MANSFIELD — The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is seeking the public’s help in finding these four individuals as part of its Fugitives of the Week list.
What was previously known as Most Wanted has been changed to Fugitives of the Week, at the request of local authorities.
Reward money is available for information directly leading to an arrest.
Earl Whipple
The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Earl Whipple.
Whipple is wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Richland County Sheriff’s Office for rape.
Whipple, 49, is described as a white male with brown hair and hazel eyes, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Whipple has ties to the cities of Mansfield and Shelby, Ohio, as well as High Springs, Florida.
Rafael Martinez
The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which
would lead to the capture of fugitive Raphael Martinez.
Martinez is wanted U.S. Marshals Service and the Richland County Sheriff’s Office for a bond violation on the original charges of trafficking in fentanyl.
He is also wanted by the Ohio Adult Parole Authority on a parole violation on the original charge of rape.
Martinez, 39, is described as a Hispanic male with bald hair and brown eyes, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall. Martinez has ties to the cities of Mansfield and Cleveland.
Jose Flores
Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Jose Flores.
Flores is wanted U.S. Marshals Service and the Richland County Sheriff’s Office for rape. Flores , 45, is described as a Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes, standing 5 feet, 11 inches tall.
Flores has ties to the cities of Mansfield, Bakersfield California, and Fernley Nevada.
Calvin Brooks
The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Calvin Brooks.
Brooks is wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Richland County Sheriff’s Office on a probation violation on the original charge
of aggravated burglary (F1). Brooks, 52, is described as a black male with black hair and brown eyes, standing 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Brooks has ties to the city of Mansfield.
If you have any information in reference to Earl Whipple, Rafeal Martinez, Joses Flores, or Calvin Brooks, please contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866- 4WANTED or Text keyword WANTED and tip to 847411 (tip411).
Tipsters can remain anonymous and reward money is available.
These four rape cases are among the many reasons for keeping abortion legal in this country. Until violent sexual assault is eradicated, abortion should remain safe, legal & accessible. Republicans are punishing the wrong group in their haste to assume the moral high ground & extend the long arm of the law.
I agree