Crime & Safety
Douglas Co. Deputies Help Round Up Out-of-State Fugitives
Four were arrested Jan. 26 in Douglas County.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said four out-of-state fugitives were apprehended in four separate arrests last week.
The agency said in a news release that U.S. Task Force officers and sheriff’s office investigators made the arrests on Jan. 26 in Douglas County.
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“Two of them were violent offenders, including a sex offender,” DCSO said in the news release. “One was taken to the hospital for evaluation after claiming to have overdosed on pills. He was cleared and transported.”
The suspects were wanted out of Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi.
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No other information was immediately released.
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