MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A 39-year-old man wanted in Forsyth County, North Carolina on charges of sexual battery of a 6-year-old child was arrested in Martin County on Friday, deputies said.
U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and the Martin County Sheriff’s Office found Joseph Windfelder, also known as "Jaws," this morning at John G. and Susan H. DuPuis Jr. Wildlife and Environmental Area, after he evaded authorities in North Carolina, the sheriff's office said.
According to deputies, Windfelder was also wanted for failure to appear on a life sentence related to that crime.
He will be extradited back to North Carolina to face the charges and begin serving his life sentence, deputies said.
