FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: December 05, 2007 U.S. Marshals Service Supervisor Jim Hays (501) 324-6256 x 242   Arrest of Fugitive Rashaan Taylor   On Tuesday, December 4, 2007, U.S. Marshals arrested Rashaan Taylor who was wanted by the Little Rock Police Department on a warrant issued on November 26, 2007 for the robbery, kidnapping and shooting at a local Wal-Mart shopping center. Rashaan Taylor was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Herrin, Illinois. Also assisting in the arrest were law enforcement officers from the Illinois State Police, Herrin Police Department and Williamson County Sheriffs office. The U.S. Marshals Service in Little Rock, Arkansas created the Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force on August 2, 2007. The purpose of the Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force is to assist state and local law enforcement with apprehending state and local fugitives who flee the state of Arkansas. The Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force consists of deputy U.S. Marshals and deputies with the Pulaski County Sheriffs Office. On Friday, November, 30, 2007 the Little Rock Police department requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals through the Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force. The Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force sent a lead request to the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force in Chicago, Illinois to assist in locating fugitive Rashaan Taylor. On Tuesday, December 4, 2007 Rashaan Taylor was located at a residence in Herrin, Illinois. When U.S. Marshals and law enforcement officers went to the residence, Taylor came to the door and shut the door before officers could effect the arrest, barricading himself in the residence. Assistance from the Illinois State Police, Herrin Police Department, and the Williamson County Sheriffs office canine unit were requested. Rashaan Taylor surrendered within 30 minutes of barricading himself inside the residence. Rashaan Taylor was booked into the Williamson County Jail in Marion, Illinois on the Little Rock, Arkansas and will undergo normal state to state extradition procedures to return him to Little Rock. There are no federal charges pending against Rashaan Taylor at this time.