OCALA, Fla. – A man who fled a drug conspiracy charge in Nebraska 35 years ago has been arrested in Florida, where he was living under a false identity, authorities said.Howard D.
Farley Jr., 72, was arrested Wednesday at his Florida home, according to court records. He faces a passport charge in Ocala federal court and up to 10 years in prison.According to a criminal complaint, Farley applied for a passport in February using the name, birth date and Social Security number of a person who had died as an infant in 1955.In 1985, Farley and 73 others were indicted by a federal grand jury in Nebraska.
Prosecutors identified Farley as the “drug kingpin” of the Southern Line, a railroad line that drug dealers used to move narcotics throughout the.