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Convicted Colorado Child Sex Offender Flees Trial On Harley, Spotted In Wyoming

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Source: Cowboy State Daily

A convicted child sex offender who disappeared during his Colorado trial, ditched his ankle monitor and fled on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was later spotted in Wyoming, and the FBI is now offering $20,000 to anyone who can help catch him.Jose Del Carmen Garcia Martinez, 62, has been on the run since March, when he showed up for the first day of his jury trial in Arapahoe County, Colorado, then vanished before the jury could decide his fate.The trial went on without him.Jurors found him guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl with disabilities, leaving authorities with a conviction but also an empty defendant's chair.Nearly eight months later, federal agents are still looking for him.The FBI's Denver office announced the reward Tuesday, saying Garcia Martinez was spotted in Wyoming and Utah after fleeing Colorado.

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