Interpol: Suspected Pedophile Found by Police

PARIS, France -- A suspected pedophile targeted in an international manhunt was detained Thursday by police in the United States, Interpol announced.

Interpol launched a global appeal to find the unidentified man, who was accused of abusing young boys.

The arrest was made two days after Interpol, the international police agency based in Lyon, France, appealed for public help to track down the man.

Interpol said the man was detained in Union City, New Jersey. The police agency identified the suspect as Wayne Nelson Corliss, 57, an actor who also goes by the stage name of Casey Wane.

Interpol said the man was suspected of sexually abusing at least three young boys from Southeast Asia. It said that photos seized by police in Norway in 2006 showed the man's alleged abuse.

Interpol said the boys were thought to have been as young as 6 to 10 years old.

The agency had appealed for public help because two years of police investigations had failed to determine the man's identity, nationality and whereabouts. Interpol said it feared that the man's alleged abuse of children could continue if he was not caught.

Interpol had said Wednesday that its appeal produced more than 200 leads -- potential names, locations and photos of the suspect -- in the first 24 hours.

It was only the second time that Interpol had launched such a public manhunt for a suspected pedophile.