After 5 Years On the Run, ‘Child Predator’ Captured in Mexico

Members of the Mexican Army stand guard at the site where four police officers and eight alleged members of the organized crime were killed, and six others were wounded, in a confrontation in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico, on June 23, 2022. Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images

“International fugitive” and “child predator” Brad A. Hatter, as designated by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), has been captured in Mexico after five years of evading law enforcement. The agency says he has been brought back to the United States to face justice. 

In December 2005, Hatter, 58, was arrested in Gwinett County Georgia for attempting to meet a 9-year-old girl for sexual activity, according to law enforcement. He organized the encounter online and then went to the location where he was supposed to meet the girl. Instead, he met officers from the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office where he was taken into custody.