Charron said Seekonk officers impounded Caron’s car, which they found last night in the Stop & Shop parking lot, and spoke with a woman who had been sitting in it waiting for him, but the interview did not lead them to the man.

Around midnight, the police responded to the call of a burglar alarm sounding at Martin Elementary School, Charron said. A school employee who arrived shortly afterward with a key and entered the building reported to the police that a man escaped out of a classroom window as the employee searched the school, Charron said.

"We're not sure if it was the suspect (Caron), but we took the initiative that it was him, and a grid search was set up around the neighborhoods" in the area of Anthony Street and Cole Street, Charron said.

The Massachusetts State Police entered the search around 10:30 p.m. with a helicopter, canine unit and “numerous patrols on the ground,” Trooper Thomas Ryan said. The state police stopped its search about 5 a.m. today, Ryan said.

Seekonk’s search continues, spurred on by the 8 a.m. report of a stolen 2001 Acura from the Cumberland Farms at Route 6 and Warren Avenue, Charron said. A witness in the parking lot there described a suspect in the parking lot, and when the police showed him a photo of Caron, the witness identified the Maine fugitive, Charron said.

Two Seekonk officers are still actively searching for the fugitive, Charron said.