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Deputy U.S. Marshals apprehended Suspect Robert Krafft in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday, Sept. 10, at the request of Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station Detectives.


Krafft, a 28-year old White male resident of Malibu, was wanted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in connection with an Attempted Extortion which occurred in October 2009. During the incident, he offered a Sheriff’s Department employee money in exchange for his release during a drug arrest. He was also wanted for numerous narcotics violations and is suspected in a string of burglaries in the city of Malibu. The suspect will be held in Hawaii and then extradited to Los Angeles County.


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Press Release
Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Sergeant Eric Lasko, Detective Bureau
(818) 878-5531


or Watch Commander
(818) 878-1808

www.lasd.org

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Malibu burglary suspect — also facing Reseda bribery, Honolulu drug charges — arrested in Hawaii
By C.J. Lin, Staff Writer, Los Angeles Daily News, 09/04/2010

A man who fled the state after allegedly trying to bribe and then extort sheriff's deputies...has been arrested in Hawaii...Krafft...is also suspected in at least three home burglaries in Malibu... U.S. Marshals tracked him down to Hawaii's capital city, where they canvassed...
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_15991993?source=rss


Suspect in Malibu Crimes Arrested in Honolulu
(CNS) Posted Saturday September 4, 2010. Beverly Hills Courier
A 28-year-old man wanted in Malibu on suspicion of drug possession, burglary, and trying to bribe and extort sheriff's deputies was behind bars in Honolulu today, pending his extradition....arrested by deputy U.S. Marshals...
http://www.bhcourier.com/article/Local_News/Local_News/Suspect_in_Malibu_Crimes_Arrested_in_Honolulu/71122


Malibu man suspected of attempted bribery arrested
The Associated Press, 09/03/10

MALIBU, Calif.—Authorities say a man suspected of the attempted extortion of a law enforcement officer and wanted in a string of burglaries in Malibu has been arrested in Honolulu. Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Eric Lasko says...
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/09/04/malibu-burglary-bribery-suspect-arrested-in-hawaii/

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