Highland Inn fugitive caught out West

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Daniel Mark Gagliardo Jr., formerly a manager at the Highland Inn hotel in Atlanta’s Poncey-Highland area and a fugitive from federal and Texas law enforcement authorities, is now in custody after being captured by FBI agents in San Francisco. Gagliardo, 35, had been sought by federal and Texas authorities after he jumped bail before an April 1995 sentencing on 10 felony counts of sexual assault. He was captured recently on the afternoon of June 2 inside an unidentified hotel, according to Andrea Horton, a spokeswoman for the Texas attorney general’s office. Horton could not say whether Christopher Kimble, who was alleged to have been traveling with Gagliardo but who has not been charged with any crimes, was captured as well.

Gagliardo, also known as Russ Biles, was last seen in Atlanta on April 22, when he left the Inn soon after he saw himself profiled on the television program “America’s Most Wanted.” Horton had no details on when Gagliardo might be extradited to Texas to begin serving his 60 year prison sentence, which was handed down in his absence, but said the captured fugitive could face an additional 10 year sentence if he is successfully prosecuted for the additional felony crime of failing to appear. - K. Matthew Dames

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