An international fugitive and child sex offender from Georgia was arrested in Mexico on Saturday after nearly five years of evading law enforcement.
Brad A. Hatter was arrested in 2005 in Gwinnett County, Georgia after attempting to date a 9-year-old girl for sexual activity. He planned the meeting after initially contacting the potential victim online. The authorities arrested him at the meeting place.
Two years later, Hatter was convicted of attempting to entice a minor into sexual activity and was sentenced to nine years in prison.
But according to police, he stopped reporting to his probation officer, stopped registering as a sex offender and started hiding from authorities.
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Brad Hatter
(Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office)
The probation officers then requested assistance from the United States Marshals Service.
Investigators discovered in a five-year search for Hatter that he had fled the United States for the Philippines. Authorities eventually located him in Mexico, where he worked as a school teacher.
US marshals worked with Mexican authorities to take him into custody. He was arrested on Saturday.
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Gwinnett County Police vehicle
(Gwinnett County Police)
Hatter was flown to Georgia on Sunday and placed in detention.
“Since 2018, Mr. Hatter has been looking over his shoulder, knowing that one day the Deputy US Marshal would find him,” Thomas Brown, US Marshal for the Northern District of Georgia, said in a statement.
Investigators discovered in a five-year search for Hatter that he had fled the United States for the Philippines. Authorities eventually located him in Mexico, where he worked as a school teacher.
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“Saturday, December 3, that day came. The US marshals would not give up their hunt. Hatter is now back in his post, in US government custody,” the statement continued.
