Wanted fugitive sex offender from Pennsylvania captured while living in woods behind home in Florida

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Thursday, May 14, 2026 10:53AM
Wanted fugitive sex offender from Pennsylvania captured while living in woods behind home in Florida

NAPLES, Fla. (WPVI) -- The U.S. Marshal's office captured a fugitive sex offender from Pennsylvania.

Authorities found 46-year-old Joseph Mazzoni living in the woods behind a home in Naples, Florida.

Pennsylvania State Police had been looking for Mazzoni since March, saying he distributed child sexual abuse material.

Mazzoni is a twice-convicted sex offender, including for crimes committed in Delaware County.

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