A New Tazewell man who was added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top Ten Most Wanted list on Jan. 4 was captured Jan. 28 in Laurel County, Kentucky.
According to a news release from the TBI, Rick James Brock was captured Thursday evening. A tip earlier in the day led officers to Brock’s brother’s residence in London, Kentucky.
Laurel County Sheriff John Root reported in a news release Thursday evening that the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Unit, led by Maj. Rodney Van Zant, arrested a male subject in London who was on Tennessee’s top 10 most wanted list. The arrest occurred at approximately 7:40 p.m. at a residence on East 5th Street in London.
Brock, 51, was wanted by the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office and the TBI for four counts of rape of a child and four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm.
Information was developed on the fugitive’s whereabouts and Laurel County Sheriff’s Special Response Unit found the wanted fugitive hiding in Mark Rasnick’s residence behind a small refrigerator and panels. Rasnick allegedly told deputies repeatedly that his brother was not at his residence, according to the release.
“We’ve been looking for Brock for some time,” said Claiborne County Sheriff David Ray. “We had information that he had been in Kentucky and Virginia, then that he was in the London area.”
Ray said that several CCSO officers went to Laurel County on Thursday and barely missed Brock. The Laurel County officers eventually located him.
According to the Laurel County release, Tennessee authorities had listed Brock as having a violent criminal history and as armed and dangerous.
When arrested and while being processed at the Laurel County Sheriff’s office, Root stated that Brock allegedly assaulted an officer and then attempted to escape and had to be physically subdued to end the altercation. In addition to the charges already against him, Brock was also charged with resisting arrest; third degree assault with a police officer as victim; and third degree escape.
Rasnick, 45, Brock’s brother who was allegedly hiding him out in his residence, was charged with hindering prosecution or apprehension in the second degree and resisting arrest.
Both subjects were lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center.
According to Claiborne Sheriff Ray, CCSO officers were in Laurel County on Friday to determine extradition proceedings for Brock.
Laurel County Sheriff’s Special Response Unit team members included Det. Jason Back, Det. Kevin Berry, Det. James Sizemore and Deputy John Inman, according to Laurel County Sheriff Root. Also involved in Brock’s capture were U.S. Marshals and the Kentucky State Police.
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