The Bath man who skipped out on a jury trial last week has been taken into custody in Connecticut.

Paul Emmanuel Tate Jr., 30, of Clark Road, Bath, was apprehended by police in New Haven, Conn., on Tuesday. Tate had been missing since he failed to appear in Beaufort County Superior Court last week.

According to Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Charlie Rose, Tate’s apprehension was the product of several agencies working together.

“It was actually some good police work,” Rose said.

Last week, the sheriff’s office sought the assistance of the SBI’s Fugitive and Missing Person Task Force, which includes officers with the SBI, Greenville Police Department and the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office. Tate was picked up in Connecticut on the Beaufort County charges — as opposed to any new Connecticut charges — which will ultimately make the extradition process easier, Rose said.

In May of 2014, Tate was arrested by Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office investigators and charged with six counts of statutory rape and one count of a statutory sex offense. A Beaufort County Grand Jury later indicted Tate on three of those counts of statutory rape and three counts of a sex offense, according to the sheriff’s office press release.

According to officials, Tate was participating in plea negotiations between the prosecution and defense in the weeks before his trial. However, Tate did not appear for court the morning he was scheduled, though he did arrive later in the day to speak with his lawyer, according to an earlier interview with Lt. Wesley Waters, sheriff’s office spokesman. When Tate left the Beaufort County Courthouse again that day, he did not return, and presiding Superior Court Judge Jack Jenkins issued an order for Tate’s arrest.

Waters said the sheriff’s office had not had a chance to interview Tate since his arrest, so few details about how and when he arrived in Connecticut are available yet.

Rose said that, once extradited, it is very likely that Tate will remain in jail until his trial can be rescheduled.