Man on run for 16 years arrested after turning up for Olympics ice hockey match

The fugitive was arrested when he turned up support Slovakia, wearing dark blue, at the Olympics (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

A Slovak fugitive who had been on the run for 16 years was finally arrested when he turned up in Milan to support his national ice hockey team at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, police said Friday.

The 44-year-old man, who was not named, was wanted by Italian authorities for a series of thefts committed in 2010.