Interpol

Sean Lopes, 47, was arrested in Chatham, England, on Monday.

A fugitive wanted in New York after vanishing in the wake of a 2004 hostage taking has been arrested in England, where he had been working in a supermarket.

Sean Lopes, 47, had been living in Chatham, about 30 miles southeast of London, when he was arrested Monday, Kent Police said in a statement.

He was "wanted on charges of attempted murder and kidnapping in the United States" involving a 22-year-old woman dating June 2004, according to Kent Police.

Kent Police said Lopes was charged in the U.S. with the offense but went missing after being released on bail. He was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison in May 2005.

A 2012 news release from U.S. authorities said Lopes entered the home of an ex-girlfriend -- both were employed by New York City public schools -- and waited for her to come home. When she did, he confronted her with a gun and a knife and held her hostage until police were able to get into the apartment and free her, according to a 2012 statement from the U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago, where Lopes was mistakenly thought to have been living.

Lopes was believed to have fled to the island nation using his brother's travel documents, the embassy said.

Lopes had been working at a Sainsbury's grocery store in Gravesend, Kent, the company said Thursday. 

“We can confirm that a member of staff from our Pepper Hill store was arrested on Monday," a Sainsbury's spokeswoman said. "We are helping the police with their investigations but are unable to comment further.”

He had been listed as one of the NYPD's 10 most-wanted suspects.

Kent Police said a resident of the area raised concerns about Lopes to police, who launched an investigation that included investigators from New York and London. He was then tracked down and arrested.

Lopes appeared in a London court on Tuesday and was ordered to be detained as extradition proceedings got under way, Kent Police said.

According to Interpol, Lopes is a native of Guyana. The U.S. Embassy said he also had ties to Canada, the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic.

This story was originally published on Thu May 9, 2013 7:04 AM EDT

Cumberland County Sheriff's Office

This undated photo released by the Cumberland County, Maine, Sheriff's Office shows Gary Irving, who was convicted of rape in Massachusetts and who had been on the run for 35 years.

A 34-year search for one of Massachusetts' most wanted fugitives came to an end Wednesday when police arrested a convicted rapist who fled to Maine after facing a possible life sentence. 

Police from Massachusetts and Maine teamed up to find 52-year-old Gary Allen Irving at his home in Gorham, Maine, where he had been living since 2002. Authorities believe that for decades he had been in the area, making a life for himself and keeping a low profile.

In 1978, Irving was convicted of three counts of rape in Norfolk County, Mass. But when a judge granted him a short stay to get his affairs in order before his sentencing, he took off.

Massachusetts State Police say Irving had changed his name to Gregg Irving and changed his date of birth to throw police off his scent. Authorities would not say what evidence led them to Irving, only that information developed in recent days.

State police from Massachusetts and Maine, along with local police and the FBI, also found numerous handguns and rifles — which Irving faces federal charges for illegally owning.

Police told NBC affiliate WCSH that Irving was found in the home with his wife, who was in shock during the arrest. Neighbors described him as pleasant and a normal resident.

Though he bore little resemblance to his mug shot photo snapped more than 30 years earlier, scars on Irving's chest and back helped police identify the fugitive, officials said. 

Irving was found guilty of multiple rapes during the 1970s and convicted of rape with force, kidnapping and unnatural acts. 

In one instance he was accused of knocking a victim off her bike and forcing her to a secluded area, where he repeatedly raped her, according to Massachusetts State Police.

In another, he forced a woman walking alone into his car and threatened her with a knife if she resisted.

Irving is being held in Portland, Maine, and will appear in the Cumberland County Courthouse on Friday.

After an hours long standoff at an Oregon motel, police announced late Tuesday they have captured the 26-year-old ex-con accused of murdering his elderly grandparents.

Michael “Chad” Boysen had been the subject of a manhunt throughout the Pacific Northwest after his grandparents were found dead late Saturday. Thursday morning police moved in on the Westshore Oceanfront Motel in Lincoln City, Ore., after an employee recognized Boysen's face on the news.

Police spent much of the day trying to peacefully lure Boysen out of the room he was holed up in. A police spokesperson tweeted around 7:30 local time that Oregon officials had taken the suspect into custody.

Boysen had barricaded himself in his room as Oregon state police attempted to negotiate with him via a bullhorn. Police then used a water cannon to elicit a response from the suspect, the Associate Press reports.

Boysen had been described as “extremely dangerous” and has a warrant out for his arrest on suspicion of first-degree murder. 

He was staying with his grandparents in the Seattle suburb of Renton, Wash., after serving a prison sentence for robbery. The grandparents threw a welcome back party for him the night before they were found dead.

Police said the grandparents were not shot but declined to provide other details about their killings, pending autopsies.

AP

Alberto Morales, convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault, stabbed one of two police escorts and escaped in the Dallas area as he was being transferred from Florida to Nevada, police said Tuesday. He was shot and killed by police early Saturday.

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- A Florida prisoner who escaped in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was shot and killed by law enforcement officers early Saturday after police responded to a report of a home burglary near Dallas, authorities said.

Alberto Morales was shot shortly after midnight when officers, with assistance from a police helicopter, spotted him in a wooded area near a lake in North Texas, Grapevine police Sgt. Robert Eberling said. Two hours earlier, officers responded to a report that jewelry and men's clothing had been stolen during a break-in at a home near where Morales was found.

