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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: |
September 02, 2008 |
William Taylor, Supervisory Deputy U.S.
Marshal
Southern District of Ohio (937) 225-2917 |
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Convicted Child Rapist Apprehended in Ohio |
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James M. Wahlrab, United States Marshal for the
Southern District of Ohio, announces the arrest of Alfred William Cash. Cash
was wanted by the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office in Muncie, Indiana for
failure to register as a sex offender. Cash, now age 50, was convicted at
the age of 32 for rape of a 12 year old girl in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
and has a lifetime registration obligation. Cash received a 20 year sentence
but only served 8 years in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of
Corrections. Upon his release from prison in 1998, Cash moved to Muncie,
Indiana. In July 2007, Cash failed to notify Indiana authorities of his
current residence and his whereabouts became unknown. In November 2007,
Indiana authorities issued an arrest warrant for Cash but were unable to
determine his exact location.
Federal authorities began investigating Cash in early August 2008 after
receiving a tip that Cash was residing in the Dayton, Ohio area. At the end
of August 2008, the Dayton Police Department started receiving complaints
about a man living in an apartment on Riverside Drive. The complainants
stated that a man named Alfred Cash had exposed himself to several
occupants. On September 2, 2008, Deputy U.S. Marshals, along with task force
officers from the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST)
investigated the Dayton Police tip and located Cash at 727 W. Riverview Dr
in Dayton, Ohio. Cash was arrested on the outstanding Indiana warrant and
charges were filed in federal court for violations of the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), more commonly referred to as the
Adam Walsh Act. The Adam Walsh Act was passed into law in July 2006 and
makes it a federal crime for unregistered sex offenders to travel in
interstate commerce.
The U.S. Marshals Service was America’s first federal law enforcement agency
and each year arrests more fugitives than all other federal law enforcement
agencies combined. |
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