Fugitive Investigations - Creative Stings
| Quick Links for U.S. Marshals Information: Site Map | Contacts | Fugitives | Assets | Career | Local - Districts |
|
|
| Home >>
History >> FIST
>> Creative Stings Fugitive Investigations - Creative Stings
|
|
Although most of the arrests in FIST Operations were made through good, hard, traditional investigations, the strike teams also devised creative "stings" to trick some of the fugitives.
|
|
One of the successful stings was a simple scam called "Mr. Zip."
Playing the role as "Mr. Zip", a deputy knocks on a door of a fugitive's house. A Deputy Marshal from the Western District of Virginia, devised the plan to pose as a mailman when he saw how freely mail carriers moved throughout the neighborhood without being questioned. Dressed as a mailman, he would walk up to the door of the fugitive's last known address, carrying a mailbag, a package, and a clipboard. He was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying his gun concealed. On the receipt for the package, the deputy had a written description of the fugitive to double check the identification the person had to present to claim the package. When he was sure that the person was a wanted fugitive, he would tip his hat to signal the team to move in.
|
