Ohio Fugitive on the Run for 18 Years Captured in Florida

Cleveland, OH – Yesterday, late in the afternoon members of the U.S. Marshals fugitive team in Miami, Florida arrested Craig Scanlon, 68.  Scanlon has been on the run for the past 18 years.

In 2001 Craig Scanlon was convicted in federal court of mail fraud, interstate transporting of stolen property and money laundering after embezzling money and defrauding clients out of nearly $700,000.  After Scanlon served 46 months incarceration at the Bureau of Prisons he was ordered to serve three years of federal supervised release.  While on supervised release, in 2007 Scanlon went on the run and has not been seen since.  

Over the years investigators followed up on leads for Scanlon’s whereabouts throughout Ohio, Florida and Texas.  Within the last few weeks, investigators with the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) believed they had found Scanlon living and working in Miami Beach, Florida.  As investigators closed in, they gathered that Scanlon was working as a personal trainer and hotel manager in the 6500 block of Collins Ave.  Scanlon was also living in the hotel that he was managing.  As officers approached Scanlon, he first provided a fake name of August Brooke but ultimately admitted he was in fact Craig Scanlon.

Scanlon is currently in custody in southern Florida and will eventually appear in federal court in northern Ohio for the case against him.  

U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott stated, “Incredible work by investigators here in Ohio as well as in Florida led to the ultimate capture of a fugitive who thought he could disappear under a fake name and life in the Miami sun.  The Marshals Service will not stop looking for fugitives, no matter how long and how far they run.”

Anyone with information concerning a wanted fugitive can contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED (1-866-492-6833), or you can submit a web tip. Reward money is available, and tipsters may remain anonymous.  Follow the U.S. Marshals on Twitter @USMSCleveland.