Fugitive caught at airport trying to flee

Germantown man arrested at airport while trying to flee country

Gaithersburg, MD – A Germantown man wanted for alleged sexual abuse of a child was stopped just steps from leaving the United States when federal officers arrested him at Washington Dulles International Airport as he attempted to board an international flight.

Nelvis Gonzalez Prudencio, 43, was taken into custody February 1 after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers flagged him at Dulles while he was preparing to fly to El Salvador. Authorities said an active arrest warrant connected to a Montgomery County child sexual abuse investigation triggered the detention…

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