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Sex offender caught just hours after joining 'most wanted' list

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By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff

Just hours after adding five new names to its Most Wanted Sex Offenders list, State Police announced today that one of the five men had been captured in Georgia and another turned out to be already in custody.

Marcus Nelson,47, was arrested in Powder Springs, GA., based on information from State police. He is currently being held by Cobb County authorities while Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett seeks to bring him back to face charges of failing to register as a sex offender. Nelson was convicted of aggravated rape in 1987 and sentenced to state prison.

John M. King, who was wanted by Worcester Police for a probation violation, failure to register as a sex offender, and breaking and entering in the daytime, was determined to be already in custody on another charge. King, 35, was convicted of rape in 1999 and sentenced to six years in state prison.

The three other additions to the list maintained by State Police and the Sex Offender Registry Board were:

Carlos I. Beltran who is wanted by Haverhill police for indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 and failure to register as a sex offender. The 43-year-old is also being sought by Newton Police for violation of an abuse prevention order.

Donald Turner is 41 years old and wanted by Boston Police for failure to register as a sex offender and assault and battery. He was imprisoned in Alabama in 1992 following a rape conviction and was convicted of rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over in Massachusetts in 1997.

William Velez Jr. is wanted by Waltham Police for home invasion, failure to register as a sex offender, and larceny under $250 and by the Boston Police for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Velez is 27 years old and was convicted of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in 2006.

Anyone with information on the wanted sex offenders should call State Police at 1-800-KAPTURE (1-800-527-8873) or (508) 820-2121.