BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A former Blaine resident on the run for over a decade has been arrested in connection to a child sex abuse case.

Jail records state that 32-year-old Aleksandr Meshkov was booked into the Whatcom County Jail earlier this morning (Wed).

A warrant for Meshkov’s arrest was issued in 2011 after a child whom he knew reported being sexually assaulted by him at their home.

Detectives later learned that he had left Washington state and his family no longer had any contact with him.

Earlier this month, the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office learned that Meshkov had been located in Missouri.

He was extradited to Whatcom County and remains at the jail without bail.