MASSACHUSETTS MOST WANTED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED IN MILO, ME

Today at approximately 11:30 a.m., John J. Manning, a 37 year-old level-three "high risk" sex offender was arrested in Milo, ME by the Maine State Police on two warrants for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender issued out of the Fall River District Court. The arrest came as a result of information developed by the Massachusetts State Police Fugitive Section on a "tip" called into the 800-Kapture line Saturday night after the "Most Wanted" were featured on Fox 25 News.

MANNING was located at 9 Spring Street in Milo, Maine. He was taken into custody by the Maine State Police without incident and transported to the Piscataquis County jail for booking. He will be arraigned as a Fugitive from Justice at the Piscataquis County Courthouse in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine in the morning. If Manning waives rendition, he will be returned to the Fall River District Court to face the above charges. Additional information can be obtained about Manning by visiting our website at www.mass.gov/msp, click on " Wanted Persons" and then " State Police Most Wanted Sex Offenders".

We would like to thank the public for their continued support and interest in helping us locate these dangerous individuals. Manning is the first arrest from our newly posted Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) "Most Wanted" just released three days ago on November 25, 2006. If anyone has any information about any of Massachusetts Most Wanted, please contact the State Police Fugitive Section by calling 1-800-KAPTURE (1-800-527-8873).

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