Minnesota Fugitive
Arrested in Costa Rica
The Minnesota Fugitive
Task Force (MFTF)
announced the arrest of
Charles Boyd Edward
Vance, 41, in Playa Jacó,
Costa Rica seven years
after being charged with
Unlawful Flight to Avoid
Prosecution.
Vance was arrested
around 9:30 am Monday.
The MFTF was able to
track Vance to Costa
Rica and provided this
information to Interpol,
which then located and
arrested Vance, with
assistance from the U.S.
State Department’s
Regional Security
Office. Vance was living
in Costa Rica using a
counterfeit Mexican
passport.
Vance had been living
and working in Costa
Rica as real estate
agent.
Vance also had
outstanding warrants for
his arrest from Wadena
County for Burglary
Second Degree/Forced
Entry – Residential; and
Hennepin County for
Possession of Controlled
Substance.
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