Ricardo Cortez Cook, 21, of Tallahassee, FL was
wanted by the Tallahassee Police Department for the offense of Attempted
Homicide-Willful Kill Premeditated, Aggravated Battery Causing Bodily Harm,
and Violation of Probation stemming from an original offense of Marijuana
Possession with Intent to Sell. The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task
Force adopted the case, and on April 24, 2008 developed information that
Cook was in Madison County, Florida. Task Force members traveled to Madison
County, and with the assistance of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and
the Florida Highway Patrol established a surveillance of a residence. At
approximately 8:30pm, a vehicle departed the residence and was followed by
the surveillance team. The vehicle stopped at the Fast Stop Convenience
Store located at the corner of Duval and Millinor Streets in Madison County
a short time later. The team quickly surrounded the vehicle and located Cook
in the back seat of the vehicle. Cook was arrested and transported to the
Madison County Jail where he will await extradition back to Leon County.
Gary