WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A fugitive who has been on the run since 2019 was captured in West Palm Beach on Wednesday after scrambling across a neighbor’s roof during a manhunt.
According to an arrest affidavit, agents with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office’s Fugitive Warrants Division went to a home on Christine Lane around 11:00 a.m. to arrest 39-year-old Yusley Chavez Barreto. He was wanted on an active warrant out of Polk County for failure to appear on a marijuana trafficking charge.
Investigators say people inside the home initially lied to deputies, claiming they didn’t know him. At one point, a woman inside released a large black dog into the backyard to scare deputies away, forcing an agent to flee into the front yard to avoid using force on the animal…