By Kim Minugh and Bill Lindelof
kminugh@sacbee.com
Hours of cat-and-mouse ended about 11 a.m. when two Sacramento County sheriff's patrol deputies spotted a man being sought for alleged child molestation and took him into custody, according to authorities.
Gary Jay Livers (photo left), 44, of Orangevale was arrested without incident at the AM/PM at Auburn Boulevard and Watt Avenue, said sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran.
Livers is accused of sexually assaulting a now 11-year-old girl more than once, Curran said. The alleged sex acts began when the child was 10 years old, he said.
The arrest came shortly after a search of an Auburn Boulevard motel where Livers stayed the night turned up nothing. Deputies who had been assigned to the call were driving by the AM/PM when they recognized Livers, despite his apparent efforts to disguise himself by dying his hair black and cutting it off, Curran said.
Earlier today, the Sheriff's Department asked for the public's help in finding Livers, who fled from detectives who tried to serve an arrest warrant at his home Wednesday night, Curran said.
Sometime thereafter, Curran said, Livers checked into the motel. Deputies responded there this morning after learning he was staying there, but did not find him.
Surveillance footage showed Livers walking eastbound on Auburn from the motel shortly before 9 a.m., Curran said.
Deputies had considered Livers, an avid hunter, armed and dangerous after his wife told detectives that three rifles were missing from the gun cabinet at the couple's home, Curran said.
However, he was not armed when he was arrested, Curran said. Deputies are unsure whether he was ever armed or whether Livers' wife was mistaken.
The allegations against Livers came to light when his alleged victim told her father, who then called the Sheriff's Department. The father and Livers know each other, detectives said.
Anyone who has information is asked to call their local law enforcement agency, the Sheriff's Department at (916) 874-5115 or Crime Alert at (916) 443-4357.
Call The Bee's Kim Minugh, (916) 321-1038.
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