Lakes Region Knife Assaulter Wanted On NH Parole Violation

CONCORD, NH — The District of New Hampshire - New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force has been assigned to locate a convicted knife assaulter who is wanted on a parole violation. Melissa Ann Mooney is 35, about 5-feet, 1-inch tall, and weighs around 149 lbs. She has black hair and hazel eyes.

Mooney also has a tribal tattoo on her back and has been known to use an alias, according to Jeffrey White, a deputy U.S. Marshal.

"Mooney was on parole after a conviction and sentence for aggravated assault with a weapon (knife)," he said. "Mooney is known to have ties to the Belmont, NH, area."

A "violent tendencies" notification was placed on Mooney's task force alert due to her knife assault conviction. According to the Laconia Daily Sun, Mooney, a transient at the time, was arrested in March 2017 on warrants as well as felony first-degree assault and possession of methamphetamine charges. She and another man were crashing in a closet on Union Avenue, and during an ongoing argument about money to buy drugs, Mooney stabbed the man in the back. Mooney was also arrested in Bow in June 2018 on an escape charge.

Anyone with information about Mooney is asked to call the task force at 603-225-1632.

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