THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) successfully apprehended a wanted US fugitive on Friday, in a joint operation with international law enforcement agencies.
The fugitive, identified as William Robert Braddock III, 39, was found to be an undocumented alien and a subject of an arrest warrant issued by the United States District Court for the Middle District Court of Florida.
Braddock is wanted for Interstate Transmission of Threat to Injure, in Violation of Section 875(c) of Title 18 of the United States Code, after reportedly making threatening calls against an American politician and his associate.
The arrest was carried out by the BI Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the US Diplomatic Security Service-Overseas Criminal Investigations (DSS-OCI).
Commissioner Norman Tansingco commended the BI’s role in apprehending fugitives like Braddock. “Foreign fugitives are not welcome in Philippine soil,” said Tansingco. “We will continue our close cooperation with international partners to bring fugitives to justice,” he added.
BI FSU Chief Rendel Ryan Sy said that Braddock was found along Roxas Boulevard by their operatives after extensive surveillance. He was immediately arrested and transferred to the BI’s Warden Facility in Taguig where he will remain until his deportation.
