NORTHAMPTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A fugitive from Massachusetts on the run for six years has been tracked down.
Northampton police said Jude Demeis fled the country in 2020 before he could be arrested following a 2019 indictment for multiple counts of child sex abuse material.
Demeis was recently arrested in Ecuador.
He was brought back to Massachusetts on Thursday and is scheduled to be arraigned in Hampshire Superior Court on Friday.
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