AUSTIN,
TX – Keith Thomas Carreker, 53 of Bokoshe, Oklahoma was arrested by the
Eastern Oklahoma Fugitive Task Force, without incident this afternoon after
it was determined through local investigation conducted by the Lone Star
Fugitive Task Force that Carreker had fled from Williamson County in 1996
after he was indicted for sexual assault of a child and indecency with a
child by contact.
Carreker was indicted in February of 1996 in the 277th Judicial District
Court of Williamson County, Texas. It is alleged in the indictment in
November of 1995, that Carreker sexually assaulted a child in Georgetown,
Texas. Shortly after indictment, Carreker fled from Williamson County and
his whereabouts were presumed unknown. Assigned Task Force Officers from the
Williamson County Constable, Precinct 2 initiated a joint investigation in
an effort to determine the whereabouts of Carreker. Investigation determined
that Carreker was using the alias Keith Hobbs and living in the eastern
Oklahoma town of Poteau near the Arkansas-Oklahoma border.
Carreker was remanded to the custody of Le Flore County Jail in Poteau,
Oklahoma pending extradition to Williamson County.
LaFayette Collins, United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas,
states, “The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is committed to hunting down
criminals who victimize our children. We are happy to be bringing back Keith
Carreker to Williamson County where he will have his day in court”.
Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin are the Austin Police
Department – Intelligence Unit, Williamson County Constable Pct. 2, Texas
Rangers, and the U.S. Marshals Service. |