Most Wanted Child Molester Paul Clouston Captured

Killer and child molester, Clouston was working in a group home.

June 9, 2010

VA NEWS -- In Merced, California, U.S. Marshals following a tip to America's Most Wanted television program apprehend sex offender Paul Clouston. Information on the fugitive's possible location was passed from the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force - Richmond Division, to the Central Valley Joint Fugitive Task Force in Fresno, California. Clouston was found to be working as a maintenance man in a group home in Merced for the past four years.

U.S. Marshals Service investigators, along with task force officers from the Merced County Sheriff's Office and the California Department of Corrections, went to the group home and found the individual of interest seated in a chair and reading a newspaper. They approached the individual and identified him as Clouston, then placed him into custody without incident.

Clouston, a native of Pennsylvania, was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He also was wanted by the Virginia State Police for failing to register as a sex offender, and by the Virginia Division of Probation and Parole for alleged violations of his parole on a conviction for the armed sexual assault of a child.

In 1973, Paul Clouston was convicted on second degree murder charges for the homicide of a police detective in Buena Park, CA a year earlier. He was released from prison in 1982. In 1991, Clouston was indicted on 17 counts of sexually abusing children in the Williamsburg, Virginia area. He later pled guilty to seven of the 17 charges, was sent to prison again, and released on parole in 2005 and then disappeared.

Paul Clouston

In a public statement released on June 2, 2010, John F. Clark, Director of the U.S. Marshals Service said, "The capture of Paul Clouston is a testament to the effectiveness of our 15 most wanted list and the partnerships we maintain with other law enforcement agencies. It also speaks volumes to the value of someone doing the right thing and reporting a suspicious individual. Taking this predator off the streets and returning him to justice was a priority, and I hope his capture helps bring some closure to his victims."

Actually, the tip was reported to the America's Most Wanted television program, and not the U.S. Marshals Service tipline. Furthermore, Paul Clouston should have never been released on parole to begin with. (At least in my opinion.)

Paul Clouston has used alias:

• Herman Lee ANTHONY
• Michael Paul DRAGO
• Charles Eugene RANDOLPH
• William Joseph LONG
• Herman Lee ROBERTS
• Herman Lee WILLIAMS

Finally, the convicted child molester and murderer, Paul Clouston has now been arrested. However, the question that remains is how many new victims has he accumulated since his escape?

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