Child Porn Suspect Found Teaching Boys In Bangkok
POSTED: Monday, February 25, 2008
UPDATED: 10:30 pm EST February 25,
2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Orlando man wanted on child porn charges was found teaching at a boy's school in Thailand, according to police.
James Betts, 51, disappeared after deputies found 184 nude images and movies of underage children on his computer in 2003.
Betts turned over the material but vanished before his trial.
A four-year search for Betts led officers to Bangkok where he was teaching children at a boy's school. He was captured and taken into custody.
"It was very difficult to find him and very time consuming," Orange County Sgt. Kevin Stenger said.
Stenger said Betts was in possession of pornography of young boys between the ages of 12 and 14 years old.
"You can run but you cannot hide," Stenger said. "We will eventually find you and get you back. We were all very happy when we found out he was on a plane on the way back to the United States."
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Marshals were involved in Bett's capture, Local 6 reported.
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