Sex offender who allegedly faked his own abduction is found enrolled in college 13 years later

Main Idea: Anthony Lennon, an Oklahoma sex offender accused of faking his own abduction in 2012, was arrested in New York after spending 13 years on the run and living under a false name.

Key Points:

• Lennon was first convicted in 2010 in an Oklahoma child pornography case, and new charges were filed against him in 2012.
• Police say he staged a bloody abduction scene, emptied his bank accounts, and disappeared to avoid arrest.
• The U.S. Marshals Service says Lennon later used an alias, got state ID documents, and enrolled at a SUNY college in New York.
• Oklahoma Attorney General Genter Drummond called him a child predator and said he will now face the consequences of his actions.