An American man, wanted in the US for sexual offenses, has been arrested in Bangkok

[Sig]

6 hours ago, ronster said:

If he was wanted on such serious charges by the FBI then how did he get out of the country and into Thailand ?? 

I could be wrong, but I'd suspect that he wasn't wanted by the FBI until after he left the country. He was on bail. I don't think the FBI cares about every Tom, Dick, and Harry (or insert your favorite immigrant names) who is on bail. But they do care about bail-jumpers who leave the country.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, Presnock said:

What I find amazing is that he had to pay bail to get released.  Had he been in NYC, they amended their laws about thefts because they were getting too many people stealing from the stores - now, if the amount of stolen material is less than a thousand dollars then that is no crime.  Now stores are having to close totally because of the gangs coming in  stealing the merchandise and when the police nab the offenders, they just have to let them go as "no crime committed". 

Agreed, they just gave the criminals the green light to go raid any store they feel like.

[brianthainess]

7 minutes ago, Sig said:

I could be wrong, but I'd suspect that he wasn't wanted by the FBI until after he left the country. He was on bail. I don't think the FBI cares about every Tom, Dick, and Harry (or insert your favorite immigrant names) who is on bail. But they do care about bail-jumpers who leave the country.

Maybe but I would have thought on charges like that they would confiscate Selva's  passport.

[Jackbenimble]

6 hours ago, pomchop said:

Mr red bull has a very rich well connected daddy to pay off many other rich and well connected people to allow him to never ever be held accountable for killing a cop while all hyped up on coke and driving like a maniac then lying about it all and "hiding" in plain site for years....shame on the entire "justice" system of thailand for allowing this to play out.  Inspector Clousaeu could find him and arrest him in about one day but the entire weight of the thai police and justice system can't find him even though they have been looking for years....yeah right.

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[ujayujay]

7 hours ago, Expat Tom said:

Too bad that he wasn't nabbed in Singapore. They would have caned him before turning him over to the US authorities. In the US he will likely get a slap on the wrist and released. That's one of many reasons that left the United Soocialists States of Amerika long ago. 

United Soocialists States of Amerika... Dude, what do you smoke?

[Anant72]

9 hours ago, ronster said:

If he was wanted on such serious charges by the FBI then how did he get out of the country and into Thailand ?? 

A legitimate question.

[off road pat]

10 hours ago, ronster said:

If he was wanted on such serious charges by the FBI then how did he get out of the country and into Thailand ?? 

Indeed, that is the question !?!?

[G_Money]

52 minutes ago, off road pat said:

Indeed, that is the question !?!?

I don’t believe the airlines run a NCIC check on US citizens leaving the country.  
 

Upon arrival into the USA CBP will run the check as standard procedure during inspection.

 

If a warrant is in effect they will detain the person until the agency who authorized the warrant is contacted.  The original agency will determine the outcome.

 

Obtaining a passport is a separate issue.  The State Department issues passports and I’m not sure of the level of criminal checks involved.

 

I have heard that individuals who are delinquent on child support payments will not be issued passports.

Edited May 8 by G_Money

[Acharn]

11 hours ago, ronster said:

If he was wanted on such serious charges by the FBI then how did he get out of the country and into Thailand ?? 

Probably because the court did not confiscate his passport. The American courts are very busy places, badly overworked. If you go to trial you might have to wait two or three years for your case to start. We have the most prisoners of any country on the planet (including China), but Congress does not want to increase taxes to pay for their War on Drugs. Most Americans, including judges, never think about overseas travel, so I can see how it could be overlooked.

[BangkokReady]

On 5/7/2024 at 6:01 PM, snoop1130 said:

 

Those are some very serious eyebrows.  They know this one's a bad'un.

 

(Not looking happy and chilled out like when they arrest the evil Brits.  )

[Paris333]

Congratulation to Thai Authorities for their promptly response.

Thailand FBI will surrender him to American F.B.I.......Does he accuse for "something" in Thai region or in American region he was a bad guy and in Thailand become "good guy"? 🧐

Airlines have no direct access to Security Authorities for wanted criminals when the whole planet is on alert for wanted terrorists......Otherwise how is it possible for a serious criminal to travel from U.S.A to Asia region and passed all check airport points?

