West Virginia
Multiple Ohio agencies team up to capture fugitive wanted in West Virginia
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A fugitive from West Virgina was captured in Marion County on Thursday, Oct. 9, after an extensive search, according to a statement from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
On the morning of Oct. 9, Marion County Central Dispatch Center received a request for assistance from a deputy marshal with the U.S. Marshal’s Office. The marshal requested help in catching a fugitive, Mark Jason Purtee, in the 8600 block of Larue-Green Camp Road, according to the release.
Deputies arrived on the scene but were unsure if Purtee had made his way into one of the residences or was in the wooded area north of that home. It was reported that Purtee may have been armed, the release stated.
A team was formed consisting of the deputy sheriffs, officers from the Marion Police Department, a trooper from the Ohio State Highway Patrol Marion Post, deputy U.S. marshals and a helicopter from the Columbus Division of Police.
During the search, investigators were led to West Vine Street in Larue where Purtee exited the home and was taken into custody, according to the release.
Purtee, of Huntington, West Virgina, was arrested on a felony warrant out of Cabell County for one county of first-degree sexual assualt on a child under 12 years of age. Purtee was taken to the Multi-County Correctional Center to await extradition, the release stated.