LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. (WBAY) – A man reported missing from Little Chute in October was taken into custody in Florida.
The Lee County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office website shows Noah Czarneski, now 20, was booked into their jail Sunday morning.
He could face charges there of being an out-of-state fugitive from justice and providing false identification to a law enforcement officer.
Czarneski’s last contact with his family in Little Chute was on Oct. 5. The vehicle he was driving was found three days later near Dundas in Calumet County, but he wasn’t in it.
Czarneski was facing criminal charges in Wisconsin when he disappeared.
Online court records show he was charged in Brown County with Sexual Intercourse with Child Age 16 or Older; and in Calumet County with Sexual Intercourse with Child Age 15 or Older, 3rd Degree Sexual Assault, and 2nd Degree Sexual Assault with Use of Force.
An arrest warrant and felony bail jumping charges against Czarneski were filed in October.
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