Harrisburg, PA – Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane
announced that the United States Marshals Service (USMS) Task Force arrested
Captain Beniah Nwankwo – a 33-year old man in Lebanon County.
In June of 2009, Captain Nwankwo entered the United States
Army as a Medical Physician Resident. On June 20, 2012, Captain Nwankwo went
absent without leave (AWOL) from his unit located at the Brooke Army Medical
Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Captain Nwankwo remained AWOL until his arrest
earlier today.
On July 23, 2012, the United States Army listed Captain
Nwankwo as a deserter. An investigative lead was sent to the United States
Marshals Service in the Middle District of Pennsylvania on February 18, 2014
with information that Nwankwo might be in south central Pennsylvania working as
a physician.
On the morning of February 19, 2014, Deputy U.S. Marshals
and Task Force Officers arrested Nwankwo without incident in the 400 block of
East Lincoln Way in Myerstown. At the time of his arrest, Captain Nwankwo was
working at the Stone Ridge Nursing and Retirement Center.
Captain Nwankwo will be seen by a Federal Magistrate Judge
tomorrow morning, and awaits further transfer to the United States Army for
final disposition.
United States Marshal Martin J. Pane stated, “Assisting the
U.S. Military in bringing persons charged with desertion is a responsibility
the U.S. Marshals Service bears. Persons charged as such deserve to have their
day facing justice.”
The USMS worked jointly in this investigation with personnel
from the York City Police Department, York County Sheriff’s Office, and the
Pennsylvania State Police. These agencies participate in the U.S. Marshals
Service Fugitive Task in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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