Michael Wiseman, has been wanted since 2012 for sexual exploitation of minors. He was found in early November in Bas-Rhin, American police announced on Friday.
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The police department of Scottsdale, Arizona, announced on social networks, Friday, November 14, the arrest in France in the town of Kilstett in Bas-Rhin du “Fugitive Michael Wiseman“on November 1, 2025, “wanted for actions dating back to 2008” for “multiple allegations of sexual exploitation of minors”in Scottsdale. This American citizen has been wanted for 13 years for sexual exploitation of minors.
In a press release published on its social networks, the American police indicated that extradition procedures are underway. “Wiseman is the second most wanted fugitive on the Scottsdale police force”determine press releases, and “he also faces new criminal charges in France”. His “criminal activity and repeated attempts to evade arrest have continued for nearly two decades, and in several countries, and have now come to an end”concluded the police.
Placed under judicial supervision, he left the country after removing his electronic bracelet. He was later arrested in Spain and later returned to the United States. During the trial, he pleaded guilty to escape and sexual exploitation of minors. He was convicted in 2012, but escaped again while on parole.
According to police, Michael Wiseman then passed through Vietnam, Poland, and finally France, where “he calls himself Robert Danilewski”. Scottsdale police, the FBI and French police worked together to make his arrest in the village of Kilstett, north of Strasbourg. According to ICI Alsace (formerly France Bleu), he had lived there for approximately one year with his partner and two children.
Michael Wiseman is also on trial in France on charges of rape and sexual abuse of a child under 15, American police further explained. American investigators, Scottsdale police and the FBI, managed to access his personal online accounts. They found video evidence of a new sexual crime, in this case the rape of one of her adopted children.
Michael Wiseman was eventually arrested at his home on November 1 by the gendarmerie, ICI Alsace has learned. According to sources close to the case at ICI Alsace, he is currently in pre-trial detention for actions committed on French territory. He will definitely be tried in France, before extradition procedures are launched, this source added.
