Showing posts with label fugitives. Show all posts
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Fugitive Paris Poe Captured in Madison after Day Long Manhunt
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"Extremely Dangerous" FBI Fugitive Paris Poe Captured
UPDATED Thursday, May 2, 2013 - Paris Poe led federal and local authorities on a day long manhunt. Local schools were locked down as a precaution against this "extremely dangerous" fugitive.
He was caught early this evening on the east side of Madison, Wisconsin ... in a "high-risk traffic stop." Madison Police Lt. Cory Nelson told The Associated Press that a SWAT team arrested Poe, of Chicago. "Shortly after 7 p.m. Madison Police found Paris Poe on Highway 30 between Fair Oaks and Highway 51," reports NBC15. "Officers were monitoring a car and saw Poe enter with a woman. Because he was expected to be armed officers ordered him from the car at gunpoint and he complied without any incident or injuries. Police say he will be taken to the Dane County Jail before extradition hearings seeking his return to the Chicago area. Investigators there want to question him regarding a gang-related homicide case. They say he is also in violation of his parole."
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May 2, 2013 - 6:30 PM - The FBI and Wisconsin law enforcement agencies are still hunting for Paris Poe, 33, of Chicago. He is described as "a very dangerous" man on the run from the law in Illinois. After a day long manhunt, the FBI says that Poe is probably still in the great Madison area. Poe is also known by the nickname "Polerowski."
The search for Poe led to the lock down of several schools, public and private, in the neighboring communities of Verona and Fitchburg to lock down as a precaution. On Madison's south side, Leopold Elementary, was locked down for a while, as was Chavez Elementary School.
Poe was seen at a hotel earlier in the day, causing authorities to concentrate their search in an area just south of Madison, the state capitol. Paris Poe is wanted in connection with a federal murder investigation in Illinois. "The FBI said it was continuing to receive tips suggesting that Poe remained within a three-mile radius of the hotel and was possibly armed with a handgun," reports Seattle PI.
Poe was convicted of aggravated battery and robbery in 2009 and paroled in June 2011, reports the CT Post. A federal warrant for his arrest was issued April 17. He is charged with crossing state lines to avoid arrest for an alleged parole violation.
The FBI offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to his capture (not $5,000 as most media are reporting). Poe is 6 feet tall, 200 pounds. He has a tattoo that reads "Chief Hobo" on his upper right arm and another tattoo that reads "RIP Angie" on his upper left arm.
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| Paris Poe mugshots, 2011 - FBI photo |
May 2, 2013 - 6:30 PM - The FBI and Wisconsin law enforcement agencies are still hunting for Paris Poe, 33, of Chicago. He is described as "a very dangerous" man on the run from the law in Illinois. After a day long manhunt, the FBI says that Poe is probably still in the great Madison area. Poe is also known by the nickname "Polerowski."
The search for Poe led to the lock down of several schools, public and private, in the neighboring communities of Verona and Fitchburg to lock down as a precaution. On Madison's south side, Leopold Elementary, was locked down for a while, as was Chavez Elementary School.
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| Poe on video at Country Inn & Suites, Nesbitt Rd, Fitchburg WI |
Poe was convicted of aggravated battery and robbery in 2009 and paroled in June 2011, reports the CT Post. A federal warrant for his arrest was issued April 17. He is charged with crossing state lines to avoid arrest for an alleged parole violation.
The FBI offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to his capture (not $5,000 as most media are reporting). Poe is 6 feet tall, 200 pounds. He has a tattoo that reads "Chief Hobo" on his upper right arm and another tattoo that reads "RIP Angie" on his upper left arm.
Guatemala Deports John McAfee to U.S.; Heads for Miami FL
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| John McAfee at Aurora international airport in Guatemala City, December 12, 2012 (Photo: AFP) |
McAfee was wanted in neighboring Belize as a person of interest in the shooting death of Gregory Faull, a fellow American expat who lived next door to him. McAfee went on the run, eluding authorities for more than a month. He was eventually detained on December 5 by Interpol agents in Guatemala City.
