Alabama fugitive who believed he was Scottish Robin Hood’s descendant and could not be caught nabbed after 17 years

[QRZ lists his callsign as expired – ex-N4CBK – GW]

An Alabama man who has been on the run for 17 years was nabbed by U.S. Marshals Friday in southwest Florida.

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested John Joseph “Jay” Kloss III, now 67, in North Port, Florida in Sarasota County.

Kloss has been sought by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office since 2008 when he was indicted on two counts of first-degree sodomy of a child under the age of 12 and one count of second-degree sodomy of a child.

Authorities have previously said that Kloss believed he was a descendant of Rob Roy MacGregor, a famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century who is sometimes known as the Scottish Robin Hood.

Prior to fleeing after the 2008 indictments by a Jefferson County grand jury, Kloss vowed he would never be found by law enforcement, Northern District of Alabama U.S. Marshal Marty Keely previously said.

Kloss had extensive experience with computers and electronics and has worked as an IT engineer and a game developer.

He also was briefly employed as a residential alarm installer in 2000 and worked for an airport refueling planes after high school.

At the time of his disappearance, Kloss had experience as a HAM Radio operator and in broadcasting HAM Radio over the internet using online repeaters, authorities said.

Read more – AL.com: http://bit.ly/4mi6pEr