LEWISTON – Jesse Caron, listed earlier this year as one of America’s Most Wanted, was on the run again this week after new charges were filed against him.
The 28-year-old Sabattus Street man was indicted Wednesday on charges of forgery, violating conditions of release, receiving stolen property and aggravated criminal mischief.
Police said Caron has committed new crimes since his high-profile capture in February, when local, state and federal officials hunted him down on drug and weapons charges.
The indictment charges that on May 30, Caron passed a bad check with a value of more than $1,000. It also charges that in doing so, he violated conditions of his release from jail.
By Wednesday night, police were still searching for Caron. It was a familiar scenario after the hunt for him that began in January and ended when Caron was captured by the Central Maine Violent Crime Task Force Feb. 14.
Two weeks after he was captured by a team of local and federal agents, Caron was released from the Androscoggin County Jail after posting $10,000 bail. The amount Caron paid for his freedom is roughly equivalent to the amount of money spent on the search for him beginning at the start of the year, police said.
Caron, a suspect in drug and weapons charges, was arrested Feb. 14 after local, state and federal officials spent more than a month hunting for him. The arrest ended a search that involved Caron’s appearance on the national television show “America’s Most Wanted.”
Days after his capture, an Androscoggin County Superior Court judge lowered his bail from $40,000 to $10,000. Caron posted that bail and has remained free since.
Caron still faces counts of aggravated trafficking in narcotics and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Federal agents caught up with Caron on Valentine’s Day as the fugitive went into a bar in Gray to ask his mother for money, police said.
Police said Caron was found with a .45-caliber handgun when he was captured. His girlfriend, 18-year-old Amber Smith, was arrested on a charge of hindering apprehension. She has since been freed.
The case against Caron began shortly after Halloween when police went to his home to investigate a report from a woman who said she had been drugged and raped at a party.
When police searched the home, investigators said they found powdered and crack cocaine and an assault rifle.
During his run from the law, police said Caron used bogus checks to pay for at least a half-dozen cars he used to slip away from his pursuers. Those matters are still being investigated, police said.
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