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LOGANSPORT, Ind. — A scam artist who has been on the run for about 10 years couldn't fool a law enforcement agency in Indiana.

Tyson Jesse Allison was arrested on public intoxication charges but something caused Cass County deputies to question his background.

They soon realized the 27-year-old man had faked his true identity.

Allison will now be extradited to Pennsylvania to face charges of escape and deceptive business practice.

“He has been all over the country, and he managed to stay on the run for a long time,” Cass County Sgt. Tom Heflin said.

“Real Pirates” is the headline show at the Science Museum of Minnesota until Labor Day. (Photo by Christine Tibbetts)

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Lady Antebellum members Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott dance with Henryville students Erin Hairston, left, and Jade Jones Wednesday evening. (Photo by C.E. Branham/the Jeffersonville, Ind., News and Tribune)

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Artists paint the "spirit tree" in Joplin, Mo., as a reminder of the May 22, 2011, tornado that wiped out one-third of the community. (Photo by Kellen Jenkins/The Joplin Globe)

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