Eric Judkins, 34, formerly of Nashua, has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for cutting loose from the Hampshire House Residential Reentry Center in Manchester — a breach that triggered a multi-state manhunt and exposed cracks in supervised release protocols.
Judkins, a twice-convicted federal offender, was already serving time for a 210-month sentence handed down in 2000 for a bank robbery in New Hampshire. While incarcerated at a federal facility in Pennsylvania, he furthered his criminal ledger by assaulting another inmate, adding 27 months to his time behind bars after pleading guilty to that charge.
On June 13, 2017, Judkins was transferred from a Kentucky federal prison to Hampshire House, a residential reentry facility meant to ease inmates back into society. He was cleared for supervised release with a projected exit date of April 8, 2018. But on August 28, 2017, he walked out under temporary pass privileges — and never came back.
Hampshire House staff had authorized Judkins’ departure with a strict requirement: he return by 4:30 p.m. He vanished. Three days later, on August 31, 2017, Deputy U.S. Marshals and local officers tracked him down in Howard, Pennsylvania, where he was taken into custody without incident.
Judkins admitted his flight from supervision, pleading guilty on November 3, 2017, to one count of escape from a residential reentry center. The plea came swiftly, with no attempt to contest the evidence gathered by federal investigators.
The case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert M. Kinsella. Acting U.S. Attorney John J. Farley confirmed the sentencing outcome, underscoring that violations of federal supervision — even in transitional facilities — carry serious consequences.
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Key Facts
- State: New Hampshire
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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