CONWAY — After two Taser deployments and a wrestling match, Conway police took into custody Wednesday night a 19-year-old alleged Vermont fugitive accused of shooting a man in the back at a St. Johnsbury birthday party in 2019.
Arther Butler, 19, of Topsham, Vt., was charged with "arrest without a warrant (fugitive)," which Conway Police Chief Chris Mattei says is an "administrative charge" used in such cases.
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