UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE ARRESTS
FREDRAL LATELL SHADE

Midland, TX - Fredral Latell Shade is alleged to be one of the leaders of multi-defendant crack cocaine distribution ring in the Permian Basin. Since his indictment on October 25, 2006, Shade has been on the run from law enforcement authorities. On Friday January 12, 2006, the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, led by the United States Marshals Service in the Western District of Texas, tracked Shade to a residence in Grand Prairie, Texas. The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force contacted the Dallas/Ft. Worth Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (DFW FAST), led by the United States Marshals Service in the Northern District of Texas, who arrested Shade without incident.

The Odessa Police Department, Narcotics Division, presented the case to the United States Attorney’s Office in Midland where Fredral Latell Shade and numerous other defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury on October 25, 2006. On that same day, the Odessa Police Department, a member agency of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, requested assistance from the United States Marshals Service in the apprehension of Shade.

Lone Star Fugitive Task Force investigators were able to track Shade to several locations in Texas and developed information late Friday that he was in Grand Prairie. Investigators with the Fort Worth Division of the DFW FAST contacted the Grand Prairie Police Department and were able to arrest Shade without incident.

United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas, LaFayette Collins, stated, “The purpose of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is to combine the talents of local law enforcement agencies with the resources of the United States Marshals Service and its partnering federal law enforcement agencies. Shade’s arrest is a direct result of that partnership.”