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Six Decades Later, FBI's Ten Most Wanted List Still Tough to Crack

WASHINGTON -- In the film "Take the Money and Run," Woody Allen played a bumbling, publicity-starved petty criminal named Virgil Starkwell. "You know he never made the Ten Most Wanted list," Starkwell's wife, Louise, lamented in the 1969 comedy. "It's very unfair voting. It's who you know." As Allen's fictitious character...

Reward Unlikely for Ranger Who Helped Nab Fugitives

(Sept. 2) -- An Arizona forest ranger whose helpful tip led to the capture of a dangerous prison escapee and his accomplice may be prevented from receiving a hefty reward for his efforts. Officials from the U.S. Marshals Service and the privately run prison offered a $40,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of...

Ariz. Fugitive and Fiancee Arrested at Campsite

PHOENIX (Aug. 20) -- An unattended campfire and a suspicious forest ranger led to the arrest of two of the most wanted fugitives in the U.S., ending a three-week nationwide manhunt that drew hundreds of false sightings, authorities said. John McCluskey fled July 30 with two other inmates from a private prison in northwest...

UPDATE: John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch Suspected in Arkansas Robbery

(Aug. 11) -- UPDATE: John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch may now be in northwest Arkansas, where they are suspects in the robbery of a beauty salon this morning, the U.S. Marshals Service announced. A couple matching the description of the fugitives robbed the Kut and Curl salon in Gentry, Ark., about 1,600 miles from Saint...

Fugitive First-Cousin Fiances John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch: Where Could They Wed?

(Aug. 10) -- John McCluskey, the last of the three Arizona convicts and murder suspects still on the run, is reportedly traveling with along with his accomplice, fiancee -- and first cousin -- Casslyn Mae Welch through Montana's Glacier National Park. Authorities think that the self-styled, modern-day "Bonnie and Clyde"...

Background on fugitives

A fugitive (or runaway) is a person who is fleeing from custody, whether it be from private slavery, a government arrest, government or non-government questioning, vigilante violence, or outraged private individuals.

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