Ga. Man Added to FBI's Most Wanted

July 28, 2008 — -- This weekend the Federal Bureau of Investigation added a 26-year-old Georgia man to a notorious group that includes Osama bin Laden: the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List.

Michael Jason Registe made the list for his alleged involvement in the July 20, 2007, execution-style double murder of two college students in Columbus, Georgia.

By the time witnesses led investigators to Registe, he had already booked a flight to the U.S. Virgin Islands and has been on the run ever since.

He is also wanted for an unrelated charge of aggravated assault for a 2005 shooting which left a victim severely wounded.

"Registe is a criminal. Registe is a shooter," R.T. Boren, police chief in Columbus, Georgia, told "Good Morning America." "Registe is a danger to society and has some drug affiliation. The man will basically take your life."

Registe sports several identifying tattoos, including one of the cartoon character Yosemite Sam with the words "Stick Up Kid" inked under it.

Though Registe has used at least seven known aliases, if history is any indication, his eventual capture is highly likely. In the 68 years since its inception, the "Most Wanted" list boasts a nearly 94 percent success rate.

The bureau's most wanted program, according to FBI public affairs assistant director John Miller, has evolved over the years.

"In the beginning it was interstate transportation of stolen cars, bank robbers, forgers," he told "Good Morning America." "When you look at the list today, you have a mix of drug cartel bosses, terrorist leaders, mafia bosses and child molesters. It's an array of individuals that reflect the crime of our time."

What the criminals do have in common, Miller said, is the basic criteria necessary to earn a spot on the list.

"The level of dangerousness -- how dangerous is this person if they remain on the loose? The second calculus is, do we think that putting a giant spotlight on the person will speed up their capture?" he said.