Child sex fugitive captured in Texas

HARRISON COUNTY — After nearly half a decade of evading law enforcement, a fugitive wanted on multiple felony charges involving a child is now behind bars. According to reports from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested Eusebio Martinez Padron after he allegedly spent roughly five years avoiding arrest for sex crimes against children.

Authorities say the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) alerted local deputies that Padron was believed to be hiding in Harrison County. Acting on that information, deputies searched the area around Lee Circle, where they located and arrested him. Padron was taken into custody without incident and booked on three felony warrants out of North Carolina, including alleged incest with a child under 13, first-degree statutory rape, and indecent liberties with a child.

The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office credited the successful arrest to strong coordination between local deputies and out-of-state investigators.