Gilmer County Sheriffs Office received credit for assisting in the arrest of a fugitive in Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Eric Jason Watkins, 50, of Murphy, N.C., was arrested on a fugitive warrant from Virginia, according to a release from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.
Watkins had outstanding indictments in Virginia for felony object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties with a child.
He was arrested without incident at his home in Murphy, N.C., by Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office deputies.