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Albuquerque, NM – United States Marshals
arrested New Mexico’s Most Wanted Violent Offender Dale Nielsen. Nielsen was
added to New Mexico’s Most Wanted earlier this week. On February 11, 2013,
Dale Nielsen of Valencia County, allegedly stabbed his wife in the neck
during a domestic dispute. Nielsen who is on Parole from the New Mexico
Department of Corrections fled the scene immediately. Teams of law
enforcement officers searched Valencia and Torrance counties in an attempt
to locate Nielsen. U.S. Marshals developed leads that Nielsen was camping in
his vehicle in Torreon and moving back and forth to Mountainair, NM, for
supplies. A search was conducted in the Manzano Mountain region by New
Mexico Corrections Department Security Threat Intelligence Unit (STIU),
Torrance County Sheriff’s Office, New Mexico State Police, Valencia County
Sheriff’s Office and the United States Marshals Service.
Members of the United States Marshals Service’s South West Investigative
Fugitive Team (SWIFT) task force observed Nielsen in a gold, Honda Accord,
traveling on Highway 60 in Mountainair, NM. Deputies attempted to conduct a
traffic stop on Nielsen and Nielsen fled the stop at a high rate of speed. A
locate was put out on Nielsen’s vehicle and it was located shortly after
abandoned in the mountains off Highway 55. Nielsen’s foot prints led from
the vehicle in to the mountains. Sheriff Heath White of Torrance County
assisted the SWIFT task force by tracking Nielsen’s foot prints through the
Manzano Mountains. KRQE, channel 13, even assisted the team of law
enforcement officers, by bring the television station’s helicopter into the
area to help search for Nielsen. Due to weather and lack of daylight, the
search was called off for the night.
On February 22, 2013, the Marshal’s task force received information that
Nielsen was in Albuquerque and was seen in the area of Interstate 25 and
Comanche Blvd. A team of law enforcement officers saturated the area
checking all the convenience stores, hotels, and truck stops. After a few
hours, the search was expanded city wide. Deputies driving on Interstate 40
eastbound observed a suspicious individual sleeping underneath a foot bridge
crossing over I-40 near Eubank Blvd. As Deputies approached the individual
they were able to positively identify him as Nielsen. Deputies identified
themselves and the suspect took off running. Marshals ran after Nielsen and
took him into custody between the Walmart and Toyota dealership at Eubank
and Copper NE.
Nielsen was transported to the NMDC in Los Lunas, NM. Nielsen will appear in
Valencia County court to answer for his new charges to include Attempted
Murder. District of New Mexico, United States Marshal, Conrad Candelaria,
said "despite the repeated attempts to evade capture by eluding members of
the SWIFT task force throughout many communities and dense mountain forests,
and after several days of intense investigation, the trail ended for this
fugitive. This is yet another example of the extraordinary investigative
skill that is comprised in the Marshals Service District of New Mexico
fugitive task force; relentlessly committed to the safety of our communities
by pursuing dangerous and violent fugitives so they can be held accountable
for the crimes committed".
Additional
information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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