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Fugitive arrested after three years on the run


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Updated: 1/30/2012 5:43 pm Published: 1/30/2012 4:22 pm
ATLANTA, GA - Arkansas' single most wanted fugitive is behind bars after more than three years on the run.

Suspected child rapist Archie Barfield didn't show up for his court case in December 2008.

Since then, he's been the U.S. Marshals main target in Little Rock.

Police in Atlanta finally got the cuffs on him last night.

"It's a huge deal for law enforcement in general, especially when you have a subject who you're looking for who has prayed upon a child who was helpless,” Kevin Sanders with the U.S. Marshals said. “It's always a big victory whenever you can bring somebody like that to justice."

Barfield is currently locked up in Georgia on a long list of charges including forgery and theft.

Eventually, he'll be extradited back to Pulaski County.

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whocares - 2/2/2012 1:21 PM
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glad to know he was apprehended even though it took 3 years

1gmama - 1/31/2012 8:55 AM
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Good they caught this piece of crap, do right and lock him up forever, maybe someone will take care of him before he gets back to Arkansas.,You know what I mean, strange things do happen in Atlanta jails.

dilligaf - 1/31/2012 7:37 AM
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Should have shot his butt three years ago. Piece of crap.

tommyes - 1/30/2012 7:39 PM
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Unfortunately raping a child is not a federal offense Butch. It should be and it is sickening we waste our tax money extraditing him back here to probably parole out to Arkansas and put our kids in danger again.

Butch54 - 1/30/2012 5:19 PM
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Leave him there. They have a fine federal lockup close to there.
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