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Eastern District of Louisiana – Following a
four-year tradition of success in its national
efforts, the U.S. Marshals Service locally conducted
another successful Operation FALCON (Federal and
Local Cops Organized Nationally) from June 1-7, Led
by the U.S. Marshals, Operation FALCON 2008 netted
103 arrests within the Eastern District of Louisiana
(E/LA).
Operation FALCON – E/LA combined the collective
efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies in one
of the area’s largest-ever fugitive initiatives,
focusing on capturing individuals wanted on felony
charges including sexual predators and fugitives
wanted for crimes of violence. Over the course of
the seven-day operation, Deputy U.S. Marshals,
teamed with federal, state, and local law
enforcement partners, arrested 103 fugitives and
cleared more than 150 warrants in the Eastern
Louisiana area.
Operation FALCON is a fugitive apprehension
initiative led by the U.S. Marshals. The week-long
intensive fugitive operation is a combined effort
between federal, state, and local law enforcement
partners. Operation FALCON – E/LA was coordinated
and managed by the U.S. Marshals Crescent Star
Fugitive Task Force and Deputy U.S. Marshals from
the New Orleans district office.
Among
the 103 individuals arrest during FALCON were 12 sex
offenders, two for rape and two for the sexual
assault of a juvenile, 24 individuals for narcotics
violations, 12 individuals for robbery and six for
homicide. FALCON teams also confiscated two
firearms.
“The
tremendous success of this intensive fugitive
operation highlights the results that can be
achieved when federal, state, and local law
enforcement officer’s work together toward a simple,
but common goal – ridding their communities of
persons wanted for violent crimes,” said Eastern
Louisiana U.S. Marshal Michael D. Credo.
The
following are some of the individuals arrested
during Operation FALCON - E/LA: Perry DeMolle
charged with Armed Robbery/Aggravated Burglary;
Geoffry McEwen charged with Attempted Murder; Steven
Dominick charged with Rape/Assault; Harold Evans
charged with Incest with Juvenile; Garan Gibson
charged with Rape; Eric Smith charged with Dist. Of
Cocaine/ Poss. Sawed off Shotgun; Ronald Alexander
charged with Attempted Murder/Armed Robbery four
counts; Shaun Franklin charged with Armed Robbery
three-counts/Carjacking; Wesley Hawkins charged with
two counts Aggravated Incest; and Arthur Charles
charged with Armed Robbery/Aggravated Assault.
“While the Marshals are often the public face of
Operation FALCON, we have been extremely fortunate
that all of our federal, state, and local partners
continue to wholeheartedly and enthusiastically come
together to make this work,” said Marshals Service
Director John F. Clark. “With their exceptional
assistance, Operation FALCON continues to be the
largest and most successful fugitive apprehension
effort in U.S. Marshals history.”
Operation FALCON 2008 is the fifth in a series of
highly-successful fugitive apprehension initiatives
sponsored by the U.S. Marshals. Since the first
Operation FALCON took flight in April 2005, more
than 36,500 fugitives have been arrested and
approximately 45,300 warrants have been cleared. The
success of the FALCON operations has proven to be
the largest and most successful fugitive
apprehension effort in the history of the U.S.
Marshals.
Agencies
contributing to Operation FALCON-E/LA were the
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Orleans Parish
Sheriff’s Office, Saint Bernard Sheriff’s Office,
Saint Charles Sheriff’s Office, Terrebonne Sheriff’s
Office, New Orleans Police Department, Thibodeaux
Police Department, Louisiana Probation and Parole,
Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, Dept. of
Housing and Urban Development – OIG, U.S. Border
Patrol, Social Security Administration – OIG, and
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
For more information about Operation FALCON and the
U.S. Marshals, visit
http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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