A 29-year-old man wanted in connection with a violent robbery and kidnapping at a home in Windsor has been taken into custody at the border, police say, becoming the fourth person arrested in a case that began with a robbery and kidnapping back in April. Billy Persaud-Hearns Jr. now faces a lengthy list of charges tied to the attack on a man at a Windsor home.
Arrest at the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel
According to a statement from the Windsor Police Service, members of the OPP-led Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad took custody of Persaud-Hearns Jr. at the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel on Tuesday after he was arrested by United States Border Patrol. Separately, Metro Detroit News reported that the arrest occurred during a targeted enforcement operation on Fort Street near the border, a detail that differs from the Windsor police account naming the tunnel as the custody-transfer location.
Police say Persaud-Hearns Jr. is one of four people accused in connection with a robbery and kidnapping that happened at a home in the 2500 block of Lauzon Road on April 16. The department’s account describes a man who was threatened, assaulted and robbed before the suspects tried to force him into a vehicle. He managed to escape and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, per the same police statement.
Long List of Charges
Persaud-Hearns Jr. now faces several charges stemming from that April incident, including robbery with an offensive weapon, assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, pointing a firearm, forcible confinement and kidnapping, according to AM800 CKLW. The station’s report also lists uttering death threats, theft of a motor vehicle with violence and two counts of failing to comply with a probation order among the charges he faces.
Windsor police say three other people were previously arrested in southwestern Ontario in connection with the same investigation: Alexis-Regine Gibbs Rogers, 30; Darius Jean-Marc Davis, 24; and Raul Antonio Huezo, 26. With Persaud-Hearns Jr.’s arrest, all four suspects identified by police in the April case have now been taken into custody.
A Pattern of Cross-Border Arrests
Cross-border arrests of Canadian fugitives have surfaced elsewhere in recent months. In August, ICE arrested 64-year-old Charles Peter Billone in Santa Cruz, California, a man who had allegedly been wanted since 1991 for sexually assaulting a child, according to the National Post. That case, while unrelated to the Windsor investigation, involved a Canadian fugitive found in the United States who remained in ICE custody pending removal proceedings…