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Minnesota fugitive caught in Ariz. after 'Most Wanted' show

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08:47 PM Mountain Standard Time on Monday, April 21, 2008

3TV and azfamily.com Staff, FBI

PHOENIX -- A man on Minnesota's most-wanted list has been arrested here in Arizona.

Robert Gaye caught by FBI

Robert Gaye made his initial appearance before a judge overnight.

He has waived extradition and will be taken back to Minnesota.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said Gaye is accused sexually assaulting his 9-year-old daughters in 2006.

According to the FBI, which made the arrest, Gaye was born in the West African nation of Liberia, and came to the U.S. in 2005.

A tip from the TV show "America's Most Wanted" is reportedly what led to Gaye's arrest.

The following is a news release from the FBI.

PHOENIX -- Phoenix FBI Special Agent in Charge John E. Lewis, announced today the arrest of Robert Gaye, age 32, of Golden Valley, Minnesota.

On April 20, 2008, the Phoenix FBI Fugitive Task Force and the Glendale Police Department arrested Robert Gaye without incident in Glendale, Arizona. Gaye is wanted by Hennepin County in Minnesota for Criminal Sexual Conduct in the first degree related to the alleged sexual assault of a nine year old girl on May 2, 2006, in Golden Valley, Minnesota. A federal criminal complaint was filed on February 4, 2008, in U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, charging Robert Gaye with Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution based on a local complaint filed on May 15, 2006, in Hennepin County District Court, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Gaye was featured on America’s Most Wanted, on Saturday, April 20, 2008, as one of “Fifty Fugitives from Fifty States.” The FBI’s Minnesota Fugitive Task Force had previously developed information that Gaye may be in the Phoenix area and provided this information to the Phoenix FBI office. The Phoenix FBI Fugitive Task Force is comprised of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, the Mesa Police Department, the Scottsdale Police Department, and the FBI. Gaye was booked into the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Jail on April 20, 2008, and is awaiting extradition back to Minnesota.

Phoenix FBI Special Agent in Charge stated, “This case exemplifies how effective law enforcement task forces work to apprehend individuals such as Gaye to bring them to justice.”