Jesse Bussey, a fugitive who managed to evade U.S. authorities for nearly 30 years after being accused of sexual assault, has finally been returned to the United States from Spain to serve his prison sentence. The 69-year-old was extradited on June 8 and is now being held at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, which is the military’s only maximum-security prison for male service members convicted by court-martial.
According to Task & Purpose, Nick Ricigliano, an Army veteran and U.S. Marshal, has been tracking Bussey since 2019. Ricigliano, who now serves as the acting United States Marshal for the District of New Jersey, met Bussey when he was flown into Newark. “I was a bit taken aback by how much he had aged and how unhealthy he appeared.” He added, “I suppose 30 years of waiting for that knock on the door had taken a physical as well as mental toll.”
