AMERICA'S MOST WANTED - SERIAL CHILD RAPIST

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 001995 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR NORMAN, L/LEI FOR TORRES AND MUELLER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA ORJALES AND ESTABROOK US MARSHALS SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO JIM SCHIELD DEA FOR OF,OFI,DO,DCO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM DR SUBJECT: AMERICA'S MOST WANTED - SERIAL CHILD RAPIST CAPTURED IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ¶1. On August 22, 2007, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, a U.S. citizen fugitive and convicted serial child rapist, was arrested in Santo Domingo by members of a specialized fugitive apprehension unit based in the National Directorate of Drug Control. Working in concert with locally-based agents of the U.S. Marshals Service and utilizing tip information generated both in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Santo Domingo, agents descended on Gonzalez while he was waiting for a bus on a public street. ¶2. Gonzalez was first convicted for indecent assault of a minor in 1992, for which he received 7 years probation. In October 2002, he was convicted and sentenced in absentia in Berks County, Pennsylvania on multiple counts involving the violation of minors, including: rape of a minor, indecent assault, and sexual assault, as well as corruption of a minor. Because of the seriousness of his crimes and his pattern of criminal behavior, Gonzalez was featured on America's Most Wanted in both 2003 and 2004. He will be returned shortly to Pennsylvania, where he will begin serving a maximum 42-year sentence. There is no information as to any crimes he might have committed while hiding in the Dominican Republic. BULLEN