Accused Child Molester, Georgia Prison Escapee Arrested by U.S. Marshals

Tallahassee, FL - The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a man wanted by the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office and Georgia authorities today in Tallahassee, Florida.

William G. Hubbard, 39, was arrested at a job site pursuant to several warrants from multiple jurisdictions. Hubbard was serving time in a Georgia County Jail in early 2006 when he decided to walk away from a work release program. Hubbard turned up in Livingston Parish and found employment at a local towing company. Livingston Parish investigators believed that in March 2007, Hubbard was responsible for molesting an 8-year-old girl and then making off with a vehicle belonging to the victim’s father. Hubbard was on the run once again. The case was referred to the Baton Rouge based Middle Louisiana Fugitive Task Force (MLFTF) and investigators quickly went to work trying to find him. MLFTF investigators obtained information that Hubbard was trying to hide out in the Tallahassee area and was working for a Labor Ready temporary service. MLFTF investigators contacted the U.S. Marshals Task Force there to end Hubbard’s run before he found his next victim. Hubbard was taken into custody this afternoon on a work site outside Tallahassee.

“Sexual offenders are dangerous, violent people. Fugitives like Hubbard move from state to state preying on children because they think we won’t find them. We made this case a priority and are excited that we were able to find this predator before he found more victims,” said US Marshal Carey Jenkins.

Hubbard was booked into a Florida jail awaiting extradition to either Livingston Parish or Georgia. Hubbard was also wanted by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office for failure to appear on separate charges.

The Middle Louisiana Fugitive Task Force, coordinated by the U.S. Marshals Service, is a multi-agency task force that targets persons wanted for violent crimes, narcotic offenses, and sexual offenders in the Capitol area and surrounding Parishes. Contributing agencies are the Baton Rouge Police Department, the East and West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Offices, the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, and the Louisiana State Probation and Parole. For more information about the US Marshals Service, visit http://www.usmarshals.gov/district/la-m/index.html.

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