Fugitive repeat offender keeps walking free as courts let him loose to hurt people, experts warn

A felon wanted successful California and with implicit 2 twelve anterior arrests has been repeatedly granted enslaved passim Texas, raising questions astir repetition offenders being released backmost onto the streets astir the country. 

In 2022, authorities charged Carlos Rusi and 3 different Houston men with a slope jugging lawsuit successful Burbank, California, according to FOX 26.

Rusi, who was suspected of committing different akin thefts passim the area, allegedly skipped enslaved successful July 2023 – subsequently forcing authorities to sanction him arsenic a wanted fugitive. 

Prior to Rusi’s 2022 alleged California jugging spree, helium reportedly spent 3 years successful a Texas situation for engaging successful organized transgression enactment successful what was not his archetypal clip down bars. 

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Carlos Rusi received abstracted situation sentences successful 2018, 2015, 2011, 2008, 2006, and 2005 for assorted convictions connected felony cases stemming from charges of robbery, organized transgression enactment and drug-related crimes successful Texas, according to KPRC 2. (iStock; FOX 26)

His lengthy transgression grounds includes much than 30 arrests spanning respective years and showcases 26 mugshots dating backmost to 2006, according to KPRC 2.

Additionally, records amusement helium received abstracted situation sentences successful 2018, 2015, 2011, 2008, 2006, and 2005 for assorted convictions connected felony cases stemming from charges of robbery, organized transgression enactment and drug-related crimes, the outlet reported.

Last year, Rusi was sentenced to 5 years of probation aft accepting a plea statement implicit charges of robbery and evading arrest. 

In July, portion connected probation successful Harris County, Rusi allegedly followed a 71-year-old antheral from his slope to a section coin dealer, wherever constabulary accidental helium shoved the antheral to the crushed and robbed him.

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The Harris County Jail successful Houston, Texas, connected Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.  (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Security camera footage led investigators to Rusi’s grey Volvo, which was registered to a car rental company, KPRC 2 reported. 

The vehicle’s rental statement was reportedly registered to Rusi’s parent and returned aft the alleged robbery took spot – with investigators subsequently uncovering erstwhile reports successful which Rusi’s parent rented vehicles for her son, who would past usage them to perpetrate crimes. 

One time later, constabulary said Rusi followed different idiosyncratic from a Bank of America successful Fort Bend County and robbed them astatine gunpoint, according to KPRC 2.

Later successful July, arsenic officers were performing surveillance of the suspect’s vehicle, helium allegedly returned to the aforesaid slope and followed respective victims for 28 miles, KPRC 2 reported. When the individuals stopped astatine a state station, Rusi allegedly broke into their conveyance and snatched the woman’s purse – which contained $5,200 cash. 

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Carlos Rusi has been released connected enslaved successful aggregate counties passim Texas, contempt having galore anterior convictions and a warrant for his apprehension successful California, according to FOX 26. (iStock)

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Officers reportedly arrested him soon aft and recovered the purse. 

Rusi was charged with theft successful Harris County pursuing the incident, but was released connected a $75,000 enslaved connected July 21 portion inactive connected probation, according to KPRC 2.

In August, Pearland Police allege Rusi broke into a car successful a Walmart parking batch and stole $100 currency aft pursuing the unfortunate from a adjacent ATM, the outlet reported.

In September 2025, Rusi was reportedly arrested successful Montgomery County for a akin jugging case, but was released from jailhouse connected a $25,000 bond. He was taken into custody again successful October aft allegedly investigating affirmative for drugs portion retired connected enslaved successful Montgomery County, but was re-released connected Nov. 4. 

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office declined Fox News Digital’s petition for comment, citing Rusi’s pending case.

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During the aforesaid month, portion connected probation, Rusi was convicted of misdemeanors for falsifying a cause trial and displaying a fake handicap placard, KPRC 2 reported. 

In November, helium was reportedly handed a 2nd enslaved successful Harris County stemming from the alleged July robbery. The adjacent day, helium was besides granted enslaved successful Brazoria County. 

Currently, Rusi remains retired connected bond, contempt the assorted charges spanning aggregate counties passim Texas and the progressive warrant for his apprehension successful California, according to FOX 26. 

"What jumps retired is that this isn’t 1 atrocious call, it’s a concatenation of merchandise decisions crossed jurisdictions," Bobby Taghavi, a Texas-based lawyer and managing spouse of instrumentality steadfast Sweet James, told Fox News Digital. 

"When idiosyncratic described by constabulary arsenic a repetition offender with a agelong past is inactive receiving probation and aggregate bonds, and is besides reported arsenic a wanted fugitive retired of California since 2023, that raises a superior red-flag question – was the full-risk representation consistently successful beforehand of each tribunal and justice astatine the clip those decisions were made?" 

Court records bespeak that assorted officials passim the Texas counties were unaware Rusi was a wanted man, contempt details of his alleged California transgression spree appearing connected Internet searches, FOX 26 reported.

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However, according to Taghavi, the blasted falls connected authorities officials progressive successful each measurement of the transgression process. 

"This benignant of nonaccomplishment usually happens erstwhile captious accusation isn’t surfaced, confirmed and emphasized successful real-time, particularly out-of-state warrant presumption astatine the infinitesimal enslaved oregon probation decisions are being made," Taghavi said. 

"Responsibility is typically shared crossed the system. Prosecutors request to contiguous the implicit grounds and reason risk, judges indispensable measure it, probation departments indispensable accurately study supervision status, and instrumentality enforcement indispensable guarantee warrants and holds are decently entered and actionable."

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The signifier of Rusi’s habitual transgression behaviour being met with lone a slap connected the wrist has besides raised interest for assemblage leaders successful Texas. 

"I've ne'er successful my beingness seen thing arsenic absurd arsenic this," Andy Kahan with Houston Crime Stoppers told FOX 26. "Shame connected our transgression justness strategy for continuing to let this suspect to roam our assemblage and to bargain our spot and to wounded people."

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Rusi’s lawyer and Texas Department of Public Safety did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

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While Rusi remains connected the streets pending trial, Taghavi suggests the saga could signify an overarching occupation plaguing section and authorities authorities regarding repetition offenders being released into communities arsenic officials stay successful the dark. 

"If it’s 1 missed check, that tin beryllium an isolated oversight," Taghavi told Fox News Digital. "But erstwhile the aforesaid idiosyncratic is reportedly capable to get probation and bonds crossed aggregate jurisdictions, it starts to look much similar a systemic breakdown successful coordination and verification – not conscionable one-off quality error." 

Fox News Digital's Olivia Palombo contributed to this report.