CAMDEN COUNTY, Ga. – A Camden County deputy, recently on routine patrol along I-95, was alerted by a License Plate Reader that an SUV next to him had expired registration, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The traffic stop that followed ended up leading to the arrest of a man with a murder warrant out of Washington, D.C., deputies said.
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The man, Jason Vasquez-Pineda, was in the back seat of the SUV when Deputy Cooke conducted the traffic stop.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, the driver and a front seat passenger were also found to have entered the United States illegally.
Vasquez-Pineda was in the U.S. legally, deputies said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection took custody of the driver and front seat passenger, and Vasquez-Pineda was taken to the Camden County Sheriff’s Office for booking.
He will be extradited to Washington, D.C., to face his charges.