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For Immediate Release |
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September 13, 2011 |
SDUSM Hector Gomez, Western District of Texas (512) 916-5380 |
Alabama Fugitive Sex Offender Arrested by the
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force Registered Sex Offender Fails to Appear on Pending Sex Abuse Charge |
Officers were alerted to the Wells Branch Parkway address after local interviews indicated Underwood was seen in the area of a local apartment complex. Task force officers established surveillance throughout most of the day when at approximately 4:30 p.m., Underwood was observed leaving an apartment complex and subsequently enter the passenger side of a vehicle. Underwood was swiftly surrounded by officers and taken into custody. Underwood also has an outstanding probation warrant from Jefferson County in Birmingham, AL as well as a pending federal investigation by the United States Marshals Service alleging violation of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (Adam Walsh Act). The Act provides for federal penalties for registered sex offenders who fail to maintain their registration requirements. Underwood was remanded to the
Williamson County Detention Center this evening pending his extradition to
Elmore County, Wetumpka, Alabama.
Additional information about the U.S.
Marshals Service can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov. ####
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