A FORMER APTOS/LA SELVA BEACH MAN FACES CHARGES OF TAX EVASION. 61 YEAR-OLD RUSSELL S BROADWELL ALLEGEDLY DIDN’T PAY STATE TAXES IN THE LATE 1980’S AND EARLY 1990’S (WHEN HE WAS LIVING IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY)….AND OWES THE STATE MORE THAN 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS. WHEN A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST HERE (IN 1995), HE FLED TO THAILAND.
AUTHORITIES THERE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT BROADWELL HAD OVERSTAYED HIS VISA, AND HE WAS FLOWN FROM BANGKOK TO SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT, WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED AND BROUGHT BACK TO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY TO FACE CHARGES. HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED IN A SANTA CRUZ COUNTY COURTROOM AUGUST 16TH.
