SPRINGVALE, Maine — The FBI’s Southern Maine Gang Task Force is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of an “armed and dangerous” fugitive.
The FBI says 26-year-old Joshua Patrick Weldon was last seen with a brown, short beard. He’s approximately 5 feet, 10 inches, and weighs around 255 pounds.
The FBI says Weldon has at least a dozen tattoos including the word “hope” on his right-hand fingers, the word “less” on his left-hand fingers, skulls on the backs of both his hands, a whole sleeve of miscellaneous tattoos on his right arm, a tattoo on his chest of a monk’s face with a demon, and the phrases “L’amore Mia” and “Dolce Vita” on his neck.
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His last known address was 301 Main Street in Springvale. The FBI believes he is still in the state with his girlfriend.
On Aug. 13, Weldon was arrested by the FBI in Alfred for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
On Oct. 23, Weldon was released on $10,000 bail, with the conditions that he must live at a sober house.
However, the FBI says Weldon failed to report to the sober house on Oct. 24, and failed to appear at a scheduled appointment at the U.S. Probation Office on Oct. 25.
An arrest warrant was then issued for Weldon for violation of order setting conditions of release.
On Nov. 6, the Sanford Police Department spotted Weldon driving and tried to stop him, but he fled at high speeds, and then left the vehicle to flee on foot, according to the FBI.
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While a canine team was tracking Weldon, the FBI says he was able to get a ride to a Springvale apartment where he smashed the glass of the front door after he was refused entry.
No other information has been released.
The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to his location and arrest.
“We believe Mr. Weldon is armed and dangerous and poses a real danger to the public. That’s why the FBI is offering a reward up to $5,000 in an effort to generate new leads or intelligence about his whereabouts. We ask anyone with information about where he may be hiding to contact us. If you see him, please do not approach, and call 911 immediately,” said Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division which includes all of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
Anyone with information regarding his current whereabouts should call the FBI Boston Division at 857-386-2000.
Tips can also be submitted at tips.fbi.gov.