Thomas G. Vargus
TAUNTON, MA – The Special Operations unit of the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office provided information that helped lead to the weekend arrest of Thomas Vargus in the small hamlet of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.
Vargus, 45, has been on Massachusetts State Police’s “Most Wanted” list since he randomly stabbed a dog in Taunton on September 18th and proceeded to assault the woman who was walking it.
He was arrested without incident after leaving a Marcus Hook diner with a convicted felon from the Pagan Outlaws motorcycle gang, a man who had shot and partially blinded a New Jersey state trooper. The man was sentenced to federal prison on that charge and Vargus was behind the same bars at the same time for federal narcotics crimes.
In last month’s Taunton incident, witnesses say Vargus used a machete in his attack on both the dog and the woman. Both survived and Vargus now faces charges for the vicious twin assaults.
Besides the Sheriff’s Office and Taunton and Marcus Hook Police, State Police in Massachusetts listed the US Marshals Office, Brockton and North Attleboro Police, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons as assisting agencies.
Media release furnished by Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office; mugshot via Mass State Police
