After sailing a stolen boat about 240 nautical miles -- or about 275 land miles -- south from Tybee Island, sexual predator Stephen Alexander Bell was captured Tuesday night as he drifted just off the Atlantic shore of Brevard County, Fla. Bell, who spent almost two weeks eluding an all-out manhunt by federal, state and local authorities, faces criminal charges in Florida and Georgia. "His battery on the boat went dead, and he couldn't get the sails to work," said Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Donnie Brzuska. "We sent the name of the vessel back to the station. That's when we learned it was a stolen boat." Bell was charged with grand theft of a sailboat. During a Wednesday hearing in Florida, he opted not to fight extradition to Georgia, officials said Bell had been designated a "sexually dangerous predator," Bell was convicted of assaulting a 12-year-old girl on Tybee Island pent almost three years in prison for child molestation before he was released last May. |
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