A judge in Guatemala ordered McAfee's release yesterday, ruling that he had been detained illegally.
Today's development denies the request from Belize to extradite McAfee to them. The Atlantic Wire explains that McAfee was actually deported "to his country of origin," and cited a spokesman for Guatemala's immigration who spoke to Reuters.
Related:
- John McAfee freed from Guatemalan jail, will fly to U.S. Los Angeles Times
- Guatemala expels McAfee to the United States Straits Times
- John McAfee Arrested in Guatemala, Asylum Denied, Has Heart Attack Chicago News Bench
- John McAfee Gets a Break, Sells His Life Story, Misses the U.S. Chicago News Bench
John McAfee Gets a Break, Sells His Life Story, Misses the U.S.
UPDATE, 12-12-2012:
Guatemala Deports John McAfee to U.S.; Heads for Miami FL
Dec. 10, 2012 - Wacky ex-fugitive antivirus software guru John McAfee, in detention, gets a break from his Guatemalan captors, reports Stuff.co.nz:
McAfee, 67, has not just been sitting on his butt while behind bars. The Hollywood Reporter says that "Montreal-based Impact Future Media says it has secured the exclusive IP rights to the embattled anti-virus pioneer" and that a spokesman for Future Media says "they inked the deal with McAfee last week and hopes to exploit his life story across a range of media including film, print and TV."
All well and good, I suppose, assuming that McAfee is not guilty of killing his neighbor back in Belize.
McAfee certainly seems optimistic, going so far as to say that he hopes to return to the United States once his ongoing ordeal ends. In an online news conference Sunday from Guatemala, McAfee said the following:
"Have I considered returning to the U.S.? Absolutely that is my only hope now. It is clear, in the last few weeks since I started my blog, that I cannot ever return to Belize. My blog, the issues that I am discussing, are hurting the government, they are hurting tourism, tourism accounts for over 70 per cent of all the employment in Belize. The government was mad at me before; they're seriously mad at me now." More at Big News Network....
McAfee the optimist is also realistic: He said that if he was to be returned to Belize to face criminal charges, there would be "no hope for my life." In the meantime, it looks as though McAfee just might enjoy Christmas in jail.
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Guatemala Deports John McAfee to U.S.; Heads for Miami FL
Dec. 10, 2012 - Wacky ex-fugitive antivirus software guru John McAfee, in detention, gets a break from his Guatemalan captors, reports Stuff.co.nz:
US software pioneer John McAfee, facing deportation from Guatemala to Belize to answer questions over the death of a neighbour, has bought himself some time with legal appeals, the Guatemalan government said on Sunday. McAfee's lawyers have filed a request with a local court to grant him leave to stay in Guatemala until his legal appeals against deportation have been settled, which could take months.
"The government of Guatemala respects the courts and we have to wait for them to make a decision," said Francisco Cuevas, a spokesman for the Guatemalan government. More at Stuff...
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| John McAfee, The Busy Prisoner (stuff.co.nz) |
All well and good, I suppose, assuming that McAfee is not guilty of killing his neighbor back in Belize.
McAfee certainly seems optimistic, going so far as to say that he hopes to return to the United States once his ongoing ordeal ends. In an online news conference Sunday from Guatemala, McAfee said the following:
"Have I considered returning to the U.S.? Absolutely that is my only hope now. It is clear, in the last few weeks since I started my blog, that I cannot ever return to Belize. My blog, the issues that I am discussing, are hurting the government, they are hurting tourism, tourism accounts for over 70 per cent of all the employment in Belize. The government was mad at me before; they're seriously mad at me now." More at Big News Network....
McAfee the optimist is also realistic: He said that if he was to be returned to Belize to face criminal charges, there would be "no hope for my life." In the meantime, it looks as though McAfee just might enjoy Christmas in jail.
