NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
August 9, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

OKLAHOMA FUGITIVE NABBED IN OKALOOSA COUNTY

An Oklahoma man wanted on charges of second degree manslaughter was picked up around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday by investigators with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office “Fugitive Warrants Unit”.

     35-year old Christopher Lin Arnett of Tulsa was taken into custody without incident at his mother’s residence at 3842 Poverty Creek Road in Crestview.

    Arnett is charged with being a fugitive from justice and is expected to waive extradition back to Oklahoma .

     Tulsa investigators say Arnett is wanted on a manslaughter charge in connection with the recent drowning death of his eight-month old child. They say Arnett left the baby and another child unattended in a bathtub.  

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