A Small-Town Official Was Ousted and Headed to Prison. Then He Vanished.
A Small-Town Official Was Ousted and Headed to Prison. Then He Vanished. Bill Jones, the former supervisor of a New York town, ran off in 1997. Last month, he was arrested near a Walmart in Ohio. By Ed Shanahan Published Jan. 13, 2021Updated Jan. 14, 2021 Bill Jones had a brief but eventful term as the top elected official in his small New York town. Among other things, he was convicted of official misconduct and a gun charge, went into hiding twice to avoid arrest, spent time in jail and was ultimately stripped of his office. Scheduled for sentencing on the gun charge in October 1997, he ran...