Las Vegas fugitive sex offender arrested after four years on the run

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A man wanted in Nevada for violating his probation was arrested in Mississippi earlier this month, according to Nevada State Police.

Michael Patrick Sullivan was arrested Oct. 7 in Biloxi, Mississippi, by the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force. Sullivan was wanted in Nevada on a probation warrant after absconding from supervision in January 2022, Nevada State Police said.

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Sullivan was previously convicted of possession of visual presentation depicting sexual conduct of a child. On Oct. 21, 2021, he was sentenced to 28 to 72 months in prison, suspended, with probation not to exceed five years, according to the release.

The suspect was booked into Clark County Department of Corrections on Oct. 23 following his arrest.

A joint fugitive investigation by the Nevada State Police Parole and Probation Division’s Warrants and Extraditions Unit and the U.S. Marshals Service Nevada Violent Offender Task Force led to Sullivan’s apprehension.