A convicted child predator in Lubbock was arrested in Europe after he fled the country last year before he was to serve a four-year prison sentence for soliciting sex from someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl.

A red notice for 45-year-old John Ellis Gess was issued by Interpol after the U.S. Attorney's Office filed a criminal complaint against him in April, charging him with unlawful flight to avoid confinement after conviction.

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