Pennsylvania fugitive Kenneth Ortega caught in Lakeland

3:07 PM, Feb 8, 2013   |    comments
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Lakeland, Florida -- Lakeland Police arrested a 22-year-old wanted fugitive on an attempted homicide warrant out of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Thursday.

Lakeland Police say they got a tip Kenneth Ortega, who was in connection with a shooting incident on Jan. 31, was in Lakeland.

They found him with a woman and child getting off a bus on E. Memorial Boulevard and he was arrested. He's currently being held in the Polk County Jail while he awaits extradition back to Pennsylvania.

Lakeland Police Department