Police who spent 10 years looking for a fugitive finally find him - living as a WOMAN

  • Kelly Olson, 30, was found more than a decade after his alleged crimes
  • Fugitive who was wanted on charges of attempted robbery dating back to 2006 is living as a woman New York 

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 11:38 EST, 7 October 2016 | Updated: 12:26 EST, 7 October 2016

Police who spent 10 years looking for a robbery suspect, found their man - living as a woman in New York City.

Kelly Olson, 30, formerly of Orange Court in Laconia, New Hampshire, was first arrested in January 2006, on two counts of attempted robbery. 

Police alleged that Olson tried to steal a carton of cigarettes from a woman before allegedly threatening them with what the victim thought was a gun.

Police were looking for Kelly Olson, 30, pictured in 2006, left, on charges of attempted robbery but the suspect had changed their look and in 2016,  is now living a woman, right, 

At the time, Olson was released on $2,000 bail, but after being indicted by a grand jury for his alleged crimes, he failed to showed up for any scheduled court dates.

At the time, cops had information that suggested that Olson was a man and working in the adult movie industry in New York. 

In 2011, the search for Olson was broadened and his case was handed over to the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force.

But their work in tracking the suspect was made even more difficult by virtue of that fact they believed they were still looking for a man.

The public was asked to help police find Olson and were provided with a photograph that depicted a blonde male with a crew-cut haircut.

When Olson was finally caught on Tuesday, he appeared to be female and is now being held on $3,500 bail.

New Hampshire, Belknap County Chief Deputy David Perkins told the Laconia Daily Sun that he was notified by police in Manhattan earlier this week that Olson was in their custody.

New Hampshire Sheriff's deputies drove to Manhattan to being Olson back to the state. 

Chief Perkins has said it is not clear what Olson was doing in Manhattan or how she ended up in NYPD custody. 

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