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The U.S. Marshals Service in New Mexico on Tuesday arrested fugitive sex offender Henderson Burke Jr. near Shiprock, the Marshals Service said in a news release.
Burke was added to the marshals’ New Mexico Most Wanted Program last week, and investigators working with local and tribal police learned that Burke was in a residence off Old Truck Route Road, the release said.
Deputies and officers with the Marshals Service Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) approached the residence and were able to take Burke into custody without incident, according to the release.
Burke will be held in one of the marshals’ contract jails until he can appear before a federal judge.
He was being sought in Bernalillo County for failing to register as a sex offender and for not complying with terms of his release from prison, where he served 63 months on a sex-abuse conviction.
6:43am 11/29/12 — Sex Offender on N.M. ‘Most Wanted’ List
By ABQnews Staff
The U.S. Marshal Service in New Mexico has added a convicted sex offender to its New Mexico’s Most Wanted List.
Henderson Burke, 43, is a Native American male, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 205 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair and his a tattoo on his right arm, according to the marshal’s wanted poster.
After serving 63 months on a sex-abuse conviction, Burke failed to register as a sex offender and is being sought by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and the Marshal Service for not complying with the terms of his release, the marshal service said in a news release.
Officials believe Burke is somewhere in New Mexico and has been on the run since January, the release said. He is considered to be extremely dangerous.
