Crime & Safety
Former Hollywood Resident Arrested in Europe
A 32-year-old mother has been arrested in a town near the border of France and Switzerland after an 18-month international manhunt.
By City News Service
A 32-year-old mother, formerly of Hollywood, has been arrested in Europe after an 18-month international manhunt involving the FBI, Interpol and Los Angeles Police Department, according to a report published Monday.
The Daily News reported Maria Pfeifer was taken into custody Thursday at the school her children were attending in Divonne-les-Bains, a town near the border of France and Switzerland.
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Pfeifer's ex-husbands, Larry Hummel of Beverly Hills, a voiceover agent, and former music executive Robert Joseph Pfeifer, who lives in the Laurel Canyon area, have both gone to France to attend the court proceedings involving her and the children.
Hummel hadn't seen his son Sasha, now 4, since May 2012 when Pfeifer took him and his half-brother Robert "Jerry" Pfeifer, 10, to the Czech Republic, according to the Daily News.
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The children are in French custody. A child custody hearing is scheduled for Thursday, LAPD Officer Michel Morris, an investigator with the Hollywood Division's Major Assault Crimes Unit, told the Daily News.
The District Attorney's Office will request Pfeifer be extradited to the U.S., Morris told the Daily News.
