California attempted murder suspect arrested in Indian River County, but California is not extraditing him
Thirty-nine-year-old Augustine Luis Arochio has been in the Indian River County Jail since July of 2023 on a variety of local criminal charges. While in custody, it was discovered that he was wanted for an attempted murder out of Merced, California. It was also learned that the second accused suspect in that case, 34-year-old Desiree Thompson, was still at large somewhere in the Treasure Coast area – possibly in Ft. Pierce.
Multiple attempts were made by the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office to have Arochio extradited back to California. But the IRC Sheriff said that, apparently, their system shows there is no extradition at this time for Florida.
Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers stated: “I don’t know how California works. I can only tell you how Florida works in this situation. Our District Attorney would work with our judge, and they would set what the extradition area would be. Obviously, in a high-profile case as the sheriff, I would step in and say hey, this is a murder charge. We want this guy, we want to prosecute, we want them back.”
“So, assuming that it happens the same way in California, I would say that it’s probably an attorney and a judge. And of course, being a small police department…I don’t know how small but they probably don’t have much of a voice in this, and so I definitely wouldn’t put the blame on the police in this.”
The Merced County District Attorney’s Office is now investigating the matter and reconsidering extradition.
See the video below.
–
(Source and Augustine Luis Arochio mugshot, Indian River County Sheriff’s Office
Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today
Follow Richard on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
