By Jeff Franks
HAVANA (Reuters) - A man accused of kidnapping his two young sons in Florida and fleeing with them by boat was seen in Cuba on Tuesday, where he was believed to be holed up with his wife and children at a marina outside the capital.
Reporters from Reuters and other media outlets attempted to speak with the man, Joshua Hakken, when he appeared briefly to stow away some gear and secure the hatch on a small blue and white sailboat named Salty at the Hemingway Marina near Havana.
But Hakken, a stocky man who was bearded and wearing shorts and a dark green baseball cap, shook his head 'no' when asked if would answer any questions.
He then disappeared into a nearby building, which was roped off, and a Cuban man who identified himself as a "dockmaster" said Hakken and his family were clients of the marina and did not want to be interviewed.
Plainclothes security guards equipped with walkie-talkies at the marina prevented reporters from asking any further questions of Hakken, a fugitive from U.S. justice, after he entered the dockside building.
It was unclear exactly when Hakken arrived in Cuba or whether Cuban immigration or U.S. consular officials were dealing with him and his family inside the building.
The cockpit of the Salty, which has a distinctive paw mark emblazoned on one side of the hull, was cluttered with various items including two child car seats with towels draped over them and a travel carrier for a dog or cat.
Hakken is accused of breaking into his mother-in-law's home north of Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday, tying her up with zip ties and fleeing with his sons, 4-year-old Cole and 2-year-old Chase, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
Hours later, Hakken, his wife Sharyn, and the children left from a dock in Madeira Beach, Florida, aboard the Salty, their recently purchased 25-foot (7.6-meter) sailboat, investigators said.
Hakken had learned a few hours before he went to his mother-in-law's home that he and his wife had lost custody of the children, the Tampa Bay Times said.
The boys wound up with their maternal grandmother after the Hakkens attended an "anti-government" rally in June in Louisiana, where police said they found Hakken in the family's hotel room with a gun, marijuana and knife, talking about a "journey to Armageddon," the newspaper said.
Hakken was charged with marijuana possession and the boys were placed in a foster home, where Hakken later showed up armed with a gun, the Times quoted authorities as saying.
Louisiana officials then sent the boys to live in Tampa with Sharyn Hakken's mother, Patricia Hauser.
Warrants issued in Hillsborough County, Florida, charged Joshua Hakken with kidnapping, interfering with child custody, child neglect, false imprisonment, burglary with battery and stealing Hauser's car.
(Additional reporting by Saundra Amrhein in Tampa; Editing by Jane Sutton, Tom Brown and Eric Wals)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/man-fled-florida-taking-two-sons-sighted-cuba-190959778.html
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