Fugitive of three years arrested in Cheney

CHENEY – Walter Roy Sexton was apprehended at a residence near 3rd Street in Cheney on March 21, following a collaborative effort by the U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force, alongside Idaho Fish and Game, the Cheney Police Department, and the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

Sexton, a convicted felon, had purportedly been evading law enforcement for over three years, allegedly fleeing Conway, Arkansas, upon learning of an ongoing investigation into multiple allegations of sexual assault against him.

After discovering an outstanding arrest warrant for second-degree sexua...