Suspect In Several Bad Check Cases, NH Corrections Fugitive Arrested By Concord Police: Follow-Up

CONCORD, NH — Concord police arrested a New Hampshire Department of Corrections fugitive accused of issuing several bad checks at businesses in Concord and the capital region since December 2025, according to police.

Police, according to Lt. Thomas Yerkes, of Concord’s bureau of investigations, had been investigating “numerous cases” during the past three months involving bad checks issued in exchange for merchandise at businesses.

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“These investigations involved the same suspect who had engaged in similar activity in several towns and cities in New Hampshire,” he said. “The suspect was also known to have an arrest warrant for similar activities in Polk County, Florida.”

During the investigation, police identified a suspect, Mark S. Maynard, 49, of Northwood, who was wanted by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections on a probation violation warrant after being convicted on 10 felony counts of issuing bad checks in June 2022, following incidents in Chichester.

Concord police arrested him on Monday on an arrest prior to requisition (fugitive) warrant, as well as three counts of issuing bad checks, three counts of theft by deception, reckless driving, and other motor vehicle-related offenses. He was held without bail.

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Maynard had not been seen since October 2023, after the Merrimack County Superior Court issued a warrant for his arrest on a probation violation. He also had active charges out of Polk County, Florida, for grand theft-defrauding a financial institution, and resisting arrest and motor vehicle violations in Rockingham County.

After his arrest, Maynard appeared in Merrimack County Superior Court on the bail hearing on Tuesday afternoon. He was held and is due back in court for a probation violation hearing on May 4.

According to superior court records, Maynard’s criminal history dates back more than two decades.

In 2002, he was accused of issuing bad checks in Claremont and Pembroke and pleaded guilty to four of the six charges.

In November 2005, he was accused of being a habitual offender in Auburn and pleaded guilty to the charge in July 2006.

Maynard was charged with 18 counts of theft by deception and issuing a bad check in Manchester in March 2011. The charges stemmed from incidents in May, August, and September 2010. He pleaded guilty to 11 counts and received several three-and-a-half to 12-year sentences and was also ordered to pay close to $31,000 in restitution.

In April 2011, Maynard was charged with theft by deception and two charges of issuing a bad check from June 2010 in Manchester. The charges were dismissed months later.

Maynard was arrested again on 11 counts of theft and check charges in Chichester and Manchester in 2020 and 2021. In June 2022, he received various sentences and was ordered to pay about $27,000 in restitution.

Maynard was accused of violating probation or parole in October 2023.

Anyone who has information relative to the new charges was asked to contact the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100, or submit information online through the Crimeline website at: concordregionalcrimeline.com, or text message TIP234 and your message to CRIMES (274637). Crimeline awards cash to anyone whose information leads to the arrest and indictment of criminals. All tips remain anonymous, police said.

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