Post by Scumhunter on Sept 23, 2014 19:06:55 GMT -5
Four years after authorities said Emilio Luna cut off an electronic monitoring device an began living life as a fugitive pediatrician on the run from federal authorities, the Sun City resident is back in custody and awaiting trial in U.S. District Court.
Luna, was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts of distributing child pornography in September 2010. But federal investigators said Luna cut off his electronic monitoring device days later and hid from police for almost four years.
In April, he called the FBI and arranged to turn himself in to authorities at the border in Nogales, Ariz., FBI spokesman Perryn Collier said. At the time, the FBI was offering a $20,000 reward for Luna's capture.
Luna is originally from Zacatecas, Mexico.
Luna's trial is set for Nov. 4 in U.S. District Court in downtown Phoenix after his original trial date, set for this month, was delayed, according to court records. Federal prosecutors have not yet brought additional charges against Luna related to his escape, according to court records.
Luna was arrested in 2010 after federal investigators suspected him of sharing thousands of images through a file sharing website depicting sexually exploitative photos of children.
Authorities have not said whether the children in the shared photos depicted Luna's patients at his west Phoenix practice.
After his 2010 arrest, Luna signed a voluntary practice restriction with the Arizona Medical Board that indefinitely bars him from practicing medicine in Arizona.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/surprise/2014/09/23/sun-city-pediatrician-fugitive-child-pornography/16119673/
Luna, was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts of distributing child pornography in September 2010. But federal investigators said Luna cut off his electronic monitoring device days later and hid from police for almost four years.
In April, he called the FBI and arranged to turn himself in to authorities at the border in Nogales, Ariz., FBI spokesman Perryn Collier said. At the time, the FBI was offering a $20,000 reward for Luna's capture.
Luna is originally from Zacatecas, Mexico.
Luna's trial is set for Nov. 4 in U.S. District Court in downtown Phoenix after his original trial date, set for this month, was delayed, according to court records. Federal prosecutors have not yet brought additional charges against Luna related to his escape, according to court records.
Luna was arrested in 2010 after federal investigators suspected him of sharing thousands of images through a file sharing website depicting sexually exploitative photos of children.
Authorities have not said whether the children in the shared photos depicted Luna's patients at his west Phoenix practice.
After his 2010 arrest, Luna signed a voluntary practice restriction with the Arizona Medical Board that indefinitely bars him from practicing medicine in Arizona.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/surprise/2014/09/23/sun-city-pediatrician-fugitive-child-pornography/16119673/
