A man wanted for murder in California was taken into custody in Birmingham.
The Birmingham Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team, working with California police, arrested 43-year-old James Lawrence Petri Thursday on Bush Boulevard, police announced Monday.
According to authorities, Petri – who has lived in Birmingham and California – is charged with murder, murder for financial or other consideration and criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
Petri is one of two people charged in the slaying of 30-year-old Aaron Parr, who lived in Murrieta, Calif.
According to Murrieta police, officers were dispatched on a welfare check Jan. 13 to The Arbors at California Oaks apartments on a report of a man dead inside an apartment. They arrived to find Parr dead inside and launched a homicide investigation.
Additional details have not been released but Murrieta police on Monday also announced the arrest of Ignacia Perkins, Parr’s ex-girlfriend, on the same charges.
Police said Petri is an acquaintance of Perkins.
Petri remains in the Jefferson County Jail awaiting extradition to California.
“This arrest highlights the importance of strong law enforcement partnerships,” Birmingham police said in a press release. “Through interagency communication and information sharing, departments are able to quickly identify and apprehend fugitives, enhancing public safety in communities both locally and nationwide.”
Murrieta police said multiple agencies assisted including the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, Birmingham police, the FBI Birmingham Safe Streets Task Force, Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
Anyone with information is asked to call Murrieta Det. Leitch at (951) 461-6353.
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