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Sarasota News Leader January 10, 2014 Page 78 FUGITIVE SOUGHT FOR SEX OFFENSE ARRESTED IN ILLINOIS The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Apprehension Unit, working in conjunction with the U. S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force, has captured a man who has been on the run since September to avoid arrest for a sex offense against a child, the office has announced. Detectives obtained a warrant for Jose Martinez, 24, after the victim reported that Martinez forced her to perform sex acts on him when she was just 6 years old, a news release says. "Her younger sister, who witnessed this crime, also related the incident to detectives and a threat by Martinez to kill their dog if they told," the release adds. The Fugitive Apprehension Unit deputy who has been working the case for four months forwarded information to the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, the release continues. Members of the task force took Martinez into custody on Jan. 7, the release Jose Martinez/Contributed photo notes. He will be held without bond in Champaign, IL, until he can be brought to Sarasota County to face charges of Sexual Battery on a Child and Tampering with a Witness, the release says. ARREST MADE IN NEW YEAR'S DAY HOMICIDE A 35-year-old Sarasota man was charged with second-degree murder in connection with a New Year's Day homicide on Fourth Street, the Sarasota Police Department reported. Less than 48 hours after the incident was reported, officers arrested Jorge A. Macias of 1743 Ninth St., Apartment 2, Sarasota, and booked him into the Sarasota County Jail, a Police Department news release says. On Jan. 1, Sarasota Police Department officers responded to 2065 Fourth St. in Sarasota in reference to a stabbing at 4:25 a.m., the release says. When they arrived on the scene, they "observed the victim lying on the ground bleeding from multiple stab wounds," the Jorge A. Macias/Contributed photo