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Atlanta, GA - On July 27, 2007,
investigators from the U.S. Marshals Service’s Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF) arrested Jason Ardis, 27. Ardis was
wanted in New Orleans, LA for Failure to Appear on an Aggravated
Battery Charge and is a person of interest in the Atlanta Police
Investigation of the drive by shooting death of a 9 year old girl in
Southwest Atlanta committed on July 25, 2007.
Over the course of the last two days investigators from the Atlanta
Police Department and the USMS SERFTF have followed numerous leads
in the Ardis case finally leading them to a home on Central Villa
Dr. in Atlanta, GA this afternoon. At the home, investigators
located a black Monte Carlo that matched the description of the
vehicle used in the drive by shooting.
In the joint APD, USMS SERFTF operation investigators approached and
surrounded the home. Once the home was surrounded they were forced
to make entry into the home where they were able to safely affect
the arrest of Ardis without incident. A subsequent search of the
residence turned up weapons and a set of body armor. The subject
will be held in the Fulton County Jail pending his initial
appearance.
The Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF) is a team
comprised of law enforcement officers from the United States
Marshal, as well as, more than two dozen other local, state and
federal agencies. The task force’s objective is to seek out and
arrest the regions most violent offenders. Since the inception of
the task force in September of 2003, the SERFTF has closed over
10,300 felony warrants. Annually, more fugitives are arrested by
U.S. Marshals than all other federal agencies combined.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at
www.usmarshals.gov. |
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