A disturbing case continues to be on the hearts and minds of parents in Phoenix, Arizona. The FBI is on the hunt for a pediatrician who is accused of distributing child pornography. Dr. Emilio Luna, 40, was arrested in September when a federal grand jury brought down a five-count indictment against him.
According to the FBI’s website, “Dr. Luna, a Phoenix pediatrician, came to the attention of law enforcement when thousands of files from suspected child pornography were shared from his computer in a public peer-to-peer file sharing system. He was arrested on Wednesday, September 1 by federal agents. Following a detention hearing a few days later, he was released by order of the court, and is forbidden to have access to the Internet or children while under supervision of U.S. Pre-Trial Services.”
A few weeks after he was arrested agents say Luna cut off his ankle monitoring device and fled. He had permission to attend church services, and his car was found later that night abandoned in a Glendale, Arizona parking lot.
The U.S. Marshals have added Texas daycare provider Jessica Renee Tata to their Top 15 Most Wanted fugitive list. According to the U.S. Marshals, Tata is charged and wanted on four counts of manslaughter, six counts of reckless injury to a child, three counts of abandoning a child under 15 and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
The U.S. Marshals are working to track down a daycare provider from Texas who fled to Nigeria. Authorities say Jessica Renee Tata was operating a daycare center inside her Houston home when she left seven children, aged 18 months to 3 years, unattended to go shopping. When Tata returned home, her house was on fire, and the toddlers were trapped inside, killing four. Investigators believe she left a pot of oil on the stove.
Tata was not taken into custody or charged right away. At some point last weekend, authorities say she hopped on a flight out of the country.
The U.S. Marshals are working to track down a daycare provider from Texas who fled to Nigeria. Authorities say Jessica Renee Tata was operating a daycare center inside her Houston home when she left seven children, aged 18 months to 3 years, unattended to go shopping. When Tata returned home, her house was on fire, and the toddlers were trapped inside, killing four.
Tata was not taken into custody or charged right away. At some point over the weekend, authorities say she hopped on a flight out of the country. Tata will face a total of seven counts of reckless injury to a child and three additional charges of child endangerment.
Court documents detail information about a video from a local Target store where Tata shopped for about 15 minutes before leaving for home. Based on a timeline put together by officials, the first 911 call indicates Tata was gone from the daycare for at least 20 minutes on February 24.
Tata’s family established a fund called “Houston Benefit of Day Care Victims,” but the District Attorney urges the public to be careful about any and all solicitations.
The FBI needs your help tracking down Adam Yahiye Gadahn who investigators believe may have major ties to Al Qaeda. Gadahn was indicted in the Central District of California for material support to Al Qaeda and treason. The FBI said, “The charges are related to Gadahn’s alleged involvement in a number of terrorists activities, including providing aid and comfort to Al Qaeda and services for Al Qaeda.”
Authorites say Gadahn is known to have scars on his chest and right forearm; he speaks Arabic and English, and is known to use a string of aliases:
Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhail Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, Yayah, Azzam the American, Azzam Al-Amriki
The Rewards for Justice program is offering a $1 million for information leading investigators to Gadahn. Please contact the FBI if you have any information.
Now the public can go beyond the poster when searching for fugitives and helping the FBI. With a new site redesign and more than 600 active cases to profile, the public can use search tools to narrow their searches.
If you visit FBI.GOV you can now type in things like location, gender, crime, reward and more specific information. Each profile links to an old fashion poster you can still print and includes PDFs you can share.
The FBI says the profiles are organized in three sections:
• Wanted fugitives
• Missing persons
• Seeking information
The FBI says to date 56 cases have been solved as a direct result of website publicity, including the work the Public Affairs unit does with social networking and other avenues to profile fugitives and missing persons.
The FBI is on the hunt for Semion Mogilevich. They say this millionaire allegedly participated in his own multi-million dollar scheme to defraud investors. Mogilevich is charged with more than 40 counts of racketeering, wire fraud, prostitution, money laundering, and is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted. Agents believe Mogilevich is responsible for dozens of other crimes across the world as well, and is known to be more powerful than John Gotti. Peter Kowenhoven, FBI Supervisory Special Agent says, “He has access to so much including funding, including other criminal organizations, that he can with a telephone call effect the global economy.”
There is a $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. We know Russia is Mogilevich’s primary residence, but investigators say he is known to have ties to the United States and England. Mogilevich is also suspected of manipulated international energy markets as well. He was arrested in Russia, but was released on bail. Unfortunately, Russia does not have an extradition treaty with the United States.
The FBI needs your help tracking down Adam Yahive Gadhn who investigators believe may have major ties to Al Queda. Gadhn was indicted in the Centeral District of California for material support to Al Qaeda and treason. The FBI said, “The charges are related to Gadahn’s alleged involvement in a number of terrorists activities, including providing aid and comfort to Al Qaeda and services for Al Qaeda.”
Authorites say Gadhn is known to have scars on his chest and right forearm, he speaks Arabic and English, known to use a string of aliases:
Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhail Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, Yayah, Azzam the American, Azzam Al-Amriki
The Rewards for Justice program is offering a $1 millon for information leading investigators to Gadahn. Please contact the FBI if you have any information.
A manhunt is on to find a husband and wife who police say murdered and dismembered a Los Angeles man and left his remains in a motel. Herbert Tracey White, 49, is described as a loving man, someone who took care of the homeless in downtown LA, and someone who unselfishly gave his time and money to help others. Investigators told me they found Herbert’s body in a Los Angeles motel room on November 29. He was cut into pieces and stored in a backpack. Other body parts were found wrapped in a blanket.
Upon the horrible discovery, detectives also noticed the suspect or suspects attempted to clean up the crime scene and remove the body, but for some reason they left the parts behind and fled.
Through the investigation, detectives first figured out who was staying at the motel room and worked their way backwards from there. On December 6, an arrest warrant was issued for a husband and wife. Edward Garcia Jr., 36, and his wife, Melissa Hope Garcia, 25, are now charged with Herbert’s murder.
The FBI is on the hunt for Semion Mogilevich. They say this millionaire allegedly participated in his own multi-million dollar scheme to defraud investors. Mogilevich is charged with more than 40 counts of racketeering, wire fraud, prostitution, money laundering, and is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted. Agents believe Mogilevich is responsible for dozens of other crimes across the world as well, and is known to be more powerful than John Gotti. Peter Kowenhoven, FBI Supervisory Special Agent says, “He has access to so much including funding, including other criminal organizations, that he can with a telephone call effect the global economy.”
There is a $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. We know Russia is Mogilevich’s primary residence, but investigators say he is known to have ties to the United States and England. Mogilevich is also suspected of manipulated international energy markets as well. He was arrested in Russia, but was released on bail. Unfortunately, Russia does not have an extradition treaty with the United States.
UPDATE:Reports out of London indicate WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange was arrested earlier this morning. Assange turned himself into a London Police station after a European arrest warrant was issued and he will appear in court later today.
BACKGROUND: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is now a wanted suspect, but not for leaking secret United States military documents. Instead, Assange is wanted for alleged sex crimes in Sweden. Interpol issued an official red notice and added Assange to their current “most wanted” list. The charges are for sexual molestation, rape and illegal force stemming from two alleged incidents in August. The Red Notice is not an arrest warrant, but an official advisory request sent to 188 countries.
The WikiLeaks website has published hundreds of thousands of U.S. secret diplomatic cables from around the world. The release gives the public an in-depth view of the government’s foreign activities, private notes and conversations. The White House said the leaks could put troops’ lives in danger. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said this disclosure not only puts people’s lives in danger, but is a threat to our national security.
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