Joaquin Lopez-Caraballo a/k/a Reinhold Neumann (LVMPD)
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
A man who had been on the run for eight years for attempting to kill a Utah police officer was captured in Las Vegas.
According to Las Vegas Metro police, Joaquin Lopez-Caraballo, 36, who also goes by the name Reinhold Neumann, was arrested for an outstanding warrant for parole violation
Police said authorities received information he was working at a Las Vegas Strip property. He was arrested Thursday evening, Metro said.
According to police, Lopez-Caraballo was wanted for the parole violation in California and four other warrants in Utah, including trying to run over a police officer with a sport-utility vehicle.
His extradition hearing was scheduled for Tuesday.
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