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For Immediate Release
February
15, 2001
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Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
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FBI
Captures Ten Most Wanted Fugitive In South Carolina; Arrest
Made Before The Formal Public Announcement Placing Aurlieas
Dame McClarty On The List
LYNNE A. HUNT,
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE (SAC), FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION,
BALTIMORE DIVISION ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT AURLIEAS DAME MCCLARTY,
AGE 22, WAS ARRESTED AT 5:45PM ON FEBRUARY 14, 2001, AT
A RESIDENCE IN IRMO, SOUTH CAROLINA. MCCLARTY WAS ARRESTED
BY FBI AGENTS FROM THE COLUMBIA DIVISION OF THE FBI ACCOMPANIED
BY MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MARSHAL'S FUGITIVE TASK FORCE AND
IRMO, SOUTH CAROLINA, POLICE.
MCCLARTY HAD
RECENTLY BEEN ADDED TO THE FBI'S TEN MOST WANTED LIST ON
FEBRUARY 5, 2000. THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT PLACING HIM ON
THE LIST HAD NOT YET BEEN MADE WHEN INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS
DETERMINED THAT MCCLARTY WAS RESIDING IN IRMO, SOUTH CAROLINA.
MCCLARTY, WHO
WAS KNOWN BY NUMEROUS ALIASES, WAS WANTED ON FEDERAL BANK
ROBBERY CHARGES FOR THE ROBBERY OF THE CITIZENS NATIONAL
BANK, WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, LAUREL, MARYLAND, ON OCTOBER
4, 2000. IN ADDITION, MCCLARTY WAS WANTED ON LOCAL CHARGES
IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA FOR THE DOUBLE HOMICIDE OF TWO EMPLOYEES
OF A TRUCK RENTAL DEALERSHIP. THOSE MURDERS OCCURRED ON
JULY 18, 2000 AND WERE ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED DURING THE COURSE
OF AN ARMED ROBBERY WHICH NETTED ONLY $200. BOTH VICTIMS
WERE SHOT IN THE HEAD. MCCLARTY WAS ALSO WANTED BY INDIANA
STATE AUTHORITIES FOR CRIMINAL DECEPTION AND BY THE UNITED
STATES SECRET SERVICE, IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, FOR COUNTERFEITING.
MCCLARTY WAS
ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT A RESIDENCE IN IRMO FOLLOWING
AN EXTENSIVE FUGITIVE INVESTIGATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE
AUTHORITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. MCCLARTY WAS THE
461ST PERSON TO BE PLACED ON THE FBI'S "TEN MOST WANTED"
FUGITIVE LIST, WHICH BEGAN IN 1950. SINCE THEN, 432 FUGITIVES
HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED OR LOCATED, 137 OF THEM AS THE RESULT
OF CITIZEN COOPERATION. MCCLARTY IS THE 18TH TOP TEN FUGITIVE
WHO COMMITTED A CRIME IN MARYLAND. SAC HUNT STATED THAT
SHE JOINS OTHERS IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY WHO ARE
GREATLY RELIEVED THAT ANOTHER DANGEROUS THREAT TO OUR CITIZENS
HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE STREETS WITHOUT FURTHER VIOLENCE.
MCCLARTY WILL
APPEAR BEFORE THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE IN COLUMBIA,
SOUTH CAROLINA, ON FEBRUARY 15, 2001 FOR A REMOVAL HEARING.
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