08-11-2010, 04:02 PM
even Interpol is involved! and they robbed a beauty store and dyed hair and beard.
(CNN) -- Two fugitives who were believed to have been heading for the northwestern United States or Canada may have been spotted in Arkansas Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
John McCluskey, who escaped from an Arizona prison late last month, and his alleged accomplice Casslyn Welch were possibly seen in Gentry, Arkansas, and may be involved in the robbery of a store there Wednesday, according to a U.S. Marshals source.
The suspects in the robbery of the beauty store got away on foot, the source said.
The two suspects have changed their appearance in recent days, according to the U.S. Marshals office.
McCluskey is now believed to have black hair and a black beard, while Welch has dyed her hair blonde, according to a bulletin from the Marshals office Wednesday.
New photo composites are being prepared to help in the search, it said.
Earlier Wednesday, marshals said the search for the couple was focused on western Montana and southwest Canada.
Officers at the Montana ports of entry, border patrol agents and their air and marine division were participating in the investigation in cooperation with other federal, state, local, tribal and Canadian authorities, said Mike Milne, spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol division that handles Montana.
The border patrol has stepped up its efforts, and authorities are scrutinizing ports of entry to identify any convicts attempting to leave the United State to enter Canada, Milne said.
He said border patrol employees are aware that the two have likely changed their appearances.
In addition, Interpol, the world's largest international police organization, which facilitates cross-border police cooperation, is getting involved. At the request of the United States, Interpol has issued an international alert known as an "orange notice" for McCluskey and Welch.
An Interpol orange notice can be issued by its general secretariat for any act or event which poses a risk to public safety and security around the world, a press release from Interpol said Wednesday.
(CNN) -- Two fugitives who were believed to have been heading for the northwestern United States or Canada may have been spotted in Arkansas Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
John McCluskey, who escaped from an Arizona prison late last month, and his alleged accomplice Casslyn Welch were possibly seen in Gentry, Arkansas, and may be involved in the robbery of a store there Wednesday, according to a U.S. Marshals source.
The suspects in the robbery of the beauty store got away on foot, the source said.
The two suspects have changed their appearance in recent days, according to the U.S. Marshals office.
McCluskey is now believed to have black hair and a black beard, while Welch has dyed her hair blonde, according to a bulletin from the Marshals office Wednesday.
New photo composites are being prepared to help in the search, it said.
Earlier Wednesday, marshals said the search for the couple was focused on western Montana and southwest Canada.
Officers at the Montana ports of entry, border patrol agents and their air and marine division were participating in the investigation in cooperation with other federal, state, local, tribal and Canadian authorities, said Mike Milne, spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol division that handles Montana.
The border patrol has stepped up its efforts, and authorities are scrutinizing ports of entry to identify any convicts attempting to leave the United State to enter Canada, Milne said.
He said border patrol employees are aware that the two have likely changed their appearances.
In addition, Interpol, the world's largest international police organization, which facilitates cross-border police cooperation, is getting involved. At the request of the United States, Interpol has issued an international alert known as an "orange notice" for McCluskey and Welch.
An Interpol orange notice can be issued by its general secretariat for any act or event which poses a risk to public safety and security around the world, a press release from Interpol said Wednesday.