WANTED FUGITIVE CAPTURED

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A wanted fugitive was captured late last week in southeastern Illinois.  Friday, units of the Jasper County and Richland County Sheriffs Departments made a stop on a stolen vehicle in the Willow Hill area. The armed and dangerous male driver of the vehicle fled the scene and was later captured. He was identified as 31  year old Clayton Beavers and was being held in the Richland County Jail on initial charges of Unlawful Possession of a Converted Vehicle and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a felon with additional charges pending. He was also wanted on warrants from both Richland and Jasper Counties and was being held on $500,000 bond.