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Milwaukee – Kevin A. Carr, United
States Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced the arrests
of Johnny Maldonado and Raymond Nieves.
Maldonado and Nieves were arrested on October 4th, 2010 in Salem, Wisconsin
by members of the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force - Eastern Wisconsin (MFTF). Nieves
and Maldonado were both wanted in connection with two separate homicides
that took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Waukegan, Illinois. On April
11, 2009, it is alleged that Nieves and Maldonado lured two fellow gang
members from Waukegan to Kenosha, Wisconsin where they shot and killed one,
and attempted to kill the other. This was in retaliation for the two
victims’ allegedly speaking about a murder they committed in Waukegan in
March 2009 at the direction of Nieves and Maldonado. In addition, Nieves
was wanted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for a
firearms violation, and by the Kenosha Police Department (KPD) for a state
charge of Failure to Appear for Sentencing on an original charge of
Vehicular Homicide, and a felony warrant issued by the Waukegan Police
Department (WPD) for Substantial Battery with Intent to Cause Great Bodily
Harm. Both Maldonado and Nieves are documented members of the “Maniac Latin
Disciples” street gang. The MFTF received information placing Nieves and
Maldonado in a residence in Salem, Wisconsin on the evening of October 4th,
2010. Further information indicated that Nieves and Maldonado were planning
to travel to Mexico within a few days in an effort to elude authorities.
Members of the MFTF and Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team made
contact with a family member in the residence who granted permission to
search the residence for the two subjects. Both Nieves and Maldonado were
found in the basement and safely taken into custody. Since their arrest,
both Nieves and Maldonado have been charged with two counts of 1st Degree
Intentional Homicide.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov. |
