Sunday, February 19, 2012

Alleged Child Predator Arrested on Reservation

The United States Marshals Service in Farmington arrested Julian Marty Perea in Dulce, NM. Perea was wanted by the State of Arizona on a Grand Jury indictment charging Perea with (Count 1): intentionally or knowingly engaged in sexual intercourse or oral sexual contact with a victim under the age of 15 years. (Count 2): intentionally or knowingly engaged in sexual intercourse or oral sexual contact with a victim under the age of 15 years. (Count 3): intentionally or knowingly engaged in any direct touching, fondling, or manipulating any part of the victim under the age of 15. (Count 4): recklessly furnished, presented, provided, made available, gave, lent, showed, advertised, or distributed the victim under the age of 15 Marijuana.

Investigators In Arizona believed Perea to be hiding in New Mexico possibly on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation and referred the case to the United States Marshals Service Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT Task Force) in New Mexico. SWIFT Investigators confirmed that Perea was indeed attempting to seek refuge on the Jicarilla Reservation. SWIFT investigators worked closely with Law Enforcement Officials of the Jicarilla Apache Criminal Prosecutors Office and obtained state extradition approval to arrest Perea on the Jicarilla Reservation. Perea was located and arrested on the Jicarilla Apache reservation in Dulce, NM without incident. Perea was booked into Tierra Amarilla Rio Arriba County Detention Center pending extradition back to Arizona.

United States Marshal for the District of New Mexico Conrad E. Candelaria commented “in the matter of protecting children, the United States Marshals Service will do everything within its legal authority to pursue those fugitives that have victimized children, because these fugitives need to be held accountable for the heinous crimes they have committed against children; our community is safer because this dangerous fugitive is in jail awaiting extradition back to Arizona so that justice can be served.”

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov.

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