An Oregon fugitive that escaped from prison 30 years ago was arrested at his apartment on Tuesday afternoon in Macon, Ga. According to authorities, he had been living under the identity of a dead child.

Steven Craig Johnson, 70, fled from a prison work detail at the Mill Creek Correctional Facility in Salem, Ore., in 1994. He was serving a state prison sentence for three counts of sex abuse and one count of attempted sodomy.

Johnson was listed on the Oregon Department of Corrections “Most Wanted” list. He was described as a pedophile who “presents a high probability of victimizing pre-teen boys.”

At the time of his arrest, Johnson was using the alias William Cox. According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Johnson stole the identity of a child who died in Texas in 1962 after obtaining the child’s birth certificate and Social Security number in 1995.

Johnson secured a Georgia driver’s license in 1998, and had been living in Macon since 2011. The Oregon Corrections Department requested the U.S. Marshals to take on the search for Johnson in 2015. After pursuing multiple leads, new technology used by the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service helped uncover new leads this year.

The facility Johnson escaped from was a minimum-security prison with no fence around it. Mill Creek prison closed in June 2021 under an order from former Gov. Kate Brown.

Johnson was booked into Bibb County Jail after arrest. He currently awaits extradition to Oregon.

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On February 19 of next year, Oregon Ducks Football redshirt defensive back Daylen Austin will face a 12-man trial.

Austin is currently accused of Failure to Perform Duties of Driver, a Class B Felony. According to the Oregon Judicial Department online database, both the prosecuting team and Austin’s lawyers could not come to an agreement for a settlement yesterday, which leads this case to trial.

Austin’s trail will occur at 9:30 a.m. PST that morning.

In that hit-and-run incident, 46-year-old Frank William Seaman of Eugene was killed, which is why Austin’s charge is a class B felony.

According to the Eugene Police Department, the fatal incident occurred at West 4th and Polk on Monday, April 15 around 9:10 p.m. PDT.

“This is a complex investigation and EPD is still gathering information to be submitted to the Lane County District Attorney’s Office for a final charging decision,” the Eugene Police Department Facebook post said regarding this initial incident.

“I know Daylen’s character and I think there are a lot of details that will continue to play out. Beyond that, I’m not going to speak on it any more than that,” said Oregon Football head coach Dan Lanning in April about the incident.

There is currently no word on how these legal troubles will affect Austin’s status on the team.

Austin played three games and 33 snaps with the Ducks last season while utilizing a redshirt. He was a four-star high school recruit from Long Beach, California.

A vehicle-turned-vegetation fire estimated to be 10 to 15 acres on McKenzie View Drive near Hill Road north of Springfield was reported Thursday night.

The wildfire reporting app Watch Duty reported that the fire, which started at a vehicle, “jumped the road.” The fire was traveling north uphill.

Oregon State Police had blocked off McKenzie View Drive eastbound in Mohawk Valley, directing drivers to turn around.

The Oregon Department of Forestry said the fire started around milepost 5 of McKenzie View Drive where a car was fully engulfed in flames. Officers began going door-to-door to evacuate nearby homes at approximately 7:30 p.m.

This story will be updated.