Investigators said Blomquist had some experience in the U.S. Navy and had amassed minor charges in other states including theft of government property.
This is an updated version of a story posted at 11:56 a.m.
SPRINGFIELD - At 34, he had collected a very legitimate-looking fake license and social security card, a number of aliases and criminal allegations, according to U.S. Marshals.
Marshals arrested John Blomquist, 34, in Moab, Utah, in connection with allegedly drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl in Agawam at a motel last year. Agawam police, state police and the marshals tracked Blomquist after he fled and two child rape counts issued from Hampden County, investigators said.
U.S. Marshals said he fed the child, the daughter of an acquaintance, Clonazepam to knock her out. The child's mother said she had met Blomquist in Texas and then traveled with him here.
Marshals tracked Blomquist to the small town in Utah after chasing leads from here to New Mexico, California and elsewhere.
David Milne, a spokesman for Springfield U.S. Marshals, said Blomquist was using the alias Bradley S. Allen and had used the same alias in Western Massachusetts.
"He actively taunted marshals and sent 'catch me if you can post cards' from Las Vegas," Milne said.
With the help of Agawam police and the Massachusetts State Police violent fugitive apprehension section, marshals tracked Blomquist through several states and arrested the suspect in Moab outside a bar on Wednesday night.
Blomquist originally offered the Allen alias but shortly told investigators his true identity, Milne said.
Investigators there also found a rifle in his car; Blomquist will face weapons charges in that state and is in custody there. He will be extradited to Massachusetts where he will face child rape charges in Hampden Superior Court.
Investigators said Blomquist had some experience in the U.S. Navy and had amassed minor charges in other states including theft of government property. However, no further details were available at this time.
Law enforcement officials provided a professional resume for Blomquist with a Travis Air Force Base address and work history that included posts as a "visual media director," server at Chili's and the Hard Rock Cafe in Houston; and as a video producer in Farmington, N.M. It also lists a tenure from 1995 to 1999 as an Aviation Electricians Mate, U.S. Naval Reserve, Norfolk Naval Base, Va.
It is not yet clear when Blomquist will appear in court here to answer the child rape charges.