WASHAKIE COUNTY , Wyoming ( CNN ) -- Federal agents have apprehended accused child molester Edward Eugene Harper , who was on the FBI 's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list , an FBI official said Thursday . Edward Eugene Harper is believed to have lived a nomadic lifestyle since fleeing Mississippi . Harper , 63 , is accused of molesting two girls , ages 3 and 8 , in his neighborhood in Hernando , Mississippi , more than a decade ago , the FBI said . The FBI said it received a telephone tip in June at the Denver office regarding Harper , and brought a SWAT team and a hostage negotiation team to apprehend him in rural Wyoming on Thursday . He surrendered without incident , the FBI said , and later admitted his identity to agents . Harper was living in a 1979 truck with a camper top in the southern portion of Washakie County 's Big Horn Mountains , the FBI said . He is believed to have lived a nomadic lifestyle , moving from place to place and earning a living by doing odd jobs and herding sheep , the FBI said in a statement . He was indicted in April 1994 with conspiracy to commit sexual battery , fondling a child and sexual battery . He failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing and a state warrant was issued for his arrest in October 1994 . He was later charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution , a federal offense . The FBI added him to its 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list last year . Before living in Mississippi , Harper had been a ranch hand , working with cattle and sheep in Montana and Wyoming , the FBI said in its release on Harper last year . He has also worked as a truck driver , the agency said . According to the FBI , Harper subscribed to `` sovereign citizen '' ideology and claimed to be a member of the Montana Freemen , a group that rejected the authority of the U.S. government . The group became famous for an 81-day standoff with federal agents in Montana in 1996 . But after the arrest and conviction of many of its members , the group essentially disintegrated , according to Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center . `` As far as I know , '' they do n't exist , he said . `` Most of them went to prison and there was nothing left . ''
Edward Eugene Harper accused of molesting two girls ages 3 and 8 a decade ago . Harper surrendered without incident after telephone tip in June led FBI to him . Score: 6 Harper was indicted in Mississippi on charges of sexual battery , fondling a child .