A “very good” college student has been arrested after allegedly creating a new identity and going on the run for 13 years, wanted for offenses relating to child pornography. Authorities say Justin Phillips, an engineering science student at the State University of New York, is an alias for wanted sex offender Anthony Michael Lennon. In July, Lennon was added to Oklahoma’s “Ten Most Wanted List.” He is accused of faking his own gory abduction from a hotel in the state in 2012. The 44-year-old was charged 13 years ago with possession of child pornography, NBC Bay Area reports. He had previously pleaded guilty to child pornography charges after a friend found 50 gigabytes of illegal material on his computer. “It’s an unbelievable situation,” Rashid Aidun, an associate professor in the school of engineering technology, said. “Everyone is in shock.” He added that he had been a “very good” student and had ambitions of attending MIT after completing his four-semester transfer program. Johnny L. Kuhlman, U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Oklahoma, said tips had led investigators from Nevada to Tennessee, and eventually to Canton, NY, near the Canadian border. “This was one more of those leads that obviously turned out successful for us,” he said. Lennon is due to appear in court on November 19.
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