Akron, OH – This afternoon, members of the Northern Ohio
Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested wanted fugitive, Luis Joan
Diaz-Rojas. Diaz-Rojas, 41, was wanted by the Puerto Rico Police
Department for homicide. It is alleged that on November 26,
2020, Diaz-Rojas drove his vehicle at a high rate of speed and purposely
struck a vehicle that was occupied by a Jose Ramon Lago-Baez. The impact
of the collision killed Lago-Baez. Subsequently, Diaz-Rojas fled Puerto
Rico.Investigators in Puerto Rico tracked Diaz-Rojas to Ohio and
this afternoon members of the violent fugitive task force arrested
Diaz-Rojas at an address near the 300 block of Lillian Street in Akron,
Ohio. Diaz-Rojas was booked into the Summit County Jail where he will
wait extradition back to Puerto Rico.U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott
stated, “The reach of the US Marshals Service has no limits, and our
officers will never stop pursuing our fugitives. Today was the
culmination of a year and a half of hard work by law enforcement in
Puerto Rico and here in northern Ohio.”Anyone with information
concerning any wanted fugitive can contact the Northern Ohio Violent
Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED (1-866-492-6833), or you can send a
web tip at the following webpage
http://www.usmarshals.gov/district/oh-n/index.html. Reward money is
available, and tipsters may remain anonymous.The NOVFTF Akron
Division consists of the following federal, state, and local agencies:
Akron Police Department, Barberton Police Department, Bath Township
Police DepartmentCopley Township Police Department, Cuyahoga Falls
Police Department, Hudson Police Department, Kent Police Department, New
Franklin Police Department, Norton Police Department, Ohio Adult Parole
Authority, Portage County Sheriff’s Office, Reminderville Police
Department, Summit County Sheriff’s Office, Tallmadge Police Department,
United States Marshals Service, United States Secret Service, University
of Akron Police Department, Wayne County Court of Common Pleas.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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