ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) – Today, May 2, 2025, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) announced that Jacob Duvall-Early, a wanted fugitive since September 2024, has been arrested.

According to a release, Agents from the Department of Homeland Security notified RCSO that they had located a fugitive from Rockingham County. They identified him to be a passenger on an airplane flying from Mexico to Dulles International Airport. At approximately 3 p.m. the plane arrived at the airport and the fugitive was identified and detained by U.S. Customs. Deputies. RCSO immediately responded to the airport to take custody of the fugitive.

Jacob Duvall-Early is 34-year-old man of McGaheysville, VA has been charged with 13 counts of Possession of Child Pornography. He also has similar outstanding charges out of Baltimore County, Maryland.

Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson states, “We are very grateful to our Federal law enforcement partners – the Department of Homeland Security and the US Marshals in particular – for their assistance in this matter as without them the arrest would not have been made. This is truly a great example of multiple agencies working together to make our communities safer.”