A
fugitive wanted by the Kingsland Police Department was arrested by the U.S.
Marshals South Florida Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team in Florida City,
Florida on May 2, 2008, based on information generated by the Savannah
Office of the Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Amos Southall, 27, was being sought on a warrant issued in Kingsland/Camden
County, Georgia charging him with Murder. Southall is charged in the death
of Michelle Hainley at the Ramada Inn in Kingsland, Georgia on February 26,
2008. The investigation revealed that Southall had fled the area, possibly
going to the area of southern Florida. The case was referred to the U.S.
Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force to help locate and arrest
this subject. Numerous leads were worked by the Savannah Marshals’ Southeast
Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Savannah Task Force sent leads to the
South Florida Marshals Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team in Miami, FL. The
Marshals South Florida FAST team members went to a location provided by the
Southeast Task Force and arrested Southall without incident. Southall is
being held in jail in the Dade County Jail, awaiting extradition back to
Georgia.
Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the
apprehension of approximately 36,000 federal fugitives. More federal
fugitives are arrested by the Marshals Service than all other federal
agencies combined.The Savannah Office
of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force is a team comprised of law
enforcement officers from the Georgia Department of Corrections, the Chatham
County Sheriff=s Department, the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police
Department, and the United States Marshals Service. The task force objective
is to seek out and arrest fugitives charged with violent crimes, drug
crimes, sex offenders, and other felonies. Last year, U.S. Marshals task
forces arrested more than 58,600 state and local fugitives on felony
charges.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov. |