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N.D. MANHUNT: Farmers flush out escaped sex offender from Tower City area cornfield

TOWER CITY, N.D. - A high-risk sex offender who escaped a prisoner transport van and sought refuge in a cornfield near here was nabbed by law enforcement about 2:30 p.m. today.

Convicted sex offender Joseph Megna talks to the reporters following his capture in October 2011 in Tower City, N.D. Megna, accused of fleeing a private transport company's van Tuesday while being moved from Florida to Washington state, was found in a cornfield after farmers and officials worked together to flush him out. Michael Vosburg / The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead / Forum Communications

By news@grandforksherald.com

October 05, 2011 at 1:44 PM

TOWER CITY, N.D. - A high-risk sex offender who escaped a prisoner transport van and sought refuge in a cornfield near here was nabbed by law enforcement about 2:30 p.m. today.