Michael Rigby, the 21-year-old Poinciana gang leader who escaped from the Osceola County Jail in February, was found and arrested at a public housing complex in Paterson, N.J., Wednesday night.

At around 8 p.m., while investigating an unrelated case, Paterson police were given a tip about a possible escaped fugitive from Florida or Texas who had been featured on “America’s Most Wanted,” Paterson detectives said. Rigby, who was calling himself “A.J.,” was said to be in the hallway of the housing complex at 90 Auburn St., about a half a mile from the Paterson Police Department.

The department, along with a multi-jurisdiction task force, descended on the complex and arrested Rigby without incident.

New Jersey law enforcement told the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office that it had Rigby in custody at around 9:55 p.m. Wednesday. Local authorities are working with the Paterson Police Department to extradite Rigby to Florida, after he appears before a judge in New Jersey, the Sheriff's Office reported.

Rigby’s escape from the jail prompted the resignation of former jail chief Greg Futch, the termination of 16 jail employees and resignations of two others and also was a contributing factor in the firing of former Osceola County Manager Michael Freilinger. After Rigby’s Feb. 19 escape, another inmate, this one under minimum security, escaped less than a month later from the jail, though he was apprehended within 24 hours.

Rigby, in the Osceola County Jail for attempted murder among other charges, and his cellmate worked for about two weeks to create a hole in the wall of their cell big enough for Rigby to fit through. Some jail employees were disciplined and others dismissed for not noticing the ever-expanding gap in the cell’s toilet/sink fixture, covered by a towel, during inspections that were too infrequent and far from thorough, county records said. Rigby was out of the county before corrections officers discovered his absence.