GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A man charged with sexually assaulting a Green Bay woman was extradited from Laos.
Green Bay Police say 28-year-old Jimmy Choumemany allegedly assaulted a woman on North Washington Street back in July.
He has been charged with first-degree sexual assault with a dangerous weapon.
Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith says the case is disturbing.
“He was out hunting, he was a predator. This was an individual that was looking for someone to attack and unfortunately, he found someone, Smith said. “This victim has no connection to the assailant. I think anytime a female is assaulted sexually, there is trauma and we don’t want any kind of activity like that happening in our community.”
Investigators say Choumemany eventually left the U.S. for Laos and was located by federal agencies on October 12.
“This is not a one and done guy. This is not the kind of guy that deserves to be walking around freely, this is the kind of guy that needs to be in jail,” Smith said.
Lieutenant Rick Belanger worked on the case and says the whole situation is unusual.
“This is all a brand new process that we are not used to. I don’t think we ever had an incident where we tracked someone into a different county.”
Belanger says different sources, including family, confirmed that Choumemany had fled the country.
Federal Government was able to locate him.
“He was taken into custody, brought into Detroit and is now back in Wisconsin,” Belanger said.
The investigation included some in-depth digging and looking at surveillance cameras. Smith says it also included working with Federal authorities in the arrest and proves one thing.
“If you come here and commit a crime, we are going to hunt you down. We will find you and will bring you to justice no matter what it takes.”
He appeared in a Green Bay courtroom Tuesday and is being held on a $500,000 dollar cash bond.
Chief Andrew Smith says they owe the other departments a lot of gratitude.
“We owe their police department some Packer jerseys or cheese curds or something because it was important that they helped find this guy.”
