Craig Scanlon, 68, is finally behind bars.
Members of the U.S. Marshals fugitive team in Miami, Florida, arrested Scanlon late Monday afternoon to end an 18-year odyssey.
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“Incredible work by investigators here in Ohio as well as in Florida led to the ultimate capture of a fugitive who thought he could disappear under a fake name and life in the Miami sun,” U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott stated.
“The Marshals Service will not stop looking for fugitives, no matter how long and how far they run.”
In 2001 Craig Scanlon was convicted in federal court of mail fraud, interstate transporting of stolen property and money laundering after embezzling money and defrauding clients out of nearly $700,000.
After serving 46 months in the Bureau of Prisons, Scanlon was sentenced to three years of federal supervised release. While on supervised release in 2007, Scanlon fled and has not been seen since.
Over the years, police followed up on leads regarding Scanlon’s movements in Ohio, Florida, and Texas.
Investigators from the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) believed they had discovered Scanlon living and working in Miami Beach, Florida, recently.
As investigators closed closer, they discovered that Scanlon worked as a personal trainer and hotel manager on the 6500 block of Collins Ave. He also lived in the hotel he managed.
As officers approached Scanlon, he initially gave a false name of August Brooke before admitting he was Craig Scanlon.
Scanlon is currently in detention in southern Florida and will soon appear in federal court in northern Ohio for the charges against him.
Anyone with information about a wanted fugitive should call the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED (1-866-492-6833) or submit a web tip.
