County captures one of “10 Most Wanted� Child Support Evaders

A man who owes over $100,000 in child support payments and is also one of the “10 Most Wanted� child support payment evaders wanted by Los  Angeles County has been located and arrested through a pilot program introduced by Supervisor Don Knabe last year. Kenneth John was arrested Friday morning in the driveway of his San Fernando Valley home and booked at the LAPD Van Nuys station because of an outstanding warrant and an outstanding child support balance of $112,369.71. John has a current support obligation is $481 per month; he was also ordered by the court to make payments of $119 per month toward the liquidation of his arrears. He last made a payment in 2002. There has been a warrant outstanding for John’s arrest since October 2003.  The warrant was issued for his failure to surrender to the Sheriff to serve 60 days in jail as ordered by the court. In addition to the 60 day sentence, John is also facing an additional 120 day suspended sentence. John was suc...