Man returns from Philippines to face sex charges in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- An international fugitive is back in U.S. custody three years after he fled the country to avoid trial on sodomy and sexual misconduct charges.

FBI supervisory special agent Zack Lowe says Philippine national Jose Borja (Bore-HA) was arrested by the Philippine Bureau of Investigation in late April.

He voluntarily agreed to return to the United States and was brought back to St. Louis Thursday by the FBI. The St. Louis County prosecutor's office says the 38-year-old is charged with eight counts of sodomy and two counts of sexual misconduct against a child under the age of 12.

Borja fled from the suburb of St. Ann in 2004, and went to Seoul, Korea, before heading to the Philippines.