A Palm Coast man was arrested in Texas on a warrant accusing him of making written or electronic threats to kill, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Gage Sleap, 22, has been wanted since March 27, FCSO said in a news release.According to deputies, Sleap is accused of making multiple threats to the victim through Facebook Messenger, including telling the victim that he would burn her house down, kill her, and had a knife with her name on it.Sleap also tagged the victim in a post on Facebook stating he was going to put her in a grave, FCSO said.The sheriff’s office thought Sleap had recently left Florida and was residing in Missouri, but law enforcement was unable to locate him.That’s when deputies learned there was a possibility Sleap was on a bus headed toward Dallas, Texas.After coordinating with local police in North Texas, Sleap was apprehended at a bus stop on April 10.Sleap was arrested on his fugitive warrant from Flagler County for written or electronic threats to kill and was transported to the Cooke County Detention Center in Gainesville, Texas, where he is being held without bond and awaiting extradition to Flagler County.”This arrest is a perfect example of something that a lot of fugitives have learned the hard way: You can run, but you can’t hide from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in the release.The relationship between the victim and Sleap is unknown at this time.

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. —

A Palm Coast man was arrested in Texas on a warrant accusing him of making written or electronic threats to kill, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Gage Sleap, 22, has been wanted since March 27, FCSO said in a news release.

According to deputies, Sleap is accused of making multiple threats to the victim through Facebook Messenger, including telling the victim that he would burn her house down, kill her, and had a knife with her name on it.

Sleap also tagged the victim in a post on Facebook stating he was going to put her in a grave, FCSO said.

The sheriff’s office thought Sleap had recently left Florida and was residing in Missouri, but law enforcement was unable to locate him.

That’s when deputies learned there was a possibility Sleap was on a bus headed toward Dallas, Texas.

After coordinating with local police in North Texas, Sleap was apprehended at a bus stop on April 10.

Sleap was arrested on his fugitive warrant from Flagler County for written or electronic threats to kill and was transported to the Cooke County Detention Center in Gainesville, Texas, where he is being held without bond and awaiting extradition to Flagler County.

“This arrest is a perfect example of something that a lot of fugitives have learned the hard way: You can run, but you can’t hide from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in the release.

The relationship between the victim and Sleap is unknown at this time.

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