Wanted for double murder in Puerto Rico, top 10 most-wanted man found in Franklin County
TEMPERATURE COMING NEXT WEEK.
>> RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 FRANKLIN
COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED THE
MAN WHO'S WANTED FOR KILLING 2
PEOPLE IN PUERTO RICO.
>> HE'S ONE OF PUERTO RICO'S
TOP 10 MOST WANTED FUGITIVES.
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I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M DEBRA
MORGAN. DEPUTIES TOOK MAY TELL
THE GROWN GUEVARA'S INTO
CUSTODY TODAY CONNECTED TO
CRIMES. AUTHORITIES SAY
HAPPENED 4 YEARS AGO. HE'S NOW
SET TO BE EXTRADITED BACK TO
PUERTO RICO WHO SEE DONOVAN IS
LIVE IN THE WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE
CENTER IN RALEIGH WHERE TAVARES
IS DUE IN COURT ON MONDAY.
CHELSEA.
AND SO A BUSINESS OWNER AND
YOUNGSVILLE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
GOT QUITE A SURPRISE THIS
MORNING WHEN THE U.S. MARSHALS
AND THE FRANKLIN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE FLOODED THEIR
PROPERTY AND THEY ACTUALLY
FOUND A MAN.
>> WHO HAD ESCAPED MURDER
CHARGES IN PUERTO RICO MORE
THAN 4 YEARS AGO.
>> UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW,
RUN FROM THE RAIN THERE THAT'S
BROADCAST BY RADIO TRAFFIC FROM
THIS MORNING COMING FROM HERE,
A LANDSCAPING YARD IN
YOUNGSVILLE WHERE DEPUTIES HAVE
DESCENDED HALF YEARS FOR THE
MURDER. WITHIN MINUTES,
FRANKLIN COUNTY DEPUTIES AND
CANINES AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF
THE PUERTO RICO, VIOLENT
OFFENDERS TASK FORCE.
>> FOUND A FUGITIVE A LONG WAY
FROM HOME HIDING UNDERNEATH
THIS SHED NEAR THE CEDAR CREEK
LANDSCAPING COMPANY. THE OWNERS
DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK ON CAMERA,
BUT THEY SAY THEY WERE SHOCKED
AND HAD NO IDEA. MATTEL JIM
MARTIN, A GRAND GUEVARA'S WAS
HIDING ON THEIR PROPERTY TO
NO GO ON GO FAR AS WAS WANTED
FOR A DOUBLE MURDER OUT OF
PUERTO RICO IN MARCH OF 2020.
IT'S STILL UNCLEAR HOW HE LEFT
THE ISLAND AND HOW LONG HE HAS
BEEN IN OUR STATE. THIS IS A
POSTER PUT OUT THIS YEAR BY
PUERTO RICAN POLICE STATING
THAT THE SUSPECT WAS ONE OF
PUERTO RICO'S TOP 10 MOST
WANTED CRIMINALS. TODAY THE
U.S. MARSHALL SAID THEY MAY TRY
TO HIDE, BUT THEY SHOULD KNOW
THAT THE U.S. MARSHALS WILL
NOT STOP UNTIL THEY FIND YOU
AND BRING YOU TO JUSTICE.
THEY'RE GOING GO FAR AS WAS
TRANSFERRED TO THE WAKE COUNTY
JAIL AFTER BEING FOUND UNDER
THE SHED.
>> NOW THE SUSPECT WILL THEN
AWAIT TO BE EXTRADITED BACK TO
PUERTO RICO. HE'S DO HEAR THE
WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER ON
MONDAY MORNING WHERE WE HOPE
TO GET MORE DETAILS ON HOW HE
GOT HERE AND WHAT HE WAS DOING
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. BUT FOR
RIGHT NOW, HE'S IN THE WAKE
COUNTY DETENTION CENTER UNDER