A person who escaped a Puerto Rican jail almost 40 years in the past was taken into custody in Florida, in line with the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Jorge Milla-Valdes escaped from a Puerto Rican jail in 1987. The Puerto Rico Division of Justice believed he was dwelling beneath the title Luis Aguirre.
His felony historical past included theft and aggravated battery with a lethal weapon in Florida’s Monroe County, in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
The LCSO Fugitive Warrants Unit looked for Milla-Valdes and obtained the unique 1986 fingerprints from Puerto Rico, and a set from his felony historical past in Monroe County.
On this display screen seize of a video, the arrest of Jorge Milla-Valdes is proven,
Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace
“Latent Fingerprints Supervisor Tina Carver expedited the fingerprint comparability. 15-minutes later -and utilizing finger prints that have been taken over 40 years ago- Supervisor Carver was capable of match the prints, and ensure that Aguirre and Milla-Valdes was the identical particular person who had escaped,” the sheriff’s workplace stated.
The fugitives unit was knowledgeable of the match and Milla-Valdes was taken into custody two hours later in Ft. Myers Shores, in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
On this display screen seize of a video, the arrest of Jorge Milla-Valdes is proven,
Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace
“They do not need me. They instructed me about two occasions,” Milla-Valdes instructed officers as he was taken into custody, police bodycam footage exhibits.
“Now they do. They modified their thoughts,” an arresting officer responded.
The sheriff applauded his unit’s quick response.
“My group’s ability is unmatched at each degree; even when your crimes don’t begin right here in Lee County, I promise, they WILL finish right here,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release.
