A recent Northampton County Fugitive of the Week was among three men arrested Friday by the Northampton County Sheriff’s Department’s Criminal Warrants Division.
Joel Perez-Rosario was Northampton County’s fugitive of the week for Jan. 14, 2017. (Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com)
Joel Perez-Rosario, 35, was picked up by deputies working as part of the U.S. Marshals Service Violent Fugitive Task Force at his home in the 1900 block of Hillcrest Road in Bethlehem, the sheriff’s department said.
He pleaded guilty in 2013 to indecent assault and providing liquor to a minor and charges of aggravated indecent assault were withdrawn, records show.
There was a bench warrant for his arrest in that case and he was wanted by Pennsylvania state parole agents on an absconding charge, the sheriff’s department said. He remained Wednesday morning in Northampton County Prison, records show.
He is a Megan’s Law offender and his status was listed as “non-compliant,” records show. His victim was a minor, Pennsylvania State Police say on the state’s Onbahis Megan’s Law site.
His sentences of 11 months to 23 months and one month to 12 months were consecutive and began in December 2013, records show. The jail time was to be followed by two years of probation, records show.
MORE: Have you seen these suspects?
Deputies on Friday also arrested Malik Jordan, 27, of Lansford, Pennsylvania, the sheriff’s department said. Jordan was taken into custody at home on a Northampton County bench warrant involving possession of a controlled dangerous substance, the sheriff’s department said. He was also wanted on Allentown police charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, a related offense and receiving stolen property, the news release said. He remained Wednesday morning in Lehigh County Jail, records show.
Ramon Maldonado-Cruz, 35, was arrested Friday in the 300 block of North Eighth Street in Allentown, the sheriff’s department said. He was wanted by Pennsylvania parole agents on original charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and persons not to possess firearms, the sheriff’s department said. He was sent to Lehigh County Jail but on Wednesday morning was in the state prison at Frackville, records show.
Tony Rhodin may be reached at arhodin@lehighvalleylive.com. Follow him on Twitter @TonyRhodin. Find lehighvalleylive.com on Facebook.
Our editors found this article on this site using Google and regenerated it for our readers.
