Two Massachusetts Fugitives Found Hiding in Maine

DOJ Press


Portland, ME
– The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announces the
arrest of Luis Gonzales, 29, and Andy Escarfuller, 22, in Auburn, Maine.
Gonzales was arrested on warrants issued by the State of Massachusetts
for assault & battery with a deadly weapon, negligent operation, leaving
the scene of a personal injury accident and other various state charges.
Escarfuller was arrested on a warrant issued by the State of
Massachusetts for rape of a child.

Gonzales allegedly operated a motor vehicle
involved in a hit and run on Saturday. Massachusetts State Police
located the vehicle and operator shortly thereafter. As they attempted
to apprehend Gonzales, the vehicle was reported to have crashed head on
into a State Police vehicle, backed up and then intentionally struck a
Trooper outside of his vehicle while trying to flee the scene. The
vehicle allegedly operated by Gonzales was also known to be occupied by
Andy Escarfuller.

Information was developed by the Massachusetts
State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section (VFAS), Maine State
Police and U.S. Marshals that Gonzales was at a residence in Auburn,
Maine.

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USMS Task Force members arrested Gonzales without
incident at the residence in Auburn, Maine in a vehicle reported stolen
out of Massachusetts. Escarfuller was also located at the residence and
apprehended by authorities. Gonzales and Escarfuller were transported to
the Androscoggin County Jail on a Fugitive from Justice charges pending
extradition to Massachusetts.


USMS District of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts
State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section and Maine State
Police assisted USMS District of Maine Violent Offenders Task Force with
this investigation.


The U.S. Marshals Service Maine Violent Offenders
Task Force is comprised of members of the Maine State Police, Maine
Department of Corrections, Biddeford Police Department, and U.S. Customs
and Border Patrol..

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.

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