A hostage situation in Brooklet ended early Wednesday when deputies used gas to rescue the victim and take the offender into custody. Anthony Lawrence Laroche Jr., of Beaufort Road in Savannah, was wanted by the United States Marshals Service on charges of aggravated assault, armed robbery and failure to register as a convicted sex offender, said Bulloch County Sheriff Noel Brown. According to Georgia Bureau of Investigation records found at state.sor.gbi.ga.gov, Laroche, 29, was convicted in March 2010 of child molestation in Chatham County and upon release from incarceration in 2014 listed with the state sex offender registry.