{"id":488556,"date":"2026-10-07T23:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T23:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488556\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T23:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T23:40:06","slug":"iowa-fugitive-who-identified-as-a-san-diego-chef-arrested-in-mission-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488556\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa fugitive who identified as a San Diego chef arrested in Mission Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In September of 2026, law enforcement learned that Brian Anthony Williams was living in San Diego under the name &#8220;Troy Williams&#8221; and working as a chef.<\/p>\n<p>SAN DIEGO \u2014 An Iowa fugitive who pretended to be a San Diego chef for 14 years under a different identity was arrested in Mission Beach on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Marshals Service, 50-year-old Brian Anthony Williams was charged in 2013 for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution related to a kidnapping case in Davenport, Iowa, in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbs8.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Williams was charged in October 2012 for first-degree kidnapping, assault willful injury causing serious injury, conspiracy to commit a felony and first-degree arson when he and others allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and shot a woman.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Marshals Service said that in September of 2026, law enforcement learned that Williams was living in San Diego under the name &#8220;Troy Williams&#8221; and working as a chef.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later in the investigation, the Marshals Service learned that Williams was appearing in local publications and on television under the name &#8220;Troy Williams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement found Williams inside a business on Mission Boulevard in Mission Beach and arrested him.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Marshals Service said Williams will remain in custody with the Marshals Service, pending extradition to Iowa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In September of 2026, law enforcement learned that Brian Anthony Williams was living in San Diego under the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-488556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}