(Click here to go back to the Wanted Page) GARY EDWARD LASHER UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION - KIDNAPPING, KIDNAPPING FOR RANSOM, FALSE IMPRISONMENT WITH VIOLENCE Gary Edward Lasher was wanted for his alleged involvement in a kidnapping in Oxnard, California. On February 21, 2004, Lasher, who was having marital problems, went to his mother-in-law's residence while he reportedly was despondent over the separation from his wife and child. It is alleged that while Lasher was at his mother-in-law's residence, he became physically violent towards her and choked her into unconsciousness. He later allegedly placed her in the trunk of his car and fled the area. Lasher's mother-in-law eventually managed to escape by rolling out of the trunk onto the highway. She sustained numerous injuries, but was treated and released from a local hospital. Lasher eluded capture and remains at large. Lasher was charged with kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom, and false imprisonment with violence, in a state arrest warrant which was issued on February 21, 2004, by the Ventura County, California Superior Court. On February 23, 2004, a federal arrest warrant was issued by the United States District Court, Central District of California, charging Lasher with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. In addition, on February 21, 2004, Lasher was charged in Yavapai County, Arizona, with child molestation, sexual assault to a spouse, and child pornography. It is alleged that Lasher sexually assaulted a 9-year-old girl. Lasher is also alleged to have raped and sodomized his wife, and occasionally beat her into unconsciousness. These assaults allegedly were videotaped. It is also alleged that child pornography images were found on Lasher's computer. October 12, 2005 Mexico City — Mexican authorities have detained and begun deportation proceedings against an Arizona man formerly on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, a U.S. official said Thursday. Gary Edward Lasher, 28, was arrested Wednesday in the Caribbean resort city Playa del Carmen, said the official, who was not authorized to speak on the record. Lasher is wanted in Oxnard, Calif., for allegedly beating his mother-in-law unconscious and placing her in his car trunk before she was able to escape. He has been charged with kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom, and false imprisonment with violence in a California state arrest warrant. Lasher also is wanted in Arizona on charges of child molestation, child pornography and sexual assault to a spouse. Arizona police said they had recovered 9,000 images of child pornography on Lasher's computer. Lasher allegedly sexually assaulted a 9-year-old girl, and is also alleged to have raped and sodomized his wife, occasionally beating her into unconsciousness. The assaults allegedly were videotaped, according to information on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Web site. Credit: Comcast News BACK TO THE TOP