A 19-year-old man accused of raping a minor in Maryland on April 4 was arrested the next day when his plane landed in Atlanta, officials said.
Sergio Morales Soto was trying to get to Guatemala on April 5 before being arrested on six felony charges aboard a flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Channel 2 Action News reported.
But severe storms caused flight delays and gave authorities time to catch up to Soto, the news station reported.
Local agents transferred Soto from Clayton County back to Maryland, where he will face charges of child abuse and rape.
Port Director Carey Davis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Channel 2 that any time someone is wanted on a felony warrant it’s taken seriously.
“Around the country we apprehend about 20 to 25 people a day on average,” Davis said. “Here in Atlanta, it just depends on the week. It could be one a day, it could be more than one a day."
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