Alleged Child Rapist Apprehended in Spokane Valley (WA) After Fleeing From Texas

Spokane, WA – The United States Marshals Service (USMS) Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) arrested Ervin Mefiboset Molina-Jordan, 27. Molina-Jordan was apprehended around E Mission Ave and N Bates Rd with the assistance of the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, and the United States Border Patrol.

It was alleged on July 22, 2021, that Molina-Jordan sexually assaulted a child who was younger than 17 years of age in Burnet County, Texas. Investigators discovered that Molina-Jordan fled Texas after the incident and had settled in Spokane Valley, Washington.

Molina-Jordan was arrested without incident and booked into the Spokane County Jail, awaiting further legal proceedings.

The U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) is a U.S. Marshals-led partnership comprised of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The task force’s primary mission is to locate, arrest and return to the justice system the most violent and egregious federal and state fugitives. US Marshals arrest over 80,000 violent offenders annually.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office, the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102, or USMS Tips at www.usmarshals.gov/tips.