THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE IN NEW MEXICO APPREHENDS A WANTED CHILD PREDATOR. THEY'D BEEN LOOKING FOR MICHAEL PEREZ SINCE LAST LAST YEAR. HE WAS FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES, INCLUDING 6 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL PENETRATION OF A MINOR.
U-S MARSHALS FIRST TRACED HIM TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA AND THEN TO COLORADO SPRINGS. DETECTIVES LOCATED HIS MOTHER IN ARTESIA. SHE TOLD POLICE SHE HAD NO IDEA WHERE HER SON WAS, BUT SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS INTERVIEWED, PEREZ SURRENDERED TO ARTESIA POLICE.
EXTRADITION BACK TO BERNALILLO COUNTY IS PENDING.
