Texas wanted man last seen in Chandler apprehended
Oct 22, 2012, 4:54 PM | Updated: 4:54 pm
A wanted Texan man, who was seen at a Chandler truck stop was apprehended late last week by Texas Department of Public Safety officers.
58-year-old Thomas Elkins, a convicted sexually violent predator was arrested in Abilene, Texas.
According to a release, Elkins was seen at a Chandler truck stop on Oct. 17 after removing his ankle monitoring device on Oct. 5 and fleeing the Houston halfway house, where he was staying.
Elkins was originally arrested in 1991 for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old and for a 1990 Florida aggravated sexual battery case. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and paroled in March 2011.