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Guam - The U.S. Marshals Violent Crime Task Force arrested Joseph Mitchell Casil at Liguan Terrace in Dededo yesterday for aiding and abetting a known fugitive and providing false information of a known fugitive.

According to a release, Task Force officers were conducting a surveillance of a residence where Fugitive John PANGELINAN was scene sweeping debris outside a residence in Liguan Terrace. On July 17, investigation information was developed that Pangelinan was known to be driving a Black, Chevy Tahoe.

The vehicle was spotted at the residence in Liguan Terrace. Task Force officers approached the residence and inquired if PANGELINAN was at the residence. CASIL denied that PANGELINAN was there. So Task Force officers left the residence and maintained surveillance when CASIL and PANGELINAN were spotted leaving together in a vehicle. Once the vehicle left the residence the  vehicle was pulled over by officers and CASIL and PANGELINAN were arrested.

CASIL is presently on probation for a charge related to Possession of Scheduled II Controlled Substance with the Superior Court of Guam and PANGELINAN is wanted on a Superior Court Warrant of Arrest for a Pre-Trial Release Violation. He is on release for charges related to Possession of a Scheduled II Controlled Substance.

It is a crime to aide a fugitive of the law escape capture and to lie to law enforcement officers in an attempt to conceal a fugitive’s whereabouts. The United States Marshals Service takes this very seriously and will arrest anyone found helping a known fugitive.

The United States Marshals Service Fugitive Violent Crime Task Force has been adopting many Superior Court Arrest Warrants that fit into the Violent Crime Category. Violent Crimes range from drugs, violence, murder, weapons and sexual crimes. We have a special interests in these crimes
in that we want to bring violent fugitive offenders to justice and keep them off our streets and most especially the island.

The United States Marshals Service Fugitive Violent Crime Task Force consist of officers from the Guam Police Department, the Superior Court of Guam Territorial Marshals and the Department of Corrections Parole Services Division. Since October 2011, the Task Force has been responsible for
the arrest of 149 Fugitives. Of those arrests 27 were of Federal Warrants, 4 were of state side warrants and 118 were of warrants from the Superior Court of Guam.