US EditionArizona fugitive convicted in US sex crimes case arrested in France after years on the run
- On Nov 1, French authorities arrested Michael Robert Wiseman in Kilstett, northeastern France, charging him with sexually assaulting his adopted son after nearly 14 years evading U.S. authorities.
- Years earlier, Wiseman cut off an ankle monitor in 2008, fled to Spain, was captured in 2009, pleaded guilty in metro Phoenix, and after a 2012 sentence, U.S. authorities say he fled again.
- Investigators traced Wiseman from Vietnam to Poland and into France, uncovering adoption of two children, a Polish passport under an alias, and a Spanish pilot license application under his real name.
- Scottsdale police say Wiseman faces extradition to the United States after France's case concludes, with French charges adding to outstanding U.S. warrants issued after his two flights from prosecution.
- Investigators in Strasbourg are probing whether Wiseman harmed his other child after finding child sexual abuse material on his computer, with French and U.S. authorities coordinating the inquiry.
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Arizona Fugitive Arrested in France After Years Evading U.S. Sex Crime Convictions
An Arizona fugitive who spent years avoiding U.S. authorities has been captured in France, ending his second international escape attempt tied to long-standing sex crime convictions. French authorities arrested 51-year-old Michael Robert Wiseman on Nov. 1 in the northeastern town of Kilstett, where he had been living under an alias. Local investigators say he had passed through Vietnam and Poland… Source
An American, actively wanted by the FBI for acts of child criminality, was arrested near Strasbourg and charged for the rape of his adopted son Wanted for a long time
Michael Wiseman, the second most wanted fugitive from Arizona, in the United States, was arrested on 1 November in Kilstett (Bas-Rhin), where he lived under an identity of borrowing with his wife and their two children. The arrest of this pedocriminal, who had been on the run for fourteen years, struck the inhabitants of this quiet commune. "My daughters played with their boys all summer... It's shocking to learn this," says a neighbour to BFMTV…
Passed through Spain, Vietnam or Poland, the 51-year-old man was arrested on 1 November near Strasbourg under a false identity.
The suspect, settled in France under a false identity after fleeing the United States and years of cavalry around the world, was arrested near Strasbourg, where he resided. He was charged and jailed for the rape of his ten-year-old adopted son.
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