Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in locating fugitive Ashley Shannon Wright, 37, who fled from officers today as they attempted to arrest him on two felony sexual exploitation of a minor warrants.
Wright came under investigation after the Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit received information that sexual images depicting children were on an Internet cloud account linked to Wright. Hundreds of additional images were later found on his home computer pursuant to a search warrant.
Wright is believed to be driving a green Honda Odyssey van bearing Tennessee license plate number 2F02T2. East Precinct officers spotted the van on Davidson Street today and attempted to stop it. Wright fled and evaded apprehension.
Anyone seeing Ashley Shannon Wright, who is last known to have lived in the 1800 block of 15th Avenue North, or knowing his whereabouts, is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
