FUGITIVE RAPIST CAUGHT IN NEW JERSEY

Raymond Alves, a rapist allowed to leave prison without prosecutors knowledge was captured and arrested Tuesday night at 7:40 p.m. at the Annandale train station by police and the FBI.  He had just got off a train from Newark.  The arrest follows a nationwide search for Alves who claimed to have raped and killed more than a dozen women.  He was charged by federal authorities with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and by the Bergen County authorities with failure to register as a convicted sex offender under Megan's Law.  Alves became a federal fugitive after prosecutors discovered he was released, he had only served less than half of a 47 year sentence.