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Brian Anthony Williams, a fugitive accused of kidnapping and shooting a woman in Davenport, Iowa, in 2012, was captured after living under an assumed name for nearly 14 years in San Diego. Working as a chef named Troy Williams, he appeared in local media while remaining a wanted suspect according to the US Marshals Service. The arrest occurred Tuesday when authorities tracked him down at a Mission Beach business. Authorities expect Williams will be extradited back to Iowa to face charges including first-degree kidnapping and assault causing serious injury.
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Brian Anthony Williams, 50, was arrested on Tuesday by US Marshals in Mission Beach, San Diego. He had been wanted since 2012 for his alleged involvement in a kidnapping and shooting case in Davenport, Iowa. According to the US Marshals Service, Williams and other co-conspirators kidnapped, assaulted, and shot a woman before dumping her body in a field. He was charged with first-degree kidnapping, assault causing serious injury, conspiracy to commit a felony, and first-degree arson.
Williams had been on the run since 2013 and managed to live under an assumed name as "Troy Williams," working as a chef in San Diego for nearly 14 years. Despite his fugitive status, he appeared publicly in local media coverage. Authorities identified him after receiving a tip in September 2023, leading to his capture.
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A man wanted in connection with an alleged kidnapping and shooting in Iowa spent nearly 14 years living under an assumed name in San Diego, where authorities say he worked as a chef and even appeared in local media.
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he → want → media
The double life ended Tuesday when US Marshals tracked the fugitive to a business in Mission Beach and took him into custody.
Brian Anthony Williams, 50, had been wanted since a 2012 Davenport case in which the US Marshals Service says he and other alleged coconspirators kidnapped a woman, assaulted her and shot her before dumping her in a field in northwest Davenport.
Williams was charged with first-degree kidnapping, assault causing serious injury, conspiracy to commit a felony and first-degree arson.
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Williams → end → felony
He also faced a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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He → face → prosecution
He allegedly fled Iowa in 2013.
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He → flee → 2013
By the time federal investigators got a tip in September, authorities say he was living in San Diego as “Troy Williams” and working as a chef.
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he → get → chef
And the wanted man wasn’t exactly living like a ghost.
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man → want → ghost
Investigators found local publications and television news reports featuring a man believed to be Williams under the assumed identity, according to the Marshals Service.
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Investigators → find → Service
The profile described his upbringing in New York City’s Queensbridge Housing Project and recounted his claims of overcoming police assaults, racial discrimination and poverty.
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profile → describe → assaults
Federal authorities now say the man presented to the public as Troy Williams was actually Brian Anthony Williams, who had been wanted in Iowa for years.
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who → say → years
The Marshals Service said Williams remained a fugitive for nearly 14 years, including appearing in Quad Cities news coverage as a most-wanted fugitive and on the agency’s Southern District of Iowa website.
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Williams → say → website
Marshals located him Tuesday at a business in the 3700 block of Mission Boulevard.
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Marshals → locate → Boulevard
“This arrest is a perfect example of those who think they have bested law enforcement and evaded arrest,” US Marshal Ted Kamatchus of the Southern District of Iowa said.
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Kamatchus → think → Iowa
“Deputy US Marshals remain resolute in their relentless pursuit of the most dangerous offenders in our society.”
Williams is expected to be extradited to Iowa to face the charges from the 2012 case.
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Williams → remain → case
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