BRAZIL: American on the most wanted sex offender list of the U.S. Marshals hands himself in in Rio de Janeiro, police say

Record ID: 334956

  • Title: BRAZIL: American on the most wanted sex offender list of the U.S. Marshals hands himself in in Rio de Janeiro, police say
  • Date: 23rd June 2011
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (JUNE 21, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF FEDERAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN RIO VARIOUS OF POLICE SPOKESPERSON WALACE TARCISIO PONTES IN HIS OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) POLICE SPOKESPERSON WALACE TARCISIO PONTES, SAYING "He was teaching English classes in the Barra da Tijuca area (eastern Rio). This information was already know because the federal police knew he was doing this but we did not know exactly where. He also confirmed that he was teaching English classes in Barra da Tijuca. When he saw his photograph in the media he handed himself in."
  • Embargoed: 8th July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Brazil, Brazil
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVAAVJMP7EAKTFEEYYKWQEMQOVS
  • Story Text: An American male who is on the most wanted list of sex offenders of the U.S. Marshals was being held in Brazil on Tuesday (June 21), police said.
    Police spokesperson Walace Tarcisio said 42-year-old Kenneth Craig, who is accused of sexually assaulting two boys in Florida in 1998, was detained by federal police in Rio after he handed himself in.
    "He was teaching English classes in the Barra da Tijuca area (eastern Rio). This information was already know because the federal police knew he was doing this but we did not know exactly where. He also confirmed that he was teaching English classes in Barra da Tijuca. When he saw his photograph in the media he handed himself in," said Pontes.
    According to the U.S. Marshals website, Craig was arrested in Brazil in 2008 but later released.
    Craig was arrested in Deerfield Beach, Florida in 1998 when police said they found him with two young boys in a hotel.
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