But Tuesday, the U.S. Marshals Service arrested him, alleging in a news release<\/a> that he was a fugitive who had lived for more than a decade under an alias after being charged for his alleged role in the 2012 kidnapping of a woman who had reportedly been his girlfriend. <\/p>\n Much of his identity appears to have been fabricated \u2014 including his name. His real name was Brian Anthony Williams, according to the U.S. Marshals Service, and he was wanted on several outstanding warrants in Iowa. <\/p>\n Brian Anthony Williams was arrested by U.S. Marshals on Tuesday.<\/p>\n (U.S. Marshals Service)<\/p>\n Authorities said the woman was shot in the leg and then abandoned in a field in Davenport, Iowa, in October 2012. Williams had allegedly conspired with three other individuals to fake his own abduction alongside hers, according to local reports of the incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n Williams was charged later that year with kidnapping, assault, conspiracy to commit a felony and first-degree arson. The next year Williams was charged in the Southern District of Iowa for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in the kidnapping case. <\/p>\n Williams, now 50, was arrested at the Mission Beach restaurant this week and was taken into custody \u201cwithout incident,\u201d according to the U.S. Marshals Service.<\/p>\n \u201cThis arrest is a perfect example of those who think they have bested law enforcement and evaded arrest,\u201d U.S. Marshal Ted Kamatchus of the Southern District of Iowa said in the news release.<\/p>\n Williams\u2019 appearances in local publications and television segments may have led to his discovery and arrest, with the U.S. Marshals Service learning of his whereabouts and assumed identity last month.<\/p>\n Eddie Jurado, the general manager at Miss B\u2019s Coconut Club, told NBC San Diego that he and other staff members had been stunned to learn of Williams\u2019 true identity. <\/p>\n \u201cThis is crazy, we\u2019ve been through it. I\u2019ve been here 10\u00bd years, he\u2019s been here 10\u00bd years. He\u2019s been running that kitchen for about eight or nine, once our first chef left and he took it over. We\u2019ve been through COVID. I was his roommate for a while and he\u2019s not even Troy,\u201d Jurado told the news outlet. <\/a><\/p>\n![\"Brian](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791638049_945_.jpeg\")
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