A wanted fugitive facing charges of child sexual exploitation in Garfield County was captured in Virginia with the help of multiple law enforcement agencies, according to a press release from the U.S. Marshals Service’s Colorado Violent Offender Task Force (COVOTF) based in Grand Junction, 

Connor Dodgen, 31, was arrested Wednesday in Powhatan, Virginia. The arrest followed an investigation by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which helped locate Dodgen after he fled Colorado. 

An arrest warrant for Dodgen was issued on Aug. 27 by the Glenwood Springs Police Department and the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office. After determining he had likely left the area, law enforcement requested help from the U.S. Marshals Service in Grand Junction on Nov. 13.

CBI task force officers assigned to COVOTF found a possible address for Dodgen near Richmond, Virginia. They shared this information with the U.S. Marshals in the Eastern District of Virginia. Deputies in Richmond and Powhatan County used the tip to locate and arrest Dodgen.

“I’d like to thank all involved personnel from the Eastern District of Virginia for the quick and safe arrest of this fugitive,” District of Colorado U.S. Marshal Kirk Taylor said in the release. “I would also like to thank and recognize the amazing work of our COVOTF Task Force Officers in Grand Junction from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation who discovered this fugitive’s location far from Colorado.”

Dodgen’s charges remain tied to Garfield County, where he will face prosecution.