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Fugitive Arrested in Georgia After 30 Years on the Run

Steven Craig Johnson, living under an alias, was captured by U.S. Marshals decades after escaping an Oregon prison.

  • Johnson, known as William Cox, was apprehended in Macon, Georgia, after evading capture since 1994.
  • He had been serving a 20-year sentence for sexual abuse and sodomy when he escaped from a minimum-security prison.
  • Johnson stole the identity of a deceased Texas child to create a new life, obtaining a Social Security number and driver's license.
  • Residents at his apartment complex knew him as a quiet, friendly neighbor named Bud.
  • He is now awaiting extradition to Oregon to serve the remainder of his sentence and face additional charges.
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