Man Wanted by Horry County and State Probation Apprehended

COLUMBIA, SC - Reggie Pinkney was apprehended on 04/17 in Chadbourne, NC by members of the Marshals’ Operation Intercept and deputy marshals from the Eastern District of North Carolina. Pinkney, 27, was the subject of an October 2005 Horry County warrant for Failure to Appear on a Trafficking Cocaine charge and a December 2005 warrant for a state Probation Violation. He was booked into the Columbus County (NC) Jail awaiting court proceedings.

Task force members, including deputy marshals and SLED agents, began looking for Pinkney on April 10 and were able to quickly track him to a residence on West Holland Street in Chadbourne. Pinkney was found hiding in a closet and was taken into custody without further incident. In addition to locating Pinkney, deputy marshals and task force members contacted the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office after observing quantities of suspected cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy. Over 500 grams of cocaine was seized along with smaller quantities of crack, marijuana and ecstasy. Additionally, over $29,000 in U.S. currency was seized. In announcing Pinkney’s arrest, United States Marshal Johnny Mack Brown said, “We were very pleased to locate Pinkney after he had been on the run for a year and a half and to seize such a large quantity of narcotics and cash.”

Established in 1789, the United States Marshals Service is the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency. In fiscal 2005, the Marshals arrested more than 35,500 federal fugitives, clearing 38,500 felony warrants. Marshals Service-led task forces like South Carolina’s Operation Intercept arrested 44,000 state and local fugitives, clearing 51,200 state and local felony warrants. Locally, Operation Intercept arrested over 2,900 South Carolina fugitives during that same period. More information about the Marshals and other South Carolina fugitives can be found on the web at www.usmarshals.gov.