Press Release 19-0301

MARCH 1, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE #19-0301

CONTACT SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251

Western Kansas fugitive captured in Denison

Friday evening, Jackson County Deputies apprehended a fugitive that was wanted in multiple counties. Registered sex offender, Eric Paul Shoemaker, 43, of Great Bend, Kansas was arrested at a Denison residence after the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received information that Shoemaker was in the Denison area. Deputies approached a residence where Shoemaker was seen. Shoemaker refused initially to come to the door. Deputies who communicated with Shoemaker at length were able to convince him to surrender peacefully. Shoemaker who had outstanding warrants in Barton, Pawnee, and Ford counties for failing to register as a sex offender, probation violations, and failing to appear on a domestic battery charge. Shoemaker is being held currently in the Jackson County Jail without bond.