TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – A Parke County man that was wanted for failure to register as a sex offender was found and arrested Thursday afternoon near Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute.

Police say that 36-year-old Roger Bell of Rockville, initially ran from officers but was quickly apprehended.

The Parke County Sheriff’s Department had been searching for Bell who they said my have been ‘hotel hopping’ in Terre Haute.