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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2025
- Checked
Ricky Vargas
Ricky Vargas is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2025. He is wanted in connection with charges that include murder, organised crime, weapons offences and violent assault. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Ricky Vargas.
He is described as 1.63 m tall, with brown eyes and brown hair. Distinguishing marks noted by the agency: Vargas has numerous tattoos on his hands, arms, wrists, and chest. Born on 18 July 1988, he would now be 38.
- Murder or homicide
- Organised crime
- Weapons offences
- Violent assault or bodily harm
Charges, as published
- Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - First Degree Murder, Causing Serious Bodily Injury and Leaving the Scene of a Crime, Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purpose, Possession of a Weapon
Reward
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Ricky Vargas.
Case details, as published by FBI
Ricky Vargas, a known member of the Latin Kings gang, is wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of a man outside of a bar in Garfield, New Jersey, during the early morning hours of February 4, 2024. The victim was stabbed to death. On February 5, 2024, Vargas was charged with First Degree Murder, Causing Serious Bodily Injury and Leaving the Scene of a Crime, Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purpose, and Possession of a Weapon in the Garfield City Municipal Court in Bergen County, New Jersey, and a state warrant was issued for his arrest. On February 7, 2024, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Vargas in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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