The usual common "story" pay us your arrival visa and you are a great guy at our territory! Thanks for visiting us.....!!!

[Middle Aged Grouch]

Yes let's welcome the quality tourists in Thailand and let's rather harass the retirees who own houses on lease on their visa issues...

[Time Traveller]

 

15 hours ago, RobU said:

The post was asking how he got out of the US not how did he get into Thailand. Surely he should have been flagged as wanted and arrested at the US airport when he tried to leave

 

Well I thought the question was strange because there are no checks on anyone leaving USA.    So why would he have been stopped?

[geisha]

Well he’s certainly made a name for himself around the world !  He’s made headlines in dozens of newspapers from Oregon to France to Borneo  !!

[Sheryl]

17 hours ago, RobU said:

The post was asking how he got out of the US not how did he get into Thailand. Surely he should have been flagged as wanted and arrested at the US airport when he tried to leave

There is no immigration check on departures from the US. Only on entry. 

 

But indeed, judge should have required him to surrender his passport as condition of bail. 

[Amethyst]

Posts with off-topic political trolling have been removed.

 

[Captain Monday]

20 hours ago, Time Traveller said:

 

 

Well I thought the question was strange because there are no checks on anyone leaving USA.    So why would he have been stopped?

There is no direct immigration processing outbound but every time you show ID at airport security name goes thru the system just like traffic stops

Guess they were not looking for him yet

 

People get stopped at airports all the time just because they have the same or similar name as a wanted person or crim.
 This the need for redress numbers 

[ericthai]

On 5/7/2024 at 8:05 PM, pomchop said:

Good luck with that when it is 10 on 1 armed with metal pipes or bats. 

 

I remember very welll watching a guy that looked like the rock get the crap beat out of him by about 10 motorbike taxi drivers in front of nana plaza one day....he was the ultimate tatooed muscle guy but those baseball bats put an end to his macho man BS...got hauled away as a total bloody unconcious mess and no idea if he survived or died.  All apparently over a few baht to a taxi driver.

inmates have metal pipes and bats?  

[Jackbenimble]

On 5/8/2024 at 11:36 AM, scorecard said:

 

Further, given the total time since the 'accident' and the involvement of many officers, must be several hundred who have been bought in some way. So how could there ever be any successful court action.

he isn't hiding. He's outside of Thai jurisdiction. What exactly do you expect the Thai police to do? The usual recompense has been paid to the deceaseds surving family which is the way things are settled in Thailand. Whether you agree with the custom or not is irrelevant. 

[Time Traveller]

On 5/9/2024 at 6:22 AM, Captain Monday said:

There is no direct immigration processing outbound but every time you show ID at airport security name goes thru the system just like traffic stops

Guess they were not looking for him yet

 

People get stopped at airports all the time just because they have the same or similar name as a wanted person or crim.
 This the need for redress numbers 

Well I don't know about that, I've never seen it happen.

But whenever I travel to Mexico there is no outbound check and no inbound check on the Mexico side either.    I suspect the only passport check at the airport is that your name matches the airticket / boarding pass.

 

Edited May 11 by Time Traveller

[Captain Monday]

9 hours ago, Time Traveller said:

Well I don't know about that, I've never seen it happen.

But whenever I travel to Mexico there is no outbound check and no inbound check on the Mexico side either.    I suspect the only passport check at the airport is that your name matches the airticket / boarding pass.

 

You don't quite get what I am saying but that is OK

[bristolgeoff]

On 5/8/2024 at 6:37 AM, ronster said:

If he was wanted on such serious charges by the FBI then how did he get out of the country and into Thailand ?? 

If they were watching how did he leave the us a forged passport maybe.Anyway he was caught  and unless thailand is told about every person who arrives then it takes time and now back too amercia.I have heard the CIA or FBIi are in thailand behind closed doors of course and they watch amercians who may have escaped the country because they are wanted