5 sex offenders added to most wanted list
1 arrested in Ga.; 2d already in jail
Just hours after adding five names to its Most Wanted Sex Offenders list, State Police announced yesterday that one had been captured in Georgia and was already in custody.
Marcus Nelson, 47, was arrested in Powder Springs, Ga., based on information from Massachusetts State Police. He is being held in Cobb County while Essex District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett seeks his return 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 already in custody on another charge. King, 35, was convicted of rape in 1999 and sentenced to six years in prison.
The three other additions to the list 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, 41, who is 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., wanted by Waltham police for home invasion, failure to register as a sex offender, and larceny under $250, and by Boston police for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Velez, 27, was convicted of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in 2006.
The State Police are asking anyone with information on the wanted sex offenders to call 800-527-8873 or 508-820-2121.
