A Massachusetts man needed by police on youngster pornography expenses was discovered at a secluded campsite in Woodstock, Connecticut after hiding there for months, the US Marshals Service stated on Monday.
Steven Labrecque, 40, was needed on a slew of expenses, together with youngster pornography, photographing intimate components of a kid, intimidation of a witness, reckless endangerment of a kid, threatening, obscene matter to a minor, assault, and battery, the Marshals Service stated.
Police in Franklin and New Bedford, Mass. requested the help of the Marshals after they have been unable to trace down Labrecque on their very own, based on an announcement.
Labrecque was moved into the custody of the Connecticut State Police on a fugitive cost and is awaiting extradition to Massachusetts to face the mountain of different expenses towards him, based on the assertion.
Lawrence Bobnick, appearing US Marshal for the District of Connecticut, advised the Boston Globe that Labrecque’s long-awaited, “excessive threat” arrest wouldn’t have been doable with out the collaboration between all departments concerned, spanning from native to federal.
“Regardless of his extraordinary efforts to elude seize, the apprehension of Mr. Labrecque demonstrates the tenacity of the USMS Violent Fugitive Activity Pressure and the unbelievable worth our regulation enforcement partnerships have in fulfilling our mutual mission of bettering the security of the communities we serve,” Bobnick stated.