BRISTOL, Conn. — A man who is suspected of crimes involving children in Georgia was arrested in Bristol on Monday.
The U.S. Marshal Connecticut Violent Fugitive Task Force, Hartford Police Department, Connecticut State Police, and Bristol Police Department took Anthony Santiago into custody in Bristol.
Santiago, of Douglasville, Georgia, was wanted by the Douglas County District Attorney office out of Georgia, since August 15 on charges of Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes and Interference with Custody. Authorities also recovered four handguns and ammunition from Santiago.
Santiago was taken to to the Connecticut State Police barracks in Hartford, and charged as a Fugitive from Justice, and is pending extradition to Georgia.
Douglasville Georgia is about 20 miles west of Atlanta, approximately the same distance that Bristol is from Hartford.
Doug Stewart is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. He can be reached at dstewart@fox61.com.
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