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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
February 26, 2008

 

Marc Howard
Public Information Officer
USMS Tampa, FL
(813) 274-6401
 

CHILD MOLESTER/ ILLEGAL ALIEN ARRESTED BY US MARSHALS 

 

Around 7:00 pm on February 26, 2008, a North Carolina man Israel TREJO 30, was arrested in Haines City Florida.   

On 02/20/2008 the Eastern District of North Carolina US Marshals fugitive Task Force was contacted by the Onslow County Sheriff's Office to assist in a fugitive investigation.  The investigations led the US Marshals in the Eastern District of North Carolina to believe TREJO had fled to the Davenport/Haines City Florida area.  Therefore, the assistance of the US Marshals Tampa Bay Area Fugitive Task Force (TBAFTF) was requested to locate and arrest Israel TREJO.

Further investigations led US Marshals Tampa Bay Area Fugitive Task Force (TBAFTF) to an address on Hinson Avenue East in Haines City.  The US Marshals combined efforts with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and they located and arrested TREJO without incident.     

Investigators for the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office stated that fugitive TREJO was charged with over 80 counts of Rape on his biological children.  TREJO is also illegally in the United States.   

The US Marshals Tampa Bay Area Fugitive Task Force is made up of Federal, State and Local law enforcement officers. The members of the Task Force combine resources and efforts daily to track down violent fugitives of Justice in the Tampa Bay Area and Nation Wide through networking with Task Forces across the country.

For more information go to   www.usmarshals.gov; E-Mail marc.howard@usdoj.gov