Non-TV Show Cold Case Captures

In 1989, Jaipaul Maharaj was driving while intoxicated in Queens, New York. As a result, he crashed into another car, severely injuring a passenger in that other vehicle. The passenger died from her injuries in 1994. Majaraj was arrested, pled guilty but failed to appear for his sentencing and went on the run.

In 2015, while under an alias, he was arrested in Sullivan County, New York for an unrelated crime. When he went to meet with probation officials, they learned of Maharaj's fugitive status and he was arrested 27 years after going on the run.

www.qchron.com/fugitive-driver-nabbed-after-years-on-the-lam/article_39852388-6358-11e7-aff4-2fc6b37a0f27.html

In the late 1980s, Robert Frederick Nelson was arrested by the US Secret Service on multiple counterfeiting charges. He escaped from a federal prison in Minnesota in 1992.

Afterwards, Robert went to Nevada where under an alias, he assumed a new criminal lifestyle. Over the years, he was arrested for several armed robberies, burglaries and even for escaping from prison again! During the mid-2000s, he assumed his original identity. When he went to the DMV to renew his state identification card, it was determined that Robert was a fugitive and he was arrested under his true identity.

www.ktnv.com/news/crime/dmv-investigators-catch-federal-fugitive-on-the-run-for-25-years

In 2005, Jeffrey Mitchell fled Oneida County, New York after being charged with drunk driving. While living in Cascade County, Montana, he tried to apply for a fishing license, which created a paper trail and led to his arrest. He was sent back to New York today.

www.localsyr.com/news/cops-fishing-license-led-investigators-to-fugitive-in-montana/773879016

In 2008, Juan Antonio Cervantes allegedly shot and killed Adrian Carranza in Salinas, California and wounded another man. The shootings occurred 90 minutes after Juan's father was shot. It turns out he didn't flee very far or returned back to the area since he was caught in Salinas on Sunday.

www.montereyherald.com/general-news/20170801/salinas-man-wanted-in-2008-homicide-arrested

In 2007, Neri C.A. went on the run from Ector County, Texas authorities. He had been charged with a hit-and-run. Over the weekend, he was arrested in the border city of Ojinaga, Mexico where he was the second-in-command of a local criminal group.

www.cbs7.com/content/news/Ector-County-fugitive-arrested-in-Ojinaga-440536503.html

In 1974, Alan Brown allegedly drove the wrong way on a Cleveland interstate, crashing into two vehicles and killing an occupant in the second car. The US Marshals Cold Case task force out of Cleveland finally tracked him down to Bladensburg, Maryland where he was caught.

www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/09/cleveland_man_wanted_in_1974_f.html

In 1963, Pete Ortiz was indicted for the murder of Joe Ovalle, who was killed in San Antonio the year before. Frank Luna Juarez was sentenced to 99 years but Pete went on the run from his alleged charges for more than five decades. Out of the blue, he surrendered to San Antonio authorities, his attorney saying he was tired of being haunted by the arrest warrant, and for living under an assumed name.

www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/09/15/man-wanted-for-alleged-involvement-in-bexar-county-murder-turns-himself-in-55-years-later