Alexander Keen Grant was arrested under an alias in New Orleans and has been returned to Massachusetts to face long-pending charges.
BARNSTABLE, MA — A man who spent more than 11 years as a fugitive after failing to appear for a Cape Cod trial has been returned to Massachusetts and ordered held without bail, ending a yearslong effort to bring one of the state police’s most-wanted fugitives back to court.
Alexander Keen Grant, 55, was returned to Massachusetts through the rendition process and appeared in Barnstable Superior Court on July 29, according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office. Grant had been wanted since November 2014, when prosecutors say he failed to appear for trial on charges stemming from an alleged 2012 sexual assault involving a 15-year-old girl in Yarmouth. He is presumed innocent of the Massachusetts charges.
The Yarmouth Police Department began investigating the allegations in June 2012 while Grant was staying with relatives in town, prosecutors said. Authorities allege Grant provided alcohol to the girl before sexually assaulting her. The case ultimately led to three counts of aggravated rape of a child and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14.
Grant pleaded not guilty in February 2013 and was released on bail, according to court records reviewed by The Boston Globe. His case was scheduled for trial in Barnstable Superior Court on Nov. 12, 2014, but he did not appear. A warrant was issued, and Grant remained at large for the next 11 years. Massachusetts State Police later added him to its Most Wanted list.
A State Police wanted poster described Grant as someone who typically used his middle name, Keen, and had connections in several states. The poster also said authorities were seeking him on a separate Newton District Court warrant tied to a 2010 domestic violence case. State Police warned at the time that Grant could change his appearance and noted that he was an avid boater.
The search took a major turn on Feb. 6, 2026, when authorities in New Orleans arrested a man using the name Eric Raymond on unrelated allegations. New Orleans law enforcement officials later determined through fingerprints that the man was Grant, according to reporting and prosecutors. Massachusetts officials said Grant had lived in Louisiana under the alias for years, married and had a child while using that identity.
Louisiana court records cited by The Boston Globe show Grant pleaded guilty in June to charges including stalking, a hate crime, disturbing the peace and resisting a police officer. His arrest allowed Massachusetts authorities to begin the process of returning him to the state to address the older Cape Cod case.
The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office credited the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the office, the State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section and authorities in Louisiana with helping identify Grant and bring him back. Yarmouth police conducted the original investigation, and Assistant District Attorney Courtney Leigh Scalice, chief of the office’s Child Abuse and Vulnerable Victims unit, is prosecuting the case.
Grant was held without bail following his July 29 court appearance. His next scheduled proceeding is a pretrial hearing in Barnstable Superior Court on Sept. 22. The district attorney’s office has emphasized that Grant, like all defendants, is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Author note: Last updated August 20, 2026.