- Friday August 27th, 2010 :: 11:28 p.m. PDT
Suspect wanted in 2009 Castaic sexual assault arrested in New York
It wasn't luck that resulted in handcuffs being placed on Suspect Eugene Lee Upshaw in upstate New York Thursday night, it was relentless detective work.
Wanted for a brutal August 20, 2009 Castaic sexual assault, Suspect Upshaw will face felony charges in Los Angeles County including sexual assault, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, rape by force, sodomy, and other sex crimes.
Suspect Upshaw was arrested by the Steuben County Sheriff's Office, New York, thanks to the persistent assistance of deputy U.S. Marshals across the United States, and the relentless efforts of Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station Detective Dave Campbell.
Detective Campbell said, "There was no way we were going to let the suspect get away with this. We all knew we would never stop until he faced justice."
A series of small clues, DNA evidence, and skilled detective work by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Detective Campbell helped provide the information needed to help locate the whereabouts of the suspect. The expertise of deputy U.S. Marshals, and rapid assistance by deputies with the Steuben County Sheriff's Office resulted in the arrest of Suspect Upshaw one year and six days after the assault.
Suspect Upshaw's bail is set at $10 million. He is awaiting extradition to California.
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Police: Calif. rape suspect captured in NY state
The Associated Press
Posted: 08/27/2010 04:39:56 AM PDT
AVOCA, N.Y.—A rape suspect wanted on a $10 million warrant in California was arrested in an upstate New York town after hitching a ride with a truck driver he had befriended in the Southwest, authorities said Friday.
U.S. marshals in Missouri who had been tracking Eugene Lee Upshaw's elusive cross-country journey with various truckers were tipped off that he was headed to Steuben County in New York, according to county Sheriff Joel Ordway.
Marshals alerted local authorities, and the sheriff department's SWAT team was waiting for Upshaw when...
http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=courierpostonline&sParam=34385061.story
Suspect in Castaic rape case arrested in N.Y.
Friday, August 27, 2010
(Eugene Lee Upshaw, wanted in a rape investigation in Castaic, was arrested in New York Thursday. (KABC Photo)
STEUBEN COUNTY, N.Y. (KABC) -- A man wanted in a rape investigation in Castaic was arrested in New York. Authorities said Eugene Lee Upshaw, 45, had been traveling cross-country with truckers, and after developing tips, deputies...
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7634401
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