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state man shown on TVarrested for murderPEARLINGTON, Miss. (AP) -A West Virginia man listed on the U.S. Marshal Service’s top 15 most-wanted list and his wife were arrested Monday by FBI agents on the Mississippi uulf Coast.He was the second federal fugitive in less than two weeks to be captured on the Mississippi Coast following a television show spotlighting his crime. A man was arrested following another show in connection with the murder of two Utah women.William Hewlett, one of the U.S. Marshals Service’s IS most-wanted men. was arrested in Pearlington without incident about 11 a.m. bv FBI agents Joe Eastbum, Keith Bell and Royce Hignight, who were acting on a tip, officials said.Hewlett’s wife, 36-year-old Rebecca Jo Hewlett, was arrested with her husband in the yard of a Pearlington resident. She is wanted in Tennessee for Social Security fraud and as a material witness in a murder investigation.The Hewletts' hometown was not immediately known.The 44-year-old Hewlett is wanted in West Virginia for violating parole after an armed bank robbery conviction. He is also wanted in Tennessee as a suspect for suspicion of a murder that occurred in a national park in Knoxville, and as a si^pect in rapes in West Virginia and Florida.According to his federal wantedposter hanging in the post office, Hewlett al^ is believed to havebeen associated with a terrorist group that a federal agent said committed bombinipi and robberies in the New England area during the 19705.U.S. Magistrate John Roper ordered both Hewletts held widiout bond pending their return to Tennessee for a detention hearing.The Marshal Service learned that Hewlett had been seen in the Pearlington area after an episode of Fox Broadcasting Co.’s “America’s Most Wanted” program aired over a local television station in September,A Pearlington resident, whom officials declined to identify, watched the program, recognized Hewlett as someone he had seen around town and called in.Deputy U.S. Marshal Bill Hogg said officers turned that Hewlett had been visiting the Pearlington area since April, when “he and his wife came down the Pearl River by boat, had engine trouble and stopf^ a couple of days to get his motor fixed”The Hewletts were spotted around Corinth in northeast Mississippi two days ago and were caught Monday after the Marshals Service was tipped that they were seen driving through Pearlington, Hogg said.The couple, in blue jeans and look-alike black zipper jackets, appeared before Roper about 4 p.m. Monday and declined legal representation.32 hurt at school when ceiling falls1PubMtton lisiicd • dtnli Churc the ch threebe pul 11 e.iFrtdeiW.O meetir ley, 7:i Aleepies G Courth Exe Tempi to 10 a.Tou| Sylvia berry 1 8 p.m.9664.Nar South) Hail, 1 for mo Alar Becklecaiizs:Camresum) Beckle fun splt; a.m. to TOP Stover inform Ame 100 Ind of Johr A1lt;m ing, gi Beckle Alcb lie Lib tion cal Alcogroup I p.m., 1 5082; S
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Beckley Register Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Tue, Dec 20, 1988
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