CanwestNews Service
MONTREAL — U.S. authorities say a fugitive on the lam since 2001 was arrested in Montreal Tuesday by agents of the Canada Border Services Agency.
In a statement Tuesday the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Russell Victor McCollum, 30, was arrested on a number of warrants after barricading himself in a Montreal apartment.
The bureau said it been working the Canadian lead on McCollum after he appeared in an episode of the TV show America’s Most Wanted in February 2008.
The trail led authorities from Nashville to Philadelphia, Ottawa and finally Montreal.
McCollum was wanted for four counts of aggravated sexual battery of a child, failure to appear and flight to avoid prosecution.
The original warrants were taken out for McCollum 10 years ago but he’s been on the lam ever since he failed to appear for trial in March 2001.
The bureau says he faces an extradition hearing while it pays $5,000 US for the tip that led to the arrest.
MONTREAL — U.S. authorities say a fugitive on the lam since 2001 was arrested in Montreal Tuesday by agents of the Canada Border Services Agency.
In a statement Tuesday the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Russell Victor McCollum, 30, was arrested on a number of warrants after barricading himself in a Montreal apartment.
The bureau said it been working the Canadian lead on McCollum after he appeared in an episode of the TV show America’s Most Wanted in February 2008.
The trail led authorities from Nashville to Philadelphia, Ottawa and finally Montreal.
McCollum was wanted for four counts of aggravated sexual battery of a child, failure to appear and flight to avoid prosecution.
The original warrants were taken out for McCollum 10 years ago but he’s been on the lam ever since he failed to appear for trial in March 2001.
The bureau says he faces an extradition hearing while it pays $5,000 US for the tip that led to the arrest.
