By Alyssa Johnston
Times Record News
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Wichita Falls fugitive Brian Maurice Fuller, 56, was arrested Sunday in Anderson County just south of Frankston after two years on the run.
“America’s Most Wanted” ran a story detailing Fuller’s profile and criminal history on June 22, and program producers say the tips they got were instrumental in arresting him.
Fuller lived in a home on a rural road between Franskton and Palestine near the Pine Dunes Golf Club and used the alias Michael Scott Kelly, according to Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor.
“I’m not sure how long he’d actually lived there. He’d been on the run two years, but I’m not sure how long he’d live d there,” Taylor said.
He wa s arrested at his home at 10 a.m. Sunday without incident.
Taylor said Fuller manipulated the system to acquire a driver’s licen se bearing his alias.
“If we were to have run him, he has a legitimate driver’s license by the name of Kelly. As long as he’s not committing a crime or drawing attention to himself, he could have lived there. ... Sooner or later you’re going to get caught,” Taylor said.
Fuller’s charges include aggravated robbery/serious bodily injury, aggravated robbery of an elderly person, robbery, parole violation and flight to avoid prosecution.
Fuller is being held in Anderson County awaiting transportation back to Dallas County within the next few days, Taylor said. “He got far enough away from Dallas where he committed the crimes — We don’t know him here. I’m glad he’s off the street. He was wanted forsome pretty serious crimes,” Taylor said.
Fuller is accused of committing a string of robberies that involve stealing jewelry from women who he spotted at Dallas grocery stores. The first robbery he is suspected of committing occurred in October of 2006.
In one incident at a grocery store, a 53-year-old woman was thrown to the pavement, causing her to sufferab rokennose, s everal broken teeth and bruises on her face and body. Adiamond necklace valued at $400 and a 7.45-carat diamond wedding ring valued at $90,000 were taken.
Police in Dallas suspect he had an accomplice, Timothy Eric Walkers, during the robbery, paying him $1,000 and supplying him with heroin, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Fuller was arrested at his home in Wichita Falls in February 2010, taken to Dallas County and released from custody in a Dallas jail in May 2010 after an error at the jail resulted in his bond being reduced from $500,000 to $50,000.
He then missed a court date in July 2010.
Fuller was previously convicted of a burglary of a habitation in 1981, and after serving a portion of a 30-year sentence was placed on parole until May 2011.
“America’s Most Wanted” profiled Fuller as a tennis instructor at the Wichita Falls Country Club who, after a failed attempt at making it big, began to despise rich women.
When Fuller was arrested in Wichita Falls in 2010, Wichita County Sherif f David D uke s aid he remembers it was cold and snowy outside. Duke aided in his arrest along with other Dallas agencies.
Duke said information developed that led them to believe there was jewelry buried in the backyard of his residence on Amherst Street. Gold Krugerrand coins were found buried along with a diamond ring.
However, not the same diamond ring from the grocery store robbery. Fuller at one time owned and operated Maurice’s Antiquite and Curiosities, 1628 Harrison. He also is the active owner of 14 properties in Wichita County, totaling just short of $1 million in value.
Fuller also approached Wichita City Council in May 2009 to request one of his properties be rezoned as Residential Mixed Use. Fuller planned on converting his property to a halfway house for inmates after he said the parole board asked himto set up a group home for transitional living for parolees returning to Wichita Falls.
Fuller owns 14 properties in Wichita County, totaling just short of $1 million in value.
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