Blake Allen Troutman, 26, was wanted for second-degree murder in Tennessee, United States. Whether or not he is a Tennessee resident is unclear.
Tennessee is the 15th most populous state in the U.S. The state maintains four law enforcement agencies namely the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).
Why was Blake Troutman arrested?
Troutman is accused of selling narcotics laced with fentanyl resulting in the death of a woman, 21. Details about their transaction and the identity of the victim were not released.
On July 30, 2024, a warrant was issued for Troutman’s arrest out of Henderson County Circuit Court in Tennessee. That day, the case was adopted by the Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) of the U.S. Marshals Service in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee.
After determining that Troutman had fled Tennessee to California, USA, deputy marshals provided investigative leads to the Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force in Los Angeles, California. On October 2, 2024, they tracked him to a gas station in Orange City, California and took him into custody.
The fugitive will be held at a detention facility in California. There are still no details about his extradition to Tennessee.
California is the most populous U.S. state. It is around 2,160 miles away from Tennessee.
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