Fugitive from Justice BUSTED near Murfreesboro

Mar 05, 2014 at 08:32 pm by bryan


Interstate Crime Enforcement deputies charged a Kentucky driver with being a fugitive from justice after a traffic stop Wednesday on Interstate 24 near Murfreesboro, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office supervisor said.

Driver Cornelius Baskin, 37, of Bowling Green, Ky., was wanted in Warren County Kentucky for distribution of cocaine, said ICE Lt. Chris Haynes.

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“A warrant check showed him to be wanted by the U.S. Marshal’s for a federal parole violation,” Lt. Hayes said.

Baskin was arrested and charged. He was booked into Rutherford County Adult Detention Center where a hearing on the fugitive charge is set May 27 in General Sessions Court. He was released to the U.S. Marshals Service and Kentucky authorities.

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Rutherford County Sheriff's Office

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