Tag Archives: Leeland Eisenberg

Man who took hostages from Clinton office found and arrested in NH after escape

Authorities say a New Hampshire man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has been arrested after he walked away from a minimum-security correctional facility.

State Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Lyons says Leeland Eisenberg was arrested by Manchester police without incident Monday.

The 52-year-old Eisenberg was missing from his room during a head count Sunday at the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester.

He was sentenced in 2010 to 3 1/2 to 7 years for probation violations. He would have been eligible for parole in August.

Eisenberg spent about two years behind bars for the siege at Clinton’s Rochester campaign office in which he claimed to have a bomb. No one was hurt. The bomb turned out to be road flares.

…read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News

Clinton office hostage taker found, arrested in NH

Authorities say a New Hampshire man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has been arrested after he walked away from a minimum-security correctional facility.

State Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Lyons says Leeland Eisenberg was arrested by Manchester police without incident Monday.

The 52-year-old Eisenberg was missing from his room during a head count Sunday at the Calumet (kal-yoo-MEHT’) Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester.

He was sentenced in 2010 to 3 ½ to 7 years for probation violations. He would have been eligible for parole in August.

Eisenberg spent about two years behind bars for the siege at Clinton’s Rochester campaign office in which he claimed to have a bomb. No one was hurt. The bomb turned out to be road flares.

…read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News

Clinton Office Hostage Taker Escapes

By Rob Quinn The New Hampshire man who held six people hostage during a standoff at a Hillary Clinton campaign office in 2007 has gone missing from a minimum-security correctional facility and authorities are calling it an escape. Leeland Eisenberg was discovered missing during a headcount but officials say they don’t consider the… …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Newser – Home

Leeland Eisenberg, Hillary Clinton Office Hostage Taker, Escapes From Correctional Facility

By The Huffington Post News Editors

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 escaped from a minimum-security correctional facility on Sunday, authorities said.

Leeland Eisenberg was discovered missing during an afternoon head count at the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester, state Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Lyons said.

Read More…
More on New Hampshire

…read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post

Clinton office hostage taker missing from NH unit

Authorities say a New Hampshire man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has vanished from his correctional facility.

The state Department of Corrections tells WMUR-TV (http://bit.ly/10JbGpv ) that Leeland Eisenberg missed a head count Sunday afternoon at the Calumet (kal-yoo-MEHT’) Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester.

Eisenberg was sentenced in May 2010 to 3 ½ to 7 years for probation violations. The station reports that he would have been eligible for parole in August.

Authorities say the 52-year-old Eisenberg isn’t considered armed.

He spent about two years behind bars for the November 2007 siege at Clinton’s Rochester campaign office in which he claimed to have a bomb. No one was hurt in a five-hour standoff and the bomb turned out to be road flares.

…read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News

Man who took hostages from Clinton office in 2007 missing from unit

Authorities say a New Hampshire man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has vanished from his correctional facility.

The state Department of Corrections tells WMUR-TV that Leeland Eisenberg missed a head count Sunday afternoon at the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester.

Eisenberg was sentenced in May 2010 to 3 1/2 to 7 years for probation violations. The station reports that he would have been eligible for parole in August.

Authorities say the 52-year-old Eisenberg isn’t considered armed.

He spent about two years behind bars for the November 2007 siege at Clinton’s Rochester campaign office in which he claimed to have a bomb. No one was hurt in a five-hour standoff and the bomb turned out to be road flares.

…read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News