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WEST MICHIGAN- A child predator, a drug mule, cartel drug dealers and a convicted killer wanted for assault are just a few of West Michigan’s Most Wanted.
For more than a month FOX 17 has been profiling dangerous criminals, working to generate tips that get them off the streets.
Here’s a look at 9 people West Michigan law enforcement needs your help tracking down.
• STANLEY MASON- “If someone does it once, there’s a likelihood they`re going to do it again,” Deputy U.S. Marshal Tom Perosky said of 50-year-old Stanley Mason, who has been on the run for nearly 2 years. He’s suspected child predator with charges pending out of Kent County. Authorities say he took off as soon as the warrant was issued and believe he may be making his way back to West Michigan. “A lot of times people come back home, they come to what they know and when the people are on the run for so long, it`s tiring, it`s very exhausting, so they want to come back somewhere where they feel safe which is often home,” Perosky said.
• DOUG WARNER- Convicted child rapist Doug Warner has been on the run from Kent County after serving 12 years for raping a 9-year-old family member. “I’m afraid for others, for little girls, for women,” the victim’s mother said. He cut his tether in 2012 and sent all forms of identification to family with a letter saying goodbye. “So from all indications Mr. Warner had planned for sometime this escape and didn’t plan on turning back, so he’s been a fugitive now for over 2 years,” Deputy U.S. Marshal Joe Guzman said.
• LARRY HENTON- Cocaine drug mule Larry Henton has one of the longest wrap sheets U.S. Marshals have ever seen, and he's been a wanted fugitive since 2007. “I can tell you that his employment is nothing that would be on the books. It would be off the grid, it would be supported by either a family member or he’s doing something that you wouldn’t provide your social security number for like continuing to sell drugs or some other means,” Deputy U.S. Marshal Brandon Lally said. Henton has been seen on the streets of Grand Rapids and in Lansing partying and is missing the tip of his middle finger on his right hand. There’s a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to his arrest.
• RASHEED SYKES AND PAULA CALDERON- Rasheed Sykes and Paula Calderon have been dubbed the “Bonnie and Clyde” of West Michigan. They escaped from a Grand Rapids half way house together in September 2013. “They both checked out on a work pass and never returned,” Deputy U.S. Marshal Justin Efthemiou said. Calderon was convicted of a fraud scheme, stealing checks from mailboxes and rewriting them at stores across West Michigan. Sykes has a violent criminal history, making the pair potentially lethal. “Now she has someone who has the ability and intent and wherewithal to commit a physical crime to protect Paula,” Efthemiou said. Calderon has a medical condition which requires treatment, something the U.S. Marshals want health care professionals to be aware of.
• ANTHONY VRONKO - 31-year-old Anthony Vronko was convicted of killing his friend Jim Whiting with his bare hands, serving nearly eight years for involuntary manslaughter. “He`s gonna kill somebody else. Plain fact,” the victim’s cousin David Whiting said. Police fear that will be the case, after Vronko allegedly randomly attacked a stranger at a Grand Rapids gas station. “Individuals on their phone actually looking at some information on their phone, reading some emails and our suspect walked out of the gas station and just turned to him and just started assaulting him repeatedly for no reason whatsoever, they had never had any interaction with each other,” Lt. Pat Merrill of the Grand Rapids Police Department said.
• ADRIAN NUNEZ GONZALEZ, ALEX PARRA AND ANGEL SANTOS-RODRIGUEZ - This trio of fugitives are wanted for their involvement in a North American drug smuggling operation, leading to the discovery of $50 million worth of marijuana at a Wyoming warehouse in October 2011. With funding from a Mexican drug cartel and the ability to falsify documents, the U.S. Marshals only have photos to go on.
All of these fugitives should be considered armed and dangerous. If you see them call 911; if you know where they are call the US Marshals at 1-877-926-8332 or Silent Observer at (616) 774-2345.
