Post by Scumhunter on Sept 14, 2015 15:41:05 GMT -5
Miami Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents are looking for Miguel Lopez for interstate trafficking of stolen property.
In September of 2002, Customs Agents began an investigation of a widespread criminal enterprise involving more than twenty conspirators. Agents uncovered a large organization of many people committing theft in office supply stores.
Cops say that Lopez shoplifted at these stores up and down the East Coast. Law enforcement officers say that Lopez typically stole printer cartridges and laser toner cartridges for computer printers and fax and copy machines. They say these suspects combined their total bounty for deliveries to the Miami area, where they sold it for profit.
Police believe this enterprise netted over $700,000 in profit for the group in one year alone. Agents believe that Lopez is a key player in this conspiracy. Police say that Lopez is a believed transvestite, and may be bi-sexual. Police believe he is hiding out under any one of his assumed identities and may be living life as a woman.
Thoughts? The above was from the AMW archives for Miguel Lopez. He was aired on the December 6th, 2003 episode of America's Most Wanted as a commercial break case. To be honest, while not condoning his alleged crimes, someone who traffics printer cartridges usually isn't going to be at the top of my most wanted list compared to violent murderers, but it is my goal to add as many fugitives to the site that I think are still at large to the site as I can for discussion purposes. I'm adding 2003 aired cases right now, and as far as I know, he is a 2003 aired case still at large as of this posting date. (9/14/2015). But if anyone has any updates/proof-of-updates one way or the other, they are more than welcome to let us know.
Some clues on the old AMW archive which I'll post below besides what's already said he's a known drug user who prefers crack and often wears his hair in a ponytail.
In any case, let's see if we can one day we can finally catch Miguel "Staples" Lopez*
(*- Not his actual nickname)
web.archive.org/web/20040204070919/http://www2.amw.com/site/thisweek/L/LopezMiguel/lopezindex.html
Admin Note #1: Based on old archive crime description and listed wanted agency, our advice for anyone with tips on Lopez's whereabouts would be to contact ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or submit a web tip to them at the following link: www.ice.gov/webform/hsi-tip-form
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