
Arizona fugitive convicted in US sex crimes case arrested in France after years on the run
An Arizona man who fled the United States years ago while on probation for sex crime convictions was arrested earlier this month in France. Police caught up with Michael Robert Wiseman in Kilstett in northeastern France, where he is charged with sexually assaulting a child under the age 15. It wasn’t the first time Wiseman left the U.S. while a criminal case hung over his head. In 2008, prosecutors say Wiseman cut off his ankle monitoring device and fled the country. The fugitive was arrested in 2009 in Spain and later pleaded guilty in Arizona to charges of attempted sexual exploitation of a child and escape. He left the U.S. again after sentencing in a 2012 case.