1FORT MYERS, FL – A former police officer and assistant fire chief accused of sexually abusing young volunteer firefighters in New Jersey was captured in Lee County after weeks on the run.

Robert M. Sinnott Jr., 52, was booked into the Lee County Jail on Thursday morning after deputies tracked him to an address in Cape Coral under a criminal warrant out of New Jersey.

The fugitive was wanted in New Jersey on multiple criminal charges, including official misconduct and three counts of criminal sexual contact involving junior members of the Silverton Volunteer Fire Company in Toms River.

Authorities say Sinnott had an active warrant when deputies under Sheriff Carmine Marceno apprehended him at 950 Hancock Creek Boulevard.

The 6-foot-2, 300-pound retired New Jersey cop and firefighter

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