The Florida man was arrested by Wall Township police officers after fleeing out the window of his hotel room.
WALL TOWNSHIP - A Florida man wanted by authorities for failing to register as a sexual predator was arrested by township police Thursday after trying to avoid apprehension by fleeing out the window of his hotel room.
Dontae Antwan Peterson, 29, of Tampa, was staying in a room at the Budget Inn & Suites on Highway 35 when Wall Township police officers arrived at his door shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Dontae Antwan Peterson, 29, of Tampa, was arrested by Wall Township police on Thursday on a warrant out of Florida for failing to register as a sex offender. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement) He was wanted on an extradition warrant out of Tampa for failure to follow registration procedures, police said in a release.
Peterson was convicted in 2008 of engaging in sexual activity with a juvenile between the ages of 12 and 15, according to Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
When the officers announced themselves at his door, Peterson fled out of a second-floor window, police said.
Additional police officers and a K9 responded to the area near Old Mill Road and Route 35, which was the direction Peterson was last seen running.
Patrolman Vincent Reinecke saw Peterson run behind a building off Old Mill Road and took him into custody, police said.
Reinecke suffered a minor undisclosed injury while making the arrest, but was treated and released, police said.
Peterson was arrested on the fugitive warrant and also charged with being a fugitive from justice, obstruction of the administration of law and resisting arrest.
He was taken to Monmouth County jail in Freehold pending a court hearing.
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