Sheriff’s Department execute retake warrant for escaped inmate, alleged rapist in South Carson City
UPDATE 7:30 p.m.: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong released a statement regarding the apprehension which can be found here.
UPDATE 4:34 p.m.: The escaped inmate is 38-year-old Andrew Cain Kristovich out of Portland, Ore.
Kristovich escaped from an Oregon Prison Camp in April.
After his escape, Kristovich allegedly went to the home of an ex girlfriend in Clark County, Wash. before raping and strangling the individual with her children present, at which point he absconded with her cell phone, vehicle and credit cards.
According to MyEdmondNews.com:
Kristovich was serving at least six years after pleading guilty to two federal drug charges in what was a spectacular regional drug bust in 2018. Four hundred federal, state and local police arrested 29 people in Snohomish, King and Pierce and Kitsap counties in a raid that the U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Officer Emily Langlie said was “such a big case.” Those arrested were accused of distributing huge quantities of heroin, meth, and fentanyl-laced oxycodone across the four county area. The Feds tied the ring to a Mexican cartel.
When Kristovich was arrested, agents confiscated 17 guns and ammunition as well as drugs. Federal records show he was distributing thousands of pills a month. His ex-girlfriend told Q-13 News that he “made statements that he is not going back into custody.”
This is a developing story.
UPDATE 4:23 p.m.: Units are clearing the scene.
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The Sheriff’s SWAT Unit, supported by Douglas County SWAT, is executing a retake warrant for an escaped inmate in South Carson in the Schultz Ranch area. We ask the public to avoid this area and for those who live in the region to shelter in place.
This situation is ongoing; we appreciate your cooperation.