http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged escapee en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 18:57:51 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/escapee-found-on-television-as-an-anchor/ A con man has finally been arrested in Romania after a decade on the run - after getting a job as a TV show anchorman. Viorel Plescan, 35, went on the run in 2001 and managed to escape capture by getting married abroad, and then adopting his wife's name to become Viorel Andrei. He was arrested when Romanian police investigating a minor traffic offence linked Viorel Andrei to the on-the-run Viorel Plescan - and discovered to their amazement he was the anchorman on a ... ]]> Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:33:08 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/escapee-found-on-television-as-an-anchor/