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A wanted sex offender has been arrested after he stepped outside to get a better view of the solar eclipse.
Ladarius Martez Blue, from Waterloo, Iowa , was captured as part of an "Operation Most Wanted" search by the state's Fugitive Task Force.
The 26-year-old, who had failed to register as a sex offender in Iowa, had been missing since June, The Gazette reported
He had admitted to a lascivious act with a child under 13 and was convicted in 2010.
Donald Trump mocked for looking at solar eclipse without eye protection Police set up surveillance on a location where Blue was believed to be hiding.
As the total solar eclipse swept across the US, he stepped outside to get a better view.
Officers were able to "positively identify Blue as he exited a residence in what appeared to be an attempt to observe the solar eclipse" and approached him, when he ran off on foot.
He was captured after a concerned member of the public called police to say they had spotted Blue climbing into a waste container.
Show all 12 A handout photo made available by NASA shows the Moon as it starts passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington, USA, 21 August 2017. The 21 August 2017 total solar eclipse will last a maximum of 2 minutes 43 seconds and the thin path of totality will pass through portions of 14 US states, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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The sun is projected on the ground glass (bottom) as photographer C.D. Olsen adjusts his replica of the Kew Photo Heliograph camera, which he will use to make a glass plate photograph of the total solar eclipse, outside the football stadium at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, U.S
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The sun emerges through clouds and fog cover before the solar eclipse in Depoe Bay, Oregon
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A boy uses solar viewing glasses as the sun emerges through fog cover before the solar eclipse in Depoe Bay, Oregon
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First responders and city officials man the emergency operations center in Charleston, South Carolina, on the day of the total solar eclipse
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A man looks through his solar viewing glasses after purchasing them to watch the total solar eclipse in New York City
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People are seen lining up outside the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum as a sign indicates there are no more eclipse glasses on the National Mall before an eclipse August 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Sun started to vanish behind the Moon as the partial phase of the so-called Great American Eclipse began Monday, with millions of eager sky-gazers soon to witness "totality" across the nation for the first time in nearly a century
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Solar Eclipse in Depoe Bay, Oregon, U.
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People watch the start of the solar eclipse and raise their hands in prayer in an eclipse viewing event led by Native American elders, at Big Summit Prairie ranch in Oregon's Ochoco National Forest near the city of Mitchell on August 21, 2017. The Sun started to vanish behind the Moon as the partial phase of the so-called Great American Eclipse began Monday, with millions of eager sky-gazers soon to witness "totality" across the nation for the first time in nearly a century
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People line up on a bridge as the sun emerges through fog cover before the solar eclipse in Depoe Bay, Oregon, U.S
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The Sun rises behind Jack Mountain ahead of the solar eclipse in Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington, U.S
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The sun rises over Grand Teton National Park on August 21, 2017 outside Jackson, Wyoming. Thousands of people have flocked to the Jackson and Teton National Park area for the 2017 solar eclipse which will be one of the areas that will experience a 100% eclipse
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Blue was taken to Linn County Correctional Centre and now faces additional charges.
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