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On Saturday, April 5, 2014, members of the New Jersey State Police Fugitive Unit arrested James Wade Barclay,
ending the hunt for one of New Jerseys top 12 fugitives that spanned for more than two decades.
'Most wanted' New Jersey sex offender caught after two decades: police
A multi-state investigation and three-day stakeout ended the 23-year search for James Wade Barclay with his arrest on Saturday, the New Jersey State Police Department said.
Barclay was arrested in 1989 and pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old multiple times over a two-year period, but he never showed up for his sentencing hearing in September 1991. He had been on the run ever since.
Police recently learned that Barclay had created a new identity, going by the alias James Toryone and working as a trucker throughout the United States, police said. He was able to purchase a home, develop new friendships and attend social functions where children were present.