17-YEAR RUN FROM THE LAW ENDS IN NAVASOTA
(Bell Co. Jail)
A Central Texas fugitive, who evaded authorities for over 17 years, has been captured in Navasota.
58-year old Victor Leon, who disappeared following his 2002 conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child, is back behind bars.
U.S. marshals and Navasota police arrested Leon Tuesday at a motel in Navasota. Authorities were acting on information developed by an investigator for the Bell County District Attorney’s Office.
A Bell County jury convicted Leon of aggravated sexual assault of a child in 2002 after hearing testimony about a series of sexual assaults on the victim that occurred over a number of years.
Although he failed to return to court for sentencing, a state district judge sentenced him in absentia to 80 years in prison.
Leon is being held without bond Thursday in the Bell County Jail.