***Breaking News*** Florida Fugitive Captured In Alexander County

A wanted fugitive from Florida was found and arrested in Alexander County on Tuesday.

The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office received information from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in Florida that 37-year-old Michael Dean Hawley, who was wanted for 15 counts related to internet child sex crimes in the state of Florida, could possibly be in Alexander County. Deputies responded to a residence on Icard Ridge Road in the Bethlehem Community where they found Hawley and took him into custody.

Hawley was served with a Fugitive Order for the charges in Florida and placed under a $1 million secured bond in the Alexander County Detention Center.

Photo: Alexander County Sheriff’s Office