Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive of the Week Ralph Baxter Arrested

By  //  November 28, 2015

BCSO 'FUGITIVE HUNT' COMING SOON

This week's Turn 'Em In Tuesday Fugitive of the Week, Ralph Baxter is now in his new home at the Brevard County Jail. (BCSO image)
This week’s Turn ‘Em In Tuesday Fugitive of the Week, Ralph Baxter is now in his new home at the Brevard County Jail. (BCSO image)

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – This week’s Turn ‘Em In Tuesday Fugitive of the Week, Ralph Baxter is now in his new home at the Brevard County Jail.

Baxter was taken into custody early Wednesday morning when Agents from our Fugitive Unit conducted surveillance in an area that Baxter is known to frequent.

Baxter was observed as he exited a nearby residence an was taken into custody without incident.

Baxter stated that he was unaware he was wanted and had no idea that he was listed as the Turn ‘Em In Tuesday Fugitive of the Week.

Another great job by our Fugitive Unit at getting another criminal off our streets.

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By the way, this coming week we will be rolling out a new “Fugitive Hunt” initiative so our citizens and agency can work even closer together to take Fugitives off our streets.

While Turn ‘Em In Tuesday continues to be extremely successful our team decided it was time to take it to the next level.

This week's Turn 'Em In Tuesday Fugitive of the Week, Ralph Baxter is now in his new home at the Brevard County Jail. (BCSO image)
This week’s Turn ‘Em In Tuesday Fugitive of the Week, Ralph Baxter is now in his new home at the Brevard County Jail. (BCSO image)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey

Prior to being elected in 2012, Sheriff Ivey served the citizens of the State of Florida as a Resident Agent in Charge for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. As a member of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Sheriff Ivey developed and created the country’s first ever statewide Task Force on Identity Theft.

That same year the Task Force was named one of the top five most innovative programs in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and investigated approximately 44 million dollars in fraud cases. Additionally, as a member of FDLE, Sheriff Ivey created the Child Abduction Response Team (C.A.R.T) that re-defined the way Child Abduction cases are conducted throughout the country today.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.

The program was later selected as the most innovative program in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is now used as a nationwide model in the response and investigation of child abductions.

Sheriff Ivey has testified before the United States Congress on law enforcement related matters and has extensive experience in the area of Public Integrity Investigations. Sheriff Ivey was honored as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Special Agent of the Year (1996) and was also recognized by the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for his Outstanding Contributions to Criminal Justice. In August of 2011 Sheriff Ivey was honored by the National Organization of Victims Advocacy for his work at the national level as an advocate of victim’s rights and protection.

Sheriff Ivey speaks regularly on topics such as Identity Theft, Crime in America, Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Self Defense through Mental Preparedness. Sheriff Ivey firmly believes that Crime Prevention and Education are vital to reduce our crime rate and protect our community.