SOPCHOPPY, FL (WTXL) - The Wakulla County Sheriff's Office says Wesley Kester has been captured in Leon County.
Authorities have not said how and where exactly he has found.
Original story is below.
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Students at the Wakulla Second Chance School in Sopchoppy were transported out of the area at the end of the school day Thursday, while deputies searched for a wanted criminal.
According to the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office, authorities went to a car crash Thursday morning and witnesses told them the driver ran, taking a gun and a duffle bag that is believed to contain stolen firearms with him.
Deputies say that man is Wesley Kester, wanted for numerous charges including grand theft auto and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.
The search stretched from Sopchoppy Highway at Allen Bell Road to Pull Back Road, according to deputies. K-9 units from the Franklin and Wakulla Correctional Institutes were brought in to assist with the search.
The Wakulla Second Chance School in Sopchoppy was put lock down Thursday morning while authorities searched for Kester. At the end of the school day, students were put on buses escorted by police and taken to Wakulla High School and Medart Elementary School for parents to pick them up.
The Wakulla County Superintendent says no school buses will travel through the search area as it continues.
Anyone that sees Kester is asked to call 911; deputies said do not approach him. He was last seen wearing a white tee and gray shorts.
More law enforcement officers are being brought in to continue the search. Sheriff Charlie Creel added they do not believe Kester has left the area and that he is injured and bleeding.
Below are the suspects current charges; additional charges are expected to be added:
Giving a False Name to Law Enforcement, Resisting/Obstructing Law Enforcement without violence, Possession of Marijuana Less Than 20 Grams, Fleeing and Eluding Law Enforcement in a Vehicle, Driving While License is Suspended/Revoked (felony), Aggravated Assault of Law Enforcement Officer (2 counts), Criminal Mischief, Trespassing, Breaking/Injuring a Fence
