Background Check Catches Accused Child Molester

An accused child molester who fled from Merced in 2005 has been captured in Louisiana, Merced Police said Wednesday.

Merced Police were notified this week of the arrest Charles Robert Wilson, 31, by Bossier Sheriff's Office investigators, according the Cmdr. Tom Martin of the Merced Police Department.

Martin said in an e-mail that Wilson had applied for a job in a juvenile facility and a background check on his record revealed a $2 million warrant for his arrest from Merced.