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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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
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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Arizona fugitive convicted in US sex crimes case arrested in France after years on the run
An Arizona man who fled the United States years ago while on probation for sex crime convictions was arrested earlier this month in France.
Michael Wiseman, one of the most hunted fugitives in Arizona, who had been wanted for 13 years by the FBI, has just been arrested in Alsace. Suspected of child crime, he had resided in Kilstett, near Strasbourg, under a Kilstett, near Strasbourg, under a false identity. Alerted by their American counterparts, the French police arrested him at his home on 1 November. The investigators discovered on his mailbox pedopornographic videos (Police, jus…
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