Bossier City police have arrested a man on a federal fugitive warrant for desertion from the United States Marine Corps.

Police arrested 28-year old Lee Dale Johnson Jr. yesterday at his residence in the 1400 block of Gibson Drive upon receiving information that he was wanted and verifying that information with the U.S. Marine Corps Absentee Collection Unit in San Diego, California.

Johnson was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Bossier City Jail as a fugitive. He was taken to the Bossier Parish Maximum Security Facility this morning where he awaits transfer to federal custody.

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Lee Dale Johnson Jr.