Previous Post: John McAfee Arrested in Guatemala, Asylum Denied, Has Heart Attack
John McAfee Arrested in Guatemala, Asylum Denied, Has Heart Attack
UPDATE, 12-12-2012:
Guatemala Deports John McAfee to U.S.; Heads for Miami FL
Dec. 6, 2012 - Once-fugitive computer guru John McAfee, 67, was arrested by Interpol in Guatemala last night. He was hospitalized today for a possible heart attack. Watch the arrest of McAfee in the video below.
McAfee's request for asylum has been denied and he will be extradicted to Belize, where he is wanted in connection with the death of fellow expat American Gregory Viant Faull, who was found shot to death early last month on a Belize island where they lived. Faull moved to Belize from Florida, and "was found dead in his beachfront house on an island in Belize shortly after McAfee's dogs were poisoned. Faull had led a neighborhood petition drive against the dogs, describing them as a dangerous nuisance," reports UPI. "McAfee moved to Belize in 2008, 14 years after he sold his interest in McAfee Associates, the computer security firm he founded in 1987."
According to a report by Fox News Latino, McAfee "was arrested at a hotel in an upscale neighborhood with the help of Interpol agents, hours after he said he would seek asylum in the Central American country."
The arrest ends one of the most oddball manhunts in recent memory. McAfee is the creator of McAfee antivirus software. Ironically, it was computer software that led to his arrest. McAfee admits to entering Guatemala illegally.
WATCH VIDEO OF MCAFEE'S ARREST IN GUATEMALA BELOW
"Vice Magazine accidentally revealed the secret hiding place of fugitive computer virus pioneer John McAfee," reports Gawker.
"We learned this on Monday when Vice posted a photo of McAfee posing with editor-in-chief Rocco Castoro and forgot to scrub the GPS coordinates, revealing his precise location." See that photo at Vice.
The irony is rich: Computer software genius foiled by genius computer software. The stupidity is too: You'd would think that somebody like McAfee, who should be up on the latest geek trends and developments, would have been hip to the realities of digital photography and of GPS technology. Maybe he was just got too cocky. He'd better learn some humility before he's handed over to the Belize authorities.
Guatemala Deports John McAfee to U.S.; Heads for Miami FL
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| John McAfee at a detention center in Guatemala City, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Guatemala's Human Rights Ombudsman's office) (AP2012) |
McAfee's request for asylum has been denied and he will be extradicted to Belize, where he is wanted in connection with the death of fellow expat American Gregory Viant Faull, who was found shot to death early last month on a Belize island where they lived. Faull moved to Belize from Florida, and "was found dead in his beachfront house on an island in Belize shortly after McAfee's dogs were poisoned. Faull had led a neighborhood petition drive against the dogs, describing them as a dangerous nuisance," reports UPI. "McAfee moved to Belize in 2008, 14 years after he sold his interest in McAfee Associates, the computer security firm he founded in 1987."
The arrest ends one of the most oddball manhunts in recent memory. McAfee is the creator of McAfee antivirus software. Ironically, it was computer software that led to his arrest. McAfee admits to entering Guatemala illegally.
WATCH VIDEO OF MCAFEE'S ARREST IN GUATEMALA BELOW
"Vice Magazine accidentally revealed the secret hiding place of fugitive computer virus pioneer John McAfee," reports Gawker.
"We learned this on Monday when Vice posted a photo of McAfee posing with editor-in-chief Rocco Castoro and forgot to scrub the GPS coordinates, revealing his precise location." See that photo at Vice.
The irony is rich: Computer software genius foiled by genius computer software. The stupidity is too: You'd would think that somebody like McAfee, who should be up on the latest geek trends and developments, would have been hip to the realities of digital photography and of GPS technology. Maybe he was just got too cocky. He'd better learn some humility before he's handed over to the Belize authorities.
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