Above: File photo of Morales-Cisneros | Courtesy of VPD & DPD
Originally Published By Visalia Police Department Facebook
“The Tulare County Agencies Regional Gun Violence Enforcement Team (TARGET) received information from law enforcement in Denver, Colorado that wanted fugitive 33-year-old Marc
Morales-Cisneros, was possibly in Tulare County. Morales-Cisneros was an armed and dangerous fugitive who had fled the state of Colorado to evade capture. The TARGET Task Force conducted
further investigation and determined that Morales-Cisneros was hiding out in the community of Farmersville. With this information, TARGET obtained a search warrant.
At 6:10 a.m. this morning, the TARGET Task Force with the assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and their SWAT Team, Denver Police Department , Tulare County Sheriff’s Office (SWAT Team, K-9, and Air Support), Investigators from the Tulare County Regional Auto Theft Task Force (T-RATT) and agents from the California Department of Justice, served a search warrant at a home in the area of Avenue 288 and Road 160 in Visalia. Morales-Cisneros was contacted and taken into custody for numerous outstanding arrest warrants for his alleged involvement in the thefts of over 50 high-end vehicles as well as an investigation for an assault on a peace officer.
An indictment was also filed on September 29, 2023, from the Seventeenth District Grand Jury in the District Court of Adams County, Colorado of which 29 counts were against Morales-Cisneros related to violations of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act – Pattern of Racketeering – Participation in an Enterprise and Conspiracy.
Morales- Cisneros was booked into the Tulare County Pre-Trial Detention Facility without incident, pending his extradition to Colorado.”
