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Second Member Of County's Most Wanted List Caught
A second member of the Los Angeles County 10 Most Wanted List of child support evaders has been taken into custody, just one week after the List was launched and unveiled at a press conference.
Abdoul R. Sesay was arrested without incident at an apartment in Marina del Rey yesterday. Sesay owes the largest amount of unpaid support of any member of the Most Wanted List, more than $427,000. He has been wanted for nearly three years, with the original warrant for his arrest being issued on May 2, 2005.
On October 27, 2004, Sesay pled No Contest to a Contempt of Court charge for failing to comply with the terms of a New York child support order. That order had been registered for enforcement in Los Angeles County. Following his plea, the matter was continued to January 13, 2005 for sentencing. On that date, the court granted Sesay post-plea diversion for 24 months on the conditions that he pay his monthly support obligation of $1,800 and that he pay an additional $1,695 per month to liquidate the arrears of unpaid support under the New York order.
Because his diversion has been terminated, Sesay faces sentencing on his previous plea of no contest. His bail was set at $200,000 and he is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon.
Michael Lee, a second member of the 10 Most Wanted list, surrendered to authorities last week after seeing his image broadcast by the media at the launch of the Most Wanted List. Lee owes over $60,000 in unpaid child support and a warrant for his arrest had been outstanding since January 1999.
The County’s 10 Most Wanted List for child support evaders was launched by Supervisor Don Knabe, District Attorney Steve Cooley, and Child Support Services Department Director Steven J. Golightly last week.
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