Trinidad and To­ba­go fugi­tive, Vin­cent Roberts, was ex­tra­dit­ed from T&T to the Unit­ed States to face charges for at­tempt­ed mur­der and weapons pos­ses­sion on Wednes­day.

If con­vict­ed, Roberts will face a pos­si­ble sen­tence of 25 years in prison. He was charged for the crimes in the State of New York in Sep­tem­ber 2021.

Roberts, a U.S. per­ma­nent res­i­dent, fled the Unit­ed States to T&T in De­cem­ber 2022 while out on bond await­ing tri­al.

In Jan­u­ary 2023 a war­rant of ar­rest was is­sued for Roberts in New York for one count of at­tempt­ed mur­der, one count of at­tempt­ed as­sault, and two counts of crim­i­nal pos­ses­sion of a weapon.

U.S. law en­force­ment au­thor­i­ties re­quest­ed Roberts’s ex­tra­di­tion in Jan­u­ary 2024. He was ar­rest­ed in Laven­tille on April 17, 2024. On Jan­u­ary 22 At­tor­ney Gen­er­al and Min­is­ter of Le­gal Af­fairs, Regi­nald Ar­mour, signed a War­rant of Re­moval for Roberts.

Roberts was es­cort­ed from Port-of-Spain to the Unit­ed States by deputy mar­shals from the Unit­ed States Mar­shals Ser­vice and Spe­cial Agents from the U.S. Diplo­mat­ic Se­cu­ri­ty Ser­vice.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), the Cen­tral Au­thor­i­ty of the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al and Min­istry of Le­gal Af­fairs, Trinidad and To­ba­go Cus­toms and Im­mi­gra­tion, the Air­ports Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go, U.S Cus­toms and Bor­der Pro­tec­tion, the U.S. Drug En­force­ment Ad­min­is­tra­tion, the U.S. De­part­ment of Jus­tice (DOJ) Of­fice of In­ter­na­tion­al Af­fairs (OIA), the New York City Po­lice De­part­ment (NYPD), and the Kings Coun­ty, New York Dis­trict At­tor­ney’s Of­fice all played a key role in the suc­cess­ful ex­tra­di­tion of Roberts.

U.S. Chargé d’Af­faires Jenifer Nei­d­hart de Or­tiz said, “This ex­tra­di­tion is the third fugi­tive re­turn in the last three months and is in­dica­tive of the strong law en­force­ment re­la­tion­ships and close co­op­er­a­tion be­tween the Unit­ed States and Trinidad and To­ba­go, as we con­tin­ue to work to­geth­er to make our coun­tries safer.”