Joel Hendon

New Mexico Most Wanted Sex Offender Arrested in Denver


Posted: Monday, August 22, 2011

by Joel Hendon
http://hebronics.org/index.html

(photo from U.S. Marshall Service release)

Raymond E. Vigil was convicted on May 29, 2002 of 2 Counts of 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor. His conviction came after he was accused and charged for sexually assaulting a 12 year old girl and a 9 year old girl. When the 12 year old reported her assault to her parents, another victim reported that he had also assaulted her 6 years earlier when she was 9. When these allegations were reported to the police, he was arrested and pled guilty to 2 counts of Criminal Sexual Contact with a Minor. He was then sentenced to 3 years in the New Mexico Department of Corrections.

Upon release, he was required to register every 90 days for life as a tier III offender. However, the last time he registered was September 1, 2009 with the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Department, at which time he disappeared and had not been seen since.

He was located and arrested on August 18, 2011 in Denver Colorado after a combined cooperative effort between the United States Marshals Service South West Fugitive Investigative Team (SWIFT) Task Force in New Mexico and the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Location Apprehension Group (FLAG) Task Force in Colorado.

United States Marshal Conrad Candelaria said “ The Marshals Service for the District of New Mexico and the District of Colorado joined forces to pursue this dangerous sexual fugitive and did not yield in their investigative efforts until the New Mexico’s Most Wanted fugitive was apprehended; our communities and our children are safer because this dangerous fugitive is behind bars. The Marshals Service, regardless of the District is fortunate to have partnerships with local, county, state, federal and tribal law enforcement agencies, all working with a unified goal to pursue and apprehend dangerous criminals”. (U.S. Justice Department press release August 18, 2011)
Author Biography: Joel Hendon was born near Gadsden Alabama. He attended public schools in Cherokee County, Alabama and after serving a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, attended Jacksonville State University, majoring in Business Administration. He became a Christian in 1948, and although he followed secular work as a career and retired from Allied Signal Aerospace, he is an avid student of the Holy Bible and related works as well as biblical history. He has an extensive website of conservative religious and political articles.http://hebronics.org/index.html

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» left by The Old Gray Mare 259 days 15 hours ago.
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And behind bars is where I hope he will stay. Good informative article and the kind that I like to read. Justice getting served!
» left by Joel Hendon 259 days 14 hours ago.
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Thanu you Heidi, for reading and commenting. I agree with you.
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