Viewers help police nab 'Most Wanted' suspect

By Associated Press Published: Aug 19, 2008 at 12:11 PM PST Last Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 11:52 PM PST
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Michael Bresnahan is caught on video by a Cottage Grove grocery store security camera.

COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (AP) - A man featured on "America's Most Wanted" for allegedly breaking into the home of a former Massachusetts school teacher and attacking her has been arrested after he was spotted at an Oregon grocery store.

The Oregon State Police say 36-year-old Michael Bresnahan was arrested Monday night after he tried to outrun police along a railroad track in Cottage Grove.

Bresnahan is accused of breaking into the home of a 61-year-old woman in Winchendon, Mass., and sexually assaulting her last August.

Viewers of the popular television show spotted Bresnahan allegedly stealing beer at a grocery store.

Security camera footage confirmed it was the man U.S. marshals and the Massachusetts State Police had been tracking for nearly a year.

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