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Fugitive arrested at Huntsville motel

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Christopher Williams was caught at a Huntsville motel. Christopher Williams was caught at a Huntsville motel.
Karen Garrison Karen Garrison
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -

A fugitive wanted by Georgia authorities was taken into custody at a Huntsville Motel.

Officers responded to America's Best Inn on North Memorial Parkway around 9:15 a.m. Friday morning and found the fugitive in a room with his girlfriend.

Officers with the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive task force arrested 49-year-old Christopher Robert Williams of Killen and 47-year-old Karen Garrison.

Williams was arrested for receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, and fugitive from justice.

Garrison was arrested for receiving stolen property, possession of methamphetamine and possession of synthetic narcotic.

Williams escaped from a Georgia Department of Corrections facility on February 2nd. He was in jail for receiving stolen property.

Police say the two were traveling in a stolen vehicle. The investigation is ongoing.

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