Randy Fair
Keith County Attorney
Ogallala, Neb. - On June 25, 2024, Ogallala Police Department were advised of a Be On the Lookout (BOLO) for a White Toyota Prius with California plates associated with a male individual wanted for homicide. Ogallala Police officers were notified that this individual was considered armed and dangerous.
The car was located at Wal-Mart on Pony Express Lane but was unoccupied at the time. In an effort to limit any potential incident inside Walmart, law enforcement, which also included Keith County Sheriff’s office at this time, waited in the Scooter’s Coffee parking lot where they could observe the Wal-Mart parking lot and the suspect car. The male suspect exited Wal-mart, got into the car and began driving.
Law enforcement officers from the Ogallala Police Department and the Keith County Sheriff’s Office immediately engaged the car and they were able to get the suspect pulled over pulled over in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express, directly South of Wal-mart and West of the Scooter’s Coffee location.
At the same time, Nebraska State Patrol arrived and were able to place the individual in handcuffs. The suspect has been identified as Arcenio Jose Fernandez Marquez who has an arrest warrant for homicide from the Richmond Police Department out of Contra Costa County, California.
Mr. Fernandez Marquez is currently being held in the Keith County Jail and it is anticipated that he will be extradited to California.