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On May 28, 2008, members of the U.S. Marshals sponsored Hornet’s Nest Task
Force captured escapee Richard Allen Sloan in Kings Mountain, North Carolina
after being on the run for approximately one year. Sloan had been previously
featured on “America’s Most Wanted” after being convicted in March 2002 for
sexually abusing a 7 year old girl.
On February 8, 2007 Sloan was excused from the work release program in
Lauderdale County, Alabama to attend a mandatory court ordered meeting. An
escape bench warrant was issued in Lauderdale County, Alabama on Richard
Allen Sloan on February 9, 2007 after Sloan failed to return to the
Lauderdale County Community Corrections Work Release Center.
Deputy U.S. Marshals in the Western District of North Carolina were notified
on May 27, 2008 that Richard Sloan may be residing at an address on Isley
Street in the Kings Mountain, N.C. area. Within 24 hours of receiving the
information on Sloan, Deputy U.S. Marshals Task Force Officers and members
of the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office arrested Richard Allen Sloan
between six and seven o’clock p.m. on May 28, 2008.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov. |
