Taunton police help catch murder suspect on Tremont Street

Chris Helms, The Taunton Daily Gazette
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TAUNTON — Law enforcement officers tracked a suspect in a Maine homicide to a Tremont Street apartment, arresting him after a brief foot chase on Friday.

Jorge Luis Pagan Sanchez, 41, was wanted in the shooting of 17-year-old Brandin Guerrero in Machias, Maine. According to Massachusetts State Police, agencies including Taunton police checked several locations in Taunton on Friday morning for Pagan Sanchez, who had ties to the Taunton area.

One of those spots was 325 Tremont St., a four-bedroom building used as apartments. Residents did not allow members of the arrest team to enter, so the troopers and officers set up surveillance on the building, according to state police.

325 Tremont St., Taunton, seen in an undated photo from Taunton property records.
325 Tremont St., Taunton, seen in an undated photo from Taunton property records.

Five minutes later, Pagan Sanchez left the building at a run. MSP troopers Jason Flannery, Nathan Robitaille, D.J. Tucker and parole officer Brian McGaffigan caught Pagan Sanchez on Tremont and arrested him under a fugitive warrant. They took him to the State Police barracks in Middleboro for booking.

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Maine State Police will be seeking to have Pagan Sanchez extradited, according to Shannon Moss, public information officer with the Maine State Police.

Lt. Glen Jackson of the Taunton Police said he had nothing to add to the narrative released by MSP.

Guerrero was found dead on a lawn in Machias, Maine on Nov. 4, according to the Bangor Daily News. Machias is a coastal town of 1,157 people, according to the most recent Census estimates.

Authorities previously arrested three other men in connection with the killing. Nathanael Genao, 23, of New Bedford, was arrested in that city on Nov. 19. Authorities in Fort Worth, Texas arrested Juan Ortiz, 21, of Concord, New Hampshire and Emanuel Ramos, 30, of Roxbury, also on Nov. 19, according to the Bangor Daily News. All four men are charged with felony murder.

Guerrero was from Massapequa, New York.

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