A convicted American pedophile wanted in the US for not reporting his whereabouts to federal authorities was arrested in Manila this month and is to be deported soon.
Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said the BI fugitive search unit arrested Earl Lynn Bagley, 60, last Feb. 4 at the Robinsons Mall in Ermita, Manila.
“We will thus deport him not only for being an undesirable alien but also because he is already overstaying and undocumented,” David said.
Bagley will be deported as soon as the BI board of commissioners issues the order for his summary deportation, David added.
David said a US district court in Washington had issued an arrest warrant against Bagley, due to his failure to update his registration as a sex offender.
The BI also said the US State Department had revoked Bagley's passport, even as Bagley did not extend his tourist visa since he last arrived in the country on April 17, 2012.
Lawyer Ma. Antonette Mangrobang, BI acting intelligence chief, said Bagley’s offense stemmed from his failure to update his registration as a sex offender.
Mangrobang said the registration is a system in the US designed to let authorities keep track of the residence and activities of sex offenders.
"All 50 US states have reportedly passed laws requiring sex offenders, especially child sex offenders, to periodically report their residence upon leaving prison or after being convicted of their crime," the BI said.
It noted a Seattle court sentenced Bagley to 51 months custody, including three years of supervised release, in October 2004.
The charges against Bagley included possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
"His supervised release reportedly began in September 2007 and ended in August 2010," the BI said. — LBG, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
