Fugitive on Bergen County's Most Wanted list arrested in Jamaica

An investigation that lasted more than 16 years resulted in the arrest of a man listed on Bergen County's Most Wanted List while he was in Jamaica, authorities announced on Wednesday.

In December 2001, Davey Scott allegedly sold more than 25 pounds of marijuana to an undercover detective in Franklin Lakes, then struck a Bergen County Prosecutor's Office detective with his vehicle when he fled the scene, according to the prosecutor's office.

Scott, 48, was arrested but then fled the country after posting bail, the prosecutor's office stated. In 2007 he was added to the Bergen County Sheriff's Most Wanted List.

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In the years after, Bergen officials worked with the United States Marshal’s Service to investigate Scott's whereabouts, and he was eventually found in Kingston, Jamaica, the prosecutor's office stated. In Jamaica he was working as a DJ under the name “DJ Tallman.”

He formerly lived in East Orange.

Scott was arrested Tuesday and will be extricated to the United States.

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