Alder Marin Sotelo escape
The FBI announced that there is now a $50,000 reward being offered for information leading to the the arrest and conviction of Alder Marin-Sotelo.
FARMVILLE, Va. (WTVD) -- There's now a $50,000 reward being offered for information that helps the FBI track down, arrest and convict one of the men who recently escaped a jail in Virginia.
Alder Marin-Sotelo is considered extremely dangerous, the FBI said. Anyone who sees him should call 911 immediately.
He's one of two men charged in connection to the August 2022 murder of Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd.
He was being held in Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Virginia, on federal firearm violations. On April 30, he made a break for it and has not been seen since.
On Tuesday morning, federal court documents uncovered by ABC11 revealed that Marin-Sotelo's sister, 31-year-old Adriana Marin-Sotelo, had been arrested in High Point on accusations she helped him escape the Virginia jail.
Investigators said Adriana paid someone $2,500 to leave a car in the jail parking lot for Alder to use to make his escape.
Jail surveillance video recorded Alder jumping the jail fence around 1:40 a.m. Sunday and getting into an early 2000s red or burgundy Ford Mustang with a 30-day temporary tag. The FBI released images of the vehicle, but at this point, it and Alder remain at large.
Before that could happen, the vehicle had to be taken to the jail parking lot. According to the federal criminal complaint, plans for that began April 28. Inmates in the jail worked with family members and friends outside the jail to arrange to have someone pick up the car in High Point and park it at the jail by midnight on April 29.
Investigators said surveillance video showed the Mustang arriving at the parking lot around 10:45 p.m. on April 29. Three hours later, Alder is seen on video scaling the jail fence, getting into the Mustang and driving off.
The federal court complaint then reveals that the people who dropped the Mustang off in the parking lot were expecting to receive a second $2,500 payment, but that payment never arrived.
Adriana Marin-Sotelo faces a charge of conspiracy to instigate or assist escape. Tuesday afternoon, a court ordered her to remain in the custody of the US Marshal's Office. She told the court she was not a U.S. citizen. Her next hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday.
The US Marshals are leading the investigation into the escape of Alder and another inmate, according to an ABC News source familiar with the investigation.
"We are there assisting all of our local, state and federal partners. We have left no resources unused in this effort. We will continue to work with all our partners, and it's just a tremendous effort being done now," Tony Godwin, a chief with Wake County Sheriff's Office, said.
Alder and his brother Arturo have been indicted on murder charges in the August 2022 killing of deputy Ned Byrd. Byrd was shot three times in the head and once in the chest while checking on suspicious activity on Battle Bridge Road near Auburn Knightdale Road.
Source: WTVD-TV
