CBP Officers in San Diego Catch one of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted, Fugitive from Homicide Charges

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Safety officers on the border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana took an 18-year-old fugitive, needed in Wisconsin for murder and on the run for over a 12 months, into custody on Monday night. 

The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Activity Drive had beforehand named the fugitive as one among Wisconsin’s “Most Wished” after he and one other teen have been accused of taking pictures and killing an individual in Milwaukee on Feb. 6, 2021.  In response to the U.S. Marshals Service, the pair went by an app to buy and promote items, trying to buy some designer glasses.  The sufferer of the taking pictures, a 22-year-old graduate of UW Whitewater, agreed to fulfill the suspects, who messaged him beneath a false title. Surveillance video captured the suspects driving away with out paying for the frames. The sufferer, Purcell Pearson, held onto the van till somebody inside opened fireplace.

“CBP officers at our land border crossings by no means know who they’ll encounter, when the subsequent traveler steps ahead for inspection,” mentioned Anne Maricich, Deputy Director of the San Diego Subject Workplace for CBP.  “On this case, this 18-year-old has been on the run for over a 12 months, hoping to keep away from dealing with the costs in opposition to him.  I hope that by bringing on this younger man, we can’t solely present consolation to those that knew the sufferer, but in addition to all that CBP will be certain that fugitives won’t go free and can as an alternative face their day in courtroom.”

At about 4:30 p.m. on Could 9, the teenaged fugitive from the taking pictures arrived on foot on the San Ysidro port of entry, looking for to enter the U.S. from Mexico.  The CBP officer finishing his inspection for entry into the U.S. ran a routine inquiry by legislation enforcement databases and found an energetic felony warrant for his arrest, and that he ought to be thought-about to be presumably armed and harmful.  Following normal security protocols, CBP officers confirmed that he was not carrying any weapons on the border crossing and took {the teenager} into custody with out incident.

Utilizing his fingerprints, CBP officers confirmed that the teenager was Ismael Eli Moreno Jr., a United States Citizen, with an energetic, no-bail, felony warrant issued for murder out of Milwaukee.  U.S. Marshals had already taken one other suspect from the Feb. 6 taking pictures into custody in Michigan, and had been trying to find Moreno Jr., providing a reward in July 2021 for any data which will result in his arrest.

On Monday, CBP officers arrested the excellent fugitive; he was booked into the San Diego County Jail.

Felony expenses are merely allegations. Defendants are presumed harmless until confirmed responsible in a courtroom of legislation.

CBP officers on the border crossings in Southern California routinely cease criminal activity, whereas processing tens of millions of respectable vacationers into america.