Overview
- A multiagency fugitive task force led by the FBI and including Maricopa County deputies and U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Carl W. Cacconie in Scottsdale on June 12, ending his nearly 10-month flight.
- Cacconie was convicted in July 2025 of six counts of lewd acts on a child who was 11 at the time and had been scheduled for sentencing in August 2025 after the jury verdict.
- A judge denied a prosecutor’s request to remand him before sentencing, so he remained out on $1,000,000 bail after surrendering his passport and wearing an electronic monitor that stopped transmitting on August 17, 2025.
- Authorities say a federal unlawful-flight warrant was issued on May 14, 2026, and prosecutors told a Phoenix court that Cacconie used an alias in Scottsdale since at least January 2026 and sought to mislead investigators about his status.
- Officials say he will be extradited to California for sentencing and the case has prompted officials to call for closer review of how courts set bail and oversee electronic monitoring for convicted offenders before sentencing.