Alleged probation violator captured

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By The Associated Press

MISSOULA - A fugitive who was sought by the U.S. Marshal Service Violent Offender Task Force was arrested Thursday in Missoula.

Leonard Ortega was arrested at about 1:45 a.m. Thursday by a Missoula County sheriff's deputy on a warrant from Teton County. He's charged with felony probation violation.

The 50-year-old Ortega was under supervision by the state Probation and Parole Division after an October 2006 conviction for assault with a weapon in Teton County. The warrant was signed August 7, 2008, alleging Ortega violated conditions of his probation by absconding from supervision.

Ortega is also wanted in Cascade County where he faces a felony charge for failing to register when he changed his address. Ortega is required to register because he is a convicted violent offender and sex offender.

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