Fugitive bagged in Belize convicted in Ohio

His discovery in Belize by a number of alert viewers, subsequent arrest by local police, and expulsion into the arms of U.S. law enforcement authorities was amply chronicled on this station last year. Now, fugitive sexual predator Niles Scott has been convicted. He was tried in Cleveland, Ohio and found guilty on four counts of rape and four counts of kidnapping. Scott fled to Belize before his trial and lived in Belize City, working as a taxi driver. He was caught after his picture was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show in October, leaving Belizeans Thelma Palacio and Patricia Waight splitting a hundred thousand U.S. dollar reward, generously offered by Oprah.