ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, May 20, 1996 TAG: 9605200155
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
For the first time, the FBI has nabbed one of its most wanted fugitives thanks to the Internet.
Leslie Isben Rogge, who had been on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for six years, surrendered to U.S. authorities in Guatemala after his picture was seen on the Internet, the FBI said Sunday.
The bureau said this was the first time that listing the most wanted fugitives on the Internet has led to a capture. His picture had been placed on the FBI's home page and was spotted by someone in Guatemala, who had seen Rogge and alerted the authorities.
Guatemalan police launched a manhunt, and Rogge, ``feeling the intense pressure,'' turned himself in Saturday at the U.S. Embassy, the FBI said.
Rogge, 56, had escaped from federal custody in Idaho in 1985 after a conviction for armed robbery. He also was wanted for bank robbery, transporting stolen property across state lines and wire fraud, the FBI said in a written statement. He was placed on the most wanted list in 1990.
Police want Rogge in connection with a 1986 robbery in North Carolina and a 1991 robbery in Missouri.
He was flown to Miami, where he was being held awaiting a hearing scheduled for today before a U.S. magistrate, the FBI said.
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