Federal marshals captured Vegas Brown, 36, in Orange Park about 1,300 miles from where he was designated a wanted fugitive who was presumed to be armed and dangerous.
The Texas Department of Public Safety placed Brown on the state’s Top 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender list after it said he violated his sex offender probation and then dropped off their radar.He was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.Then, on Monday Federal Marshals captured him at a home in Orange Park.
According to neighbors, Brown has been at the Orange Park home for the last 18 months. Neighbors were shocked when they learned why he was taken into custody.
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