Buckeye, AZ- The U.S. Marshals arrest a suspected sexual predator.
Robert Franz is wanted out of Pampa, Texas for aggravated sexual assault with a minor.
The Arizona WANTED violent offender task force in Yuma was contacted by the Pampa Police Department Tuesday afternoon about the 63-year old being in the area.
Authorities say it was later discovered Franz had fled Yuma and was in the Phoenix area at a truck stop in Buckeye.
They say after brief surveillance Franz was located near 339th Avenue and Van Buren Road, where he was arrested exiting a truck stop.
Franz is wanted for an incident that occurred in October of 2011, in which investigators discovered he sexually assaulted a child under the age of five.
In December, a warrant was issued for his arrest by the Gray County Sheriff's Office in Pampa, TX. They say shortly after the warrant was issued, Franz fled the state of Texas.
