Chicago CBP Officers Arrest Convicted Sex
Offender at O’Hare
Chicago, Illinois – Recently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at O’Hare International Airport arrested a convicted sex offender returning to this country from overseas. On May 17, Timothy Allen Bevell, a 40-year-old U.S. citizen, was apprehended by CBP officers after he arrived in Chicago on a flight from China.
Chicago, Illinois – Recently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at O’Hare International Airport arrested a convicted sex offender returning to this country from overseas. On May 17, Timothy Allen Bevell, a 40-year-old U.S. citizen, was apprehended by CBP officers after he arrived in Chicago on a flight from China.
“CBP officers are the very frontlines that protect this country
against predators, terrorists and other dangerous people that would conspire to
harm this nation,” said David Murphy, Chicago CBP Director Office of Field
Operations. “Processing thousands of international passengers everyday from all
over the world, CBP officers are trained to find and apprehend individuals
wanted on local, state, federal or international charges. Each year, hundreds of
fugitives are identified, arrested and turned over to law enforcement
authorities at O’Hare.”
While being processed by CBP officers, record checks revealed that
Bevell was a positive match on a Texas warrant for a sex offense against a
child. After processing by CBP, Bevell was turned over to Chicago Police
Department officers. He had spent the previous ten years in China. Currently,
CBP does not maintain photos of apprehended fugitives.
In order to meet the immense challenge of balancing effective law
enforcement with facilitation, Chicago CBP has established dynamic working
relationships with the City of Chicago Department of Aviation, airline industry,
Federal Inspectional Services agencies and other law enforcement entities to
maintain a vigilant frontline and homeland security. Foreign flights land in
Chicago from all over the world including Europe, Mexico, Canada, Asia, Latin
America and the Middle East. CBP Chicago O’Hare Airport holds the record for
processing the most international travelers within one terminal, which number
more than five million passengers per year.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency
within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control
and protection of U.S. borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP is
charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while
enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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