Full Notification

On 01/27/2015 just before 4:00 pm, registered sex offender 49 year old Birdine Cole Sr. was located and apprehended at a residence in Williams County, Ohio by the US Marshals Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Taskforce. Cole was wanted out of Steuben County, Indiana for allegedly failing to register as a sex or violent offender. Steuben County Sheriff’s detectives reached out to US Marshals Service Senior Inspector William Boothe who is the Sex Offender Investigations Coordinator for the Northern District of Indiana to assist in the locating and apprehending of Cole following the Sheriff’s investigation into the alleged violation of Indiana’s Sex and Violent Offender registry law. The fugitive investigation led the US Marshals Service to Williams County, Ohio where Cole was located. Cole was taken into custody after fleeing from US Marshals and hiding under a trailer. Cole was booked into the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio and is awaiting extradition back to Steuben County, Indiana.

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