U.S. Fugitive Sent Back Stateside

Yet another fugitive from the United States justice system was apprehended in Panama this week.

Norreys Whalen, age 53, was arrested Wednesday in his Plaza Balboa apartment in the Marbella neighborhood and deported Thursday.  He is wanted for 12 counts of financial fraud in Pennsylvania and is now in the hands of the U.S. Marshal Service.

Panama’s Immigration Service notes that Whalen entered the country on July 25, 2009 from Aruba; on November 3, 2009 from Colombia; and again on February 18, 2010 from Costa Rica.

In somewhat related news, Panamanian authorities also apprehended U.S. fugitives Frederick Allen Osburn, William Dathan Holbert and Laura Michelle Reese within the last month.

Norreys Whalen LA PRENSA/Jorge Fernandez