For almost two years, authorities in the U.S. and Asia have been on the hunt for fugitive California doctor Tony Shiu, who was accused of drugging and sodomizing his patients.
This month, the search paid off when police in Taiwan captured Shiu. On May 29, 2008, Shiu landed on U.S. soil and is in police custody in Dublin, Calif.
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Cops say that a doctor in northern California stands accused of taking hundreds of photographs of roughly 19 of his patients -- the problem is that the patients were unconscious and semi-nude.
Authorities believe that Dr. Tony Shiu is also responsible for drugging two men who were both patients from Shiu's Dublin, Calif. medical clinic. Shiu is suspected of raping one of the men. Detectives searching Shiu's home later found approximately 450 digital photos of men in various states of undress who were unconscious and unaware that they were being photographed.
Cops in Dublin began investigating Shiu after reports on August 19, 2006 from two men who claimed they had began a night out with Shiu at his home in Dublin. The two men say they woke up the next day with no recollection of the night before. One man told police that Shiu was fondling him when he woke up. Both men sought medical help after their night with Shiu. Doctors told them that they had each been given benzodiazepine tranquilizers and that one of the men had been sodomized.
A $1 million arrest warrant was issued on October 5, 2006 and cops say that there hasn't been a sign of Shiu in Dublin since the doctor found out he was a wanted man. Police know that Shiu has since gone into hiding and have spoken to the fugitive doctor's attorney about Shiu surrendering.
Dublin cops say that no other victims have come forward and only one of the men in the photographs have been identified. Police believe that all of Shiu's victims are adult males.
For months, authorities in California and Asia have been hunting high and low for fugitive doctor, Tony Shiu, and in May 2008, the search paid off.
Since Sept. 2007, investigators in Taiwan began tracking Shiu, who was teaching English and living under the name Tony Jiang. But it would be Shiu's fake IDs with his new alias that would ultimately be his undoing.
Authorities tell AMW that Shiu's new identity sent red flags to law enforcement in Asia, resulting in his capture.
Security officers from the American Institute in Taiwan discovered where Shiu was living and helped to apprehend him. While Shiu was in Taiwanese custody for a number of days, he was ultimately expelled from the country.
On May 29, 2008, Shiu arrived in the U.S. and was taken into custody once the plane landed in San Francisco by Deputy U.S. Marshals, who were on Shiu's flight. Shiu is currently being held at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif. on federal and local charges.