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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><style>
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<p>SCRANTON &#8212; A man wanted for skipping a court hearing in Luzerne County Court on charges he failed to register his address under the state&#8217;s Megan&#8217;s Law was captured in Oregon earlier this week.</p><p>U.S. Marshal Martin Pane said in a news release that Guy Curtis Haughwout, 46, was caught when U.S. Marshals in Eugene, Oregon, visited a trailer park Tuesday night.</p><p>Haughwout&#8217;s arrest was the result when U.S. Marshals for the Middle District of Pennsylvania learned he had fled Pennsylvania and headed west.</p><p>&#8220;The Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force is committed to ensuring those who failed to register are brought to justice. We owe this to our communities,&#8221; Pane stated.</p><p>Haughwout pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault against a 5-year-old girl and a 10-year-old girl. He was sentenced to seven to 36 months in prison and was designated as a sexually violent predator, required to register his address and employment for the rest of his life with authorities.</p><p>State police at Wyoming charged Haughwout in June 2013 and January 2014 with failing to register his address.</p><p>According to court records:</p><p>Haughwout and his wife were allowed by a relative to stay at a residence in Shavertown beginning Nov. 27, 2013. Haughwout failed to update the residence as required by Megan&#8217;s Law, which listed his address as a transient homeless man in Wilkes-Barre Township.</p><p>When Haughwout registered with the state police on Dec. 18, 2013, as required as a violent sexual offender every three months, he listed his address as a transient homeless man and failed to provide the Shavertown address, court records say.</p><p>The relative asked Haughwout to leave her Shavertown residence on Dec. 30 when she learned of his status as a violent sexual predator.</p><p>State police further charged Haughwout with failing to register a 2002 Chrysler in March 2013, according to court records.</p><p>An arrest warrant was issued for Haughwout by Luzerne County Judge Tina Polachek Gartley when he failed to appear for a court hearing on June 15.</p><p>Haughwout&#8217;s address listed on the state police Megan&#8217;s Law website is Oak Street in Wilkes-Barre. He had resided on Pittston Avenue, Avoca.</p><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Ed Lewis at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TLEdLewis</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Megan’s Law offender captured in Oregon