WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
HOUSTON - A 47-year-old man who was a fugitive for two decades has entered a guilty plea to sexual abuse of a 15-year-old female, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck.
In 2003, Elias Luis Herrera worked on a cruise ship that had departed Galveston along with fellow crewman - Edgerton Phillip Medford. In the early morning hours of July 17, the victim was walking near a pool when both men grabbed her arms, forced her down and held her on a deck chair so she could not escape.
The men removed their uniforms and took turns sexually assaulting her while the minor victim screamed throughout th...