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| Border Patrol nab homicide suspect using national fingerprint database |
| 2006-01-13 |
| EFL Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents caught a California homicide suspect Wednesday morning after they pulled over a suspicious-looking vehicle driving on Interstate 10 near Blythe, according to a Border Patrol news release. He was taken into custody at the Blythe station, where agents routinely scanned the suspect's fingerprints by pressing them against a computer touchscreen. The computer system then ran the detainee's prints through a national database, Yuma Sector spokesman Michael Gramley said. They found he was wanted in connection with a homicide in San Joaquin Valley, Calif. The suspect was turned over to Riverside County Sheriff’s Office for extradition on the warrant, according to a Border Patrol news release. The fingerprint database that the agents used to match the suspect with his warrant is called the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, the release said. "It's a computer that scans all 10 fingerprints of subject and compares them to fingerprints on file in a national database," Gramley said. Since Oct. 1, 2005, CBP agents nationwide have used IAFIS technology to help identify more than 30,000 subjects involved in crimes, including 114 homicide suspects, according to Border Patrol statistics. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Think about the sheer number of crimes committed by illegal aliens when the Border Patrol catches 30,000 in 3 months. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-01-13 22:40 |
| #2 Melike. Of course, the conspiracy-leaning-loving-loonies are prolly choking over this. Same ones who decried the Patriot Act. It works. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-01-13 22:34 |
| #1 They found he was wanted in connection with a homicide in San Joaquin Valley, Calif. I think they mean San Joaquin, Ca. The SJ Valley is 700 miles long and 100 miles wide. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-01-13 18:52 |