FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA)— An escaped prisoner from Puerto Rico was arrested in Lee County after 40 years on the run.
In accordance with the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace, Puerto Rico authorities reached out to the sheriff’s workplace about an escaped prisoner who could possibly be residing in Lee County.
Jorge Milla-Valdes escaped from a Puerto Rico jail in 1987, and authorities believed he was residing underneath the identify Luis Aguirre.
Deputies stated Milla-Valdes had a felony historical past underneath the identify Luis Aguirre that included theft and aggravated battery with a lethal weapon in Monroe County.
LCSO Fugitive Warrants unit started looking for Milla-Valdes and obtained his fingerprints from 1986 in Puerto Rico in addition to the fingerprints from his felony historical past in Monroe County.
Latent fingerprint supervisor Tina Carver took the 2 fingerprints and inside quarter-hour, she was in a position to match the prints, confirming that Milla-Valdes and Aguirre had been the identical particular person.
After the optimistic match, the Fugitive Warrants unit was in a position to find Milla-Valdes in Ft. Myers Shores and he was taken into custody on Friday, deputies stated.
“Because of the laborious work and willpower of my Fugitive Warrants Unit and Latent Fingerprints Supervisor Tina Carver, a optimistic fingerprint identification was made inside MINUTES. My crew’s talent is unmatched at each stage; even when your crimes do not begin right here in Lee County, I promise, they WILL finish right here,” stated Sheriff Carmine Marceno.
