LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A convicted intercourse offender who left the nation whereas on parole greater than 17 years in the past is again in custody, based on the U.S. Marshals Service in Nevada.
Robert Sturgiss was arrested on Dec. 13 in Rosarito, Mexico, by Mexican Immigration Officers and turned over to the U.S. Marshal’s Service on the Mexican border in San Diego the identical day. Sturgiss was extradited to Nevada on Dec. 20.
Sturgiss was convicted on a sexual assault cost on Nov. 12, 1991, based on a information launch. The case concerned unlawful sexual contact with a 13-year-old sufferer. Sturgiss was deemed a gift and future hazard to the neighborhood at his sentencing, and he acquired a sentence of 5 years to life in jail.
Sturgiss was granted parole in Could 2005, and have become the topic of a fugitive investigation in July 2007.
He was in custody within the Clark County Detention Middle on Dec. 20, however jail information point out he’s now not on the facility.
