Oregon police arrest most wanted Mass. fugitive
09:26 AM PDT on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. -- A man featured on "America's Most Wanted" for allegedly breaking into the home of a former Massachusetts school teacher and attacking her has been arrested after he was spotted at an Oregon grocery store.
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Michael Bresnahan
Michael Bresnahan, 36, was arrested Monday night after he tried to outrun police along a railroad track in Cottage Grove, according to Oregon State Police.
Bresnahan is accused of breaking into the home of a 61-year-old woman in Winchendon, Mass., and sexually assaulting her last August.
Viewers of the popular television show spotted Bresnahan allegedly stealing beer at a grocery store.
Security camera footage confirmed it was the man U.S. marshals and the Massachusetts State Police had been tracking for nearly a year.
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