Lejeune Marine sought in nationwide manhunt in custody

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area news outlet says a Marine who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after threats were made to his estranged wife has been arrested.

A Marine spokesperson tells WXYZ-TV Wednesday that 21-year-old Clenard Gee-Simmons is to be transferred to military custody.

Details of when and where he was arrested were not immediately released.

Authorities have said Gee-Simmons’ wife filed for divorce and that he fled Monday from a low-priority lockdown at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune.

Gee-Simmons had told the television station Tuesday that reports he could be heading to Pontiac where his wife and her family live were “not accurate.”

Click here to see more of the interview with WXYZ.

He said he left the base because of stress and other issues. Gee-Simmons also said he was “nowhere near Michigan” and would turn himself in.