Police find ‘elderly man’ is disguised young fugitive in Massachusetts

BOSTON – Authorities say an “elderly man” found at a Massachusetts home actually was a 31-year-old fugitive wearing a disguise.

Police went to a house on Cape Cod Thursday looking for Shaun Miller, who’d been a fugitive since April when he and several others were indicted on heroin distribution charges. Police say when they ordered a man there to come outside, an elderly man emerged.

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The U.S. Attorney’s office says when officers realized the man was Miller they pulled off his “realistic disguise” and placed him under arrest. Nearly $30,000 in cash and two loaded guns were found in the house.

Miller, of Hyannis, is being held pending a detention hearing on Aug. 31 in federal court. It wasn’t immediately known if he’s represented by a lawyer.