Cass County prosecutors filed a charge this week against a fugitive sex offender arrested in Fargo after his profile aired on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
William Carl Davis, 33, lived in the Fargo-Moorhead area and worked as a handyman for more than a year before his capture Oct. 6 by FBI agents.
Court records say Davis failed to register with the Fargo Police Department as a sex offender while living in the area from Aug. 1, 2004, to Oct. 7.
Davis used his brother's identification to obtain a North Dakota driver's license while living here, a police report shows.
State law requires Davis to register as a sex offender because he was convicted in Indiana on child molestation charges in 1992.
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An arrest warrant was issued Thursday, one day after prosecutors filed the charge.
Davis is jailed in Indiana pending a trial on 10 felony child molestation charges. Authorities there issued an arrest warrant after he failed to show for a court hearing.
An Oct. 4 broadcast of Winfrey's show profiled several fugitive sex offenders, including Davis. He was living in a Fargo apartment at 1517 4th Ave. N.
Karie Miller of Fargo and Jeanne Rosenthal of Moorhead later received $50,000 cashier's checks on Winfrey's show for tipping off the FBI.