Eberling said police officers and U.S. marshals were trying to apprehend Morales when he was shot, but he declined to say whether the fugitive had a weapon or made any threats toward them. He said Morales was still wearing part of his prison-issued jumpsuit as well as jogging pants, but Eberling said he couldn't comment on whether the stolen clothing and jewelry was found with him.

The residents arrived home around 10:30 p.m. Friday to discover the burglary at their home and called law enforcement officials, Eberling said.

The 42-year-old Morales escaped Monday at a Wal-Mart store parking lot in Grapevine, a community near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Police said he used a sharp piece from his eyeglasses to stab a Miami-Dade detective who was transferring him by car to Nevada, where Morales was to serve a sentence of 30 years to life after being convicted of a sexual assault.

Det. Jaime Pardinas was expected to recover after being treated at a Dallas hospital for deep stab wounds to the neck, shoulder and back and a collapsed lung. It wasn't clear when he would be released.

Pardinas was accompanied by Miami-Dade Detective David Carrero during the transfer. They flew to Houston with Morales and then decided to drive the rest of the way after he became disruptive on the flight. They had stopped near the store while waiting for a third officer who was flying to the Dallas area to join them. Department policy requires three officers to be present for ground transfers of prisoners.

On a recording of a 911 call of the incident released Wednesday, Pardinas can be heard breathing heavily as he tells the operator that he's been stabbed. He described Morales' height, weight and appearance and then added, "He's a schizophrenic."

The escape set off a massive five-day manhunt in North Texas.

By The Associated Press

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Manhunt in Texas for prisoner who snapped glasses and stabbed officer

Texas authorities fanned out Wednesday in a manhunt for a prisoner who police say wriggled out of custody in a Walmart parking lot by snapping his eyeglasses and using the jagged edge to stab an officer guarding him.

The state quickly placed the prisoner, Alberto Morales, on its list of 10 most-wanted fugitives and offered a $10,000 reward. The state said he should be considered armed and dangerous.

“He’s made it pretty clear that he’s not going back to prison,” said Sgt. Robert Eberling, a police spokesman in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine, quoting authorities’ interviews with Morales’ former cellmates.

Morales, 41, was being flown from Miami to Nevada on Monday to serve a prison sentence for aggravated sexual assault. Two Miami detectives were flying with him, with a connection in Houston.

On the first leg of the trip, Morales acted erratically and banged his head against the seat in front of him, Miami police told NBCMiami.com. The three were not allowed to board their connecting flight to Las Vegas.

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The detectives decided to rent a car and drive the rest of the way, and were picking up a third officer in Dallas to help. The first two detectives and Morales stopped at a Walmart so one of the detectives could use the bathroom.

That is when Morales took off his glasses and broke the frame to make a blade, police said. The detective left guarding him, Jaime Pardinas, was stabbed once in the chest and three times in the back. Morales ran away. The detective was treated at a hospital.

Police in Grapevine were also looking for an SUV that Morales may have stolen from a motel overnight Monday. There was a gun in the SUV, a white 2008 Ford Explorer with a Texas license plate, police said.

Before Morales broke free, his hands were shackled to a band around his waist.

“He was handcuffed. We don’t know how he got the handcuffs free,” Miami-Dade County Police Director J.D. Patterson told NBCMiami.com.

Eberling said Grapevine police do not know whether Morales is still shackled.

Grapevine police said Morales would face four additional criminal charges because of the escape attempt, including attempted capital murder.

Police across north Texas were looking for Morales, with Miami police and U.S. marshals helping.

“We don’t think he could have gotten too far,” Grapevine police spokesman Lt. Barry Bowling told NBCDFW.com. “We’re concerned about where he might be since he’s at large, and we do think he’s still very dangerous.”

This story was originally published on Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:55 AM EST

SEATTLE -- The Seattle School District is investigating how a fugitive from the law ended up on a school field trip Wednesday afternoon.

A fellow parent recognized the man, Donald Vasser, from the TV show "Washington's Most Wanted," and police were called in.

Vasser fled, but turned himself in after patrol officers, SWAT and a K-9 unit spent hours searching for him. A Department of Corrections employee reached Vasser on the phone and convinced him to give up.

The drama started when 20 Lowell Elementary students and a few adults went to Cal Anderson Park for an ice-skating field trip. Vasser was one of the chaperones.

"He wanted to go to this field trip with his daughter because she was really wanting him to go," said Mary Vasser-Johnson, Vasser's mother. "He said he was going to take a chance because he didn't want to disappoint her."

While walking back to the school, one parent recognized that Vasser was wanted by police. Officers were called in, prompting a lockdown at Lowell Elementary.

According to the Washington Department of Corrections, Vasser was in prison from 2006 to February of 2011 on a drug conviction. Vasser violated probation by having wine in his fridge, and a warrant for his arrest was issued on November 28.

In a statement, the Seattle School District says it is currently investigating how the parent was allowed to participate in the field trip saying, "Each Seattle school is expected to conduct a WATCH (Washington Access to Criminal History) check on all parent volunteers. It appears that there was a miscommunication in the building today. The parent was not cleared to chaperone."

"If it's true, I'd probably be quite bothered," said Amy Tu, a parent with two kids who were in the school during the lockdown.

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