Stick Up Kid, Michael Jason Registe Captured!

August 28, 2008

MUSCOGEE COUNTY GA NEWS -- "Stick Up Kid" Michael Jason Registe has been arrested by St. Maarten Police officials in conjunction with the Antilles Director of Public Prosecution and through coordination with the FBI's Legal Attache, Bridgetown, Barbados. Numerous tips were received by the FBI after the airing of an America's Most Wanted television segment featuring the fugitive Registe. That ultimately led local St. Maarten authorities to the Belvedere section of Dutch St. Maarten where Registe was captured at approximately 11:10 on August 27, 2008, while at a guest house. SWAT entry was made and Registe was taken into custody without incident.

On July 20, 2007, the Columbus Police Department responded to an execution-style shooting incident. Arriving at the scene, police officers found two males sitting inside of a truck with gunshot wounds to the back of their heads. One of the victims died at the scene, while the other died shortly afterward. Further law enforcement investigation determined that Michael Jason Registe was allegedly responsible for these two killings. It was later determined that the two victims were two Columbus State University students, Bryan Kilgore and Randy Newton.

On July 22, 2007, the Columbus Police Department obtained two felony arrest warrants charging Registe with both murders. The following day, a criminal complaint was obtained and a federal arrest warrant was issued charging Registe with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in the United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia, Columbus, Georgia.

Additionally, Michael Jason Registe was easily identifiable with the following tattoos: the words "South Side" on his upper right arm, Chinese letters and the words "706 Ganxta" on his upper left arm, and a picture of the cartoon character Yosemite Sam with the words "Stick Up Kid" written underneath it on his right forearm. Registe was also known to have ties in the United States Virgin Islands, specifically the island of St. Thomas in the Caribbean.

Now that Registe has been captured, he will face extradition hearings at St. Maarten for his removal back to Columbus, Georgia. This process could take from two weeks to several months.

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