WESTCHESTER SWEEP NETS 32 FUGITIVES

PFMLIT General, GOOD POLICING CATCHES SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS ON THE RUN, SEX OFFENDERS ON THE RUN - NABBED

Thirty-two of Westchester's 50 most wanted fugitives, including one who had been sought for more than 30 years, have been rounded up in a cooperative effort by county police, probation investigators and the U.S. Marshals Serviced that targeted suspects wanted on warrants.  Some left the country, others fled the state, two died, and a few were hiding in plain sight under assumed identities.  

Wanted and arrested for sex crimes are:

- Douglas Walker, 41, wanted in the 2001 rape of a 4 year old girl.  He was arrested in Salemsburg, North Carolina, where police said he was working as a cook and convinced his boss that he was a victim of Hurricane Katrina who was trying to rebuild his life.

- Luis Paccha, 36, accused of raping a 7 year old girl in 1989 and is charged with sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.  He was arrested at a Norwalk, Connecticut bakery.

- Rosheem Peterson, wanted since January on a charge of failing to register as a sex offender.

- Robert Nixon, wanted since February for failing to appear in court on a sexual abuse conviction.

- John Herold, who had been a fugitive since 1967 in connection with the sexual abuse of a minor, had died.

(New York)