WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - FBI says its agents have arrested a Boston-area resident who was on the run for 23 years after allegedly raping two young boys.
John Hartin was 23 years old when he befriended two young boys-ages 6 and 9-and allegedly raped them.
One of the victims eventually told a family member about the abuse, which led to an investigation and Hartin being charged in Massachusetts with five counts of rape of a child. Rather than face the charges, Hartin fled, and was later charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
He was at large for more than two decades, and investigators followed numerous leads without success.
Hartin was taken into custody without incident at his home in Walkertown, North Carolina, on June 15, said Special Agent Brooks Broadus, a member of the FBI's Boston Division Child Exploitation Task Force.
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