SOUTH WEBER -- A 10-year search for a fugitive ended in South Weber on Wednesday.
The U.S. Marshal Services for Idaho and Utah, along with Utah's Joint Criminal Apprehension Team, arrested David Lynn Young, 53.
He was booked in Davis County Jail on nine counts of failing to register as a sex offender and on a warrant from San Bernardino, Calif. He is being held without bail.
Dan Stanford, acting chief deputy, U.S. Marshal Services for the District of Idaho, said Young was convicted of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under the age of 14 in a 1989 California case. The conviction required Young to register as a sex offender.
In 1999, Young was charged with failure to register as a sex offender.
"After being charged, Young fled and has since been living in Utah or Idaho," Stanford said.
Young could be charged either by the Davis County Attorney's Office for failing to register as a sex offender or through the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Young has not been using his real name while living and working in Utah, Stanford said,
When Young was arrested he had identification under two false names, "Richard Smith" and "David Michael Smith," Stanford said.
He was also living in a home where a juvenile female was living, Stanford said.
Stanford said authorities believe Young used multiple names and Social Security numbers as well as family support to conceal his whereabouts from law enforcement.
Stanford said his office was contacted by the U.S. Marshals in central California to locate Young because he had family living in Boise and Franklin, Idaho.
Clinton police and Davis County Sheriff's Office assisted with the arrest.
Young is "a perfect example of what the Adam Walsh Act is for," Stanford said.
The Adam Walsh Act is a federal law that increased resources for federal agents to locate noncompliant sex offenders, Stanford said.
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