleaded guilty to the charge in July 2005. In March 2008, he was accused of violation of probation and a motion was made to impose the whole sentence.

Monsante was accused of two felony counts of felon in possession of a dangerous weapon and suspension of registration and driving after revocation charges in Franklin in August 2008. One weapon charge was closed while he pleaded guilty to the other in April 2009. Monsante received a suspended one-to-three-year sentence and probation. On the registration and driving charges, he received a $500 fine suspended for 12 months and a $600 fine.

Hearings were held in February and July 2009 on the receiving stolen property case. Monsante then failed to appear at hearings on a violation of a court order in April and May 2013.

In November 2014, Monsante was accused of attempted theft and willful concealment in Tilton. In March 2015, Monsante was accused of theft by unauthorized taking-attempt and willful concealment charges, both felonies, in Tilton. In March 2016, he was accused of criminal trespass and felony theft by deception charges in Tilton. And in New London in May 2016, he was charged with habitual offender and disobeying an officer. In July 2015, he pleaded guilty to the two attempt-theft charges and received a 12-month sentence and a three-to-six-year suspended sentence with 66 days of time served credit. In August 2016, Monsante pleaded guilty to the deception charge and received a one-and-a-half-to-four-year sentence with $14.47 in restitution to Walmart. A month later, Monsante pleaded guilty to habitual offender and disobeying an officer charges and received a six-month sentence and a 12-month sentence with 62 days of time served credit.

Monsante was charged with acts prohibited in July 2018 after an incident in Laconia. He took a plea deal and received a 12-month sentence and $620 fine, both suspended for three years, with two years of probation. Two years later, he was accused of violating probation and pleaded guilty to the charge in October 2020. He received a 12-month sentence with 106 days of time served.

Monsante was charged with three counts of acts prohibited out of Franklin in March 2021, habitual offender, subsequent drug possession, and disobeying an officer charges in Belmont in June 2021, and habitual offender and disobeying an officer in Campton in October 2021.

The Franklin drug charges were nolle prossed in February 2022. Another round of drug and habitual offender charges was issued in Laconia in July 2022. The Belmont drug charges were nolle prossed in October 2022. Monsante pleaded guilty to the Belmont habitual and disobeying charges in October 2022 and received a two-to-four-year sentence suspended for four years. Also in October 2022, he received a two-to-four-year sentence and $434 on the Laconia charges, both suspended for four years. Monsante pleaded guilty to the Campton habitual offender and disobeying charges in December 2022 and received six-month and 12-month sentences, both deferred for a year.

Monsante was accused of a methamphetamine sale charge in September 2023 in Laconia.

In March 2024, Monsante’s habitual offender and disobeying sentences were amended to confinement to be served consecutively. The Laconia charges were also amended to the full two-to-four-year sentence with 189 days of time served credit, with a fine still suspended.

In June 2024, Monsante pleaded guilty to the meth charge and received a two-to-six-year sentence and $620 in fines, both suspended for three years, with 280 days of time served credit. In December 2024, the sentence was amended to 303 days of time served credit.

If you see Monsante, do not try to apprehend him. Contact the police, corrections at 603-271-1804, or the Belknap County Sheriff’s Department at 603-527-5454.

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