March 26, 2008 Police search for accused child rapist

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Police are searching for an accused
child rapist who escaped while in custody at St. Luke's Hospital in
New Bedford.

The Bristol District Attorney's office says 38-year-old Anthony
Flye was in New Bedford Superior Court Tuesday for arraignment on
an indecent exposure charge when he apparently jumped from the top
of a stairwell, injuring himself. Flye was brought to the hospital,
where authorities say he later managed to escape.

Flye was previously being held on $500,000 bail on charges of
child rape and indecent assault and battery on a disabled person.
He was originally arrested outside his Nantucket home last month.

Flye also has a residence in Swansea and prosecutors say he also
has ties to Martha's Vineyard, Wareham, Rhode Island and Maine.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)