Crime & Safety
Leeland Eisenberg Arrested After Escaping from Halfway House
He was arrested by Manchester Police and is charged with escape.

Leeland Eisenberg, the man who held Hillary Clinton campaign workers hostage in Rochester in 2007, was arrested this morning in Manchester after walking away from a minimum security facility on Sunday afternoon.
Eisenberg, 52, walked away from the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester around 3 p.m. Sunday, according to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections. He was not in his room during a regular population count and was placed on walkaway status.
Manchester Police issued a press release minutes ago saying that Eisenberg had been arrested without incident at Lake and Hall streets. He is being charged with escape.
Eisenberg was sentenced in Strafford County Superior Court to 3-1/2 to 7 years and began serving these sentences in the New Hampshire State Prison on May 6, 2010. He would have been eligible for parole on Aug. 6 of this year.
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