Overview
- U.S. Marshals, the Moore Police Department and the New York–New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Lennon outside a grocery store in Canton, New York, where he was living as Justin Philips.
- Officials confirmed his identity by fingerprints and said he had been enrolled at a local university while using the alias.
- He faces a federal charge for failing to register as a sex offender in addition to eight Oklahoma felony counts from 2012 for possession of child pornography.
- Authorities say he staged his disappearance in 2012 at a Moore Super 8 Motel, using his own blood to create a fake crime scene after bonding out on earlier charges.
- Lennon remains in New York custody as agencies coordinate which jurisdiction prosecutes first, search warrants are being executed on devices and residences, and he is scheduled to be arraigned next week.