Puerto Rico ‘most wanted’ homicide fugitive arrested in North Carolina

CHARLOTTE — A “highly dangerous” fugitive accused of murder in Puerto Rico has been arrested in Youngsville, North Carolina, according to multiple agencies.

Maytiel Jamar Negron-Guevarez, 32, was arrested on Friday morning in a U.S. Marshals operation with assistance from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Puerto Rico Violent Offenders Task Force. Negron-Guevarez is in a local jail where he awaits extradition back to Puerto Rico where police have been searching for him the last four years.

On March 27, 2020, Court Judge Aida E. Melendez Juarbe issued an arrest warrant against Negron-Guevarez on charges of weapons offenses and first-degree murder, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Franklin County Sheriff Kevin White posted a statement about the arrest, calling Negron-Guevarez “one of the nastiest hombres around.”

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies in Franklin County were called in to assist in the pursuit of Negron-Guevarez. His car was stopped along Cedar Creek Road at the Cedar Creek Landscape Supply store. Negron-Guevarez was pulled over and then attempted to run away from law enforcement officers. “Luckily, thanks to the swift work of Corporal Callahan and K-9 Deputy Cooper this morning, this animal is off the world stage once and for all,” said Sheriff White.