Scottsdale Most Wanted Fugitive Apprehended by U.S. Marshals

A federal fugitive on the Scottsdale Police Department’s most wanted list for aggravated assault has been apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Los Angeles.

Ronald Sipes, age 36 of Phoenix was being south by the Scottsdale Police Department for aggravated assault, which occurred on December 23, 2006. It is alleged that Sipes repeatedly beat his girlfriend and burned her repeatedly with a blowtorch in a Motel 6 motel room in Scottsdale. In addition, Sipes had an outstanding federal supervised release warrant issued on December 12, 2006 by the U.S. District Court in Phoenix, Arizona for violating the conditions of his supervised release. Sipes is currently on federal supervise release after being convicted in federal court in 1999 for methamphetamine charges and sentenced to 51 months.

One June 6th, U.S. Marshals in Phoenix alerted U.S. Marshals in Los Angeles that Sipes was living in the Los Angeles area. . On June 11 at approximately 1:15 pm, U.S. Marshals on surveillance in the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles located Spiles near his parked RV where he was taken into custody without incident. He was later arraigned in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles for the outstanding federal supervised release warrant and ordered detained pending removal back to Phoenix.

Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the apprehension of approximately 34,000 federal fugitives. More federal fugitives are arrested by Marshals than all other federal agencies combined.

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at www.usmarshals.gov.