An American fugitive was caught on the Placencia Peninsula and he will now have to face sex crimes in Texas.
43 year-old William Elmer Pettijohn has been wanted in Jones County, Texas for the offences child sexual assault and human trafficking. Police information was that he flew to Belize on April 15 along with a female companion. He was hiding out on Placencia, but due to accurate police intelligence, he was caught last Thursday and handed over to US authorities on the strength of an international arrest warrant.
It is alleged that he and another man had a sexual relationship with a teenaged minor. He has been indicted on the charges of trafficking a Person, two counts of Sexual Assault of a Child, and two counts of Indecency with a Child.
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