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American Wanted by FBI Detained in Chiang Mai

Thai police detained an American man in Chiang Mai after receiving information from the FBI that he was wanted in the United States. The suspect was identified as 58-year-old Joseph Frances Chinnock, also known as Joseph Kelly, who was reportedly wanted on charges linked to assault and stalking. US authorities had issued a warrant, and the US Embassy had also cancelled his passport. Thai Immigration Police found that he had entered Thailand on a Privilege Entry visa in March 2026 before later being located at a condominium in Suthep, Chiang Mai. Officers informed him of his visa revocation and took him into immigration custody for further legal proceedings.

Privileged eh?

Good catch by the Thai cops.

But I wonder why the FBI would cross borders (all the way to Asia) for an assault and stalking case? Seems rather small potatoes. I wonder who he pissed off.

Or whether there's more to the story.

2 hours ago, impulse said:

Or whether there's more to the story.

Copy/paste from msn.com:

American fugitive wanted by FBI for threatening women and children arrested in Thailand

An American fugitive wanted by the FBI for allegedly threatening women and children in the US was arrested in Thailand. Joseph Frances Chinnock, 58, also known as Joseph Kelly, was arrested by police at a condominium in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on May 12. He was wanted under a US arrest warrant for allegedly stalking and sexually harassing women and children, along with three counts of physical assault and three counts of stalking. The United States embassy revoked his passport and coordinated with Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau to track him down.

2 hours ago, impulse said:

Good catch by the Thai cops.

But I wonder why the FBI would cross borders (all the way to Asia) for an assault and stalking case? Seems rather small potatoes. I wonder who he pissed off.

Or whether there's more to the story.

Well the charges arent Federal just by their nature (except under special jurisdiction), so for the Feebss, its interstate flight charges. He isnt on their website that I can find. Clearly he has some serious stare charges pending.

Its not hard these days to track a fugitive. Time, manpower and importance all figure into it.

5 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Well the charges arent Federal just by their nature (except under special jurisdiction), so for the Feebss, its interstate flight charges. He isnt on their website that I can find. Clearly he has some serious stare charges pending.

Its not hard these days to track a fugitive. Time, manpower and importance all figure into it.

You weren't looking in the right places.

As alluded to by @impulse sometimes they know someone is rotten, but that person knows how to stay out of reach of law enforcement.

Now it seems they found something that will stick.

As as aside, I read a story about a scammer who had quite a few negative reports posted online about him.

According to what I read, said scammer cooked up a scheme with libel lawyers to get those negative reports taken down. The scheme involved inventing a person who posted all of the scam warnings and then suing that imaginary person for defamation. Even more far-fetched, the injunction was granted. So now they have a legal ruling to get those reviews taken down. Quite unbelievable of course.

Since in the story, the injunction was used to get Google to hide the links. one would have to utilise a search engine other than Google.

As one might imagine, Thailand wouldn't want someone scamming people in the USA, on their soil. Add in assault and harassment charges and such a character becomes persona non grata.

https://reason.com/volokh/2018/01/29/arizona-bar-accuses-lawyers-of-suing-fak/

Edited May 14May 14 by IsmeUno

1 hour ago, IsmeUno said:

https://reason.com/volokh/2018/01/29/arizona-bar-accuses-lawyers-of-suing-fak/

2 hours ago, IsmeUno said:

You weren't looking in the right places.

As alluded to by @impulse sometimes they know someone is rotten, but that person knows how to stay out of reach of law enforcement.

Now it seems they found something that will stick.

As as aside, I read a story about a scammer who had quite a few negative reports posted online about him.

According to what I read, said scammer cooked up a scheme with libel lawyers to get those negative reports taken down. The scheme involved inventing a person who posted all of the scam warnings and then suing that imaginary person for defamation. Even more far-fetched, the injunction was granted. So now they have a legal ruling to get those reviews taken down. Quite unbelievable of course.

Since in the story, the injunction was used to get Google to hide the links. one would have to utilise a search engine other than Google.

As one might imagine, Thailand wouldn't want someone scamming people in the USA, on their soil. Add in assault and harassment charges and such a character becomes persona non grata.

https://reason.com/volokh/2018/01/29/arizona-bar-accuses-lawyers-of-suing-fak/

Good find!