Sacramento, CA -- Richard R. Baker, Special
Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Sacramento Division of the FBI, U.S. Marshal
Jerry Enomoto, and Sacramento County Sheriff Lou Blanas announced that
earlier today FBI "Ten Most Wanted Fugitive" Nikolay Soltys was arrested
in Citrus Heights, California, a suburb of Sacramento. Soltys was located
in the backyard of a family member's home and taken into custody without
incident by Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputies and Officers from the
Sacramento Police Department. FBI Agents and Deputies from the U.S.
Marshals were also on scene during the arrest. Soltys is currently being
detained at the Sacramento County Jail.
Nikolay Soltys, who was being sought for
the murder of six of his family members in and around the Sacramento
area, was considered armed and extremely dangerous.Soltys allegedly
stabbed his 23-year-old pregnant wife to death in their North Highlands,
California, home on August 20, 2001. He reportedly then drove to the
home of his aunt and uncle where he is suspected of killing the couple
and his two young cousins. After the first five murders, Soltys allegedly
drove to his mother's house and picked up his three-year-old son. On
August 21, 2001, investigators located the boy's body in an empty field
in Roseville, California.
A state arrest warrant for murder was
issued for Nikolay Soltys on August 20, 2001, by the California Superior
Court for the County of Sacramento in Sacramento, California. Then,
on August 21, 2001, the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of California issued a federal arrest warrant charging Soltys
with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Nikolay Soltys was the 466th person to
be placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list, which began
in 1950. Since then, 438 fugitives have been apprehended or located,
140 of them as a result of citizen cooperation. "The FBI is indebted
to the media for keeping this case in the public eye, and to the Ukrainian
community for helping to capture this dangerous fugitive," said SAC
Baker.
Further information about Nikolay Soltys,
including his wanted poster, is available on the FBI's Internet Home
Page. The FBI's Internet Home Page address is: http://www.fbi.gov. Sacramento
Media Contact: FBI Special Agent Nick Rossi (916) 977-2258.