Monday, September 14, 2015

Fmr. youth pastor extradited to TN after years of running from c - WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee

A former youth minister charged with rape was extradited to Shelby County on Thursday.

Luke Cooke was indicted on rape and aggravated sexual battery charges in 2007. Shelby County investigators said Cooke raped an 8-year-old and a 16-year-old.

Cooke then left the country. He was found in China, but when U.S. Marshals prepared to deport him back to the United States, he ran again.

In 2014, detectives learned that Cooke was in Morocco.  A few weeks later in April 2014, Interpol contacted the Shelby County Sheriff's Office to say they found Cooke in an airport in Albania with an expired passport.

Fmr. youth pastor extradited to TN after years of running from c - WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee

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