LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An accused child predator from Arizona who faked his own death was arrested in Sellersburg, Indiana, according to police.

Christen Allen Wright, 38, was wanted on a felony warrant out of Maricopa County, Arizona.

Police said Wright attempted to deceive investigators into believing he had died by driving to a hospital and having an acquaintance call his family to tell them he had died, and they would need to collect his personal items from the hospital.

The acquaintance who helped Wright posed as a nurse and dressed in scrubs to deceive his family when they picked up his items, according to police.

The El Mirage Arizona Police Department, Jeffersonville Police Department and Clark County Sheriff's Office started a joint investigation after receiving information about him being in southern Indiana.

Wright was found in the 600 block of Georgian Avenue in Sellersburg, according to police. Clark County Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief Mark Grube said Wright had been in southern Indiana for about 24-36 hours.

The Southern Indiana Regional SWAT team arrested Wright around 5 p.m. Friday, March 24. The sheriff's office said he cooperated with the arrest.

"I've been doing this for 18 years. It's new for me, especially for this reason, and but in some ways, it worked for him. He got out of the area he got out of Arizona, and he came here and it didn't work here," Grube said. "Once they figured it out, our detective division worked tirelessly to get him into custody."

Grube said a FLOCK camera is how police found him. The cameras read license plates and come up on police databases. 

Wright is charged with sexual misconduct with a minor, molestation of a child and three counts of sexual conduct with a minor.

He is being held at the Clark County Jail and awaits extradition to Maricopa County.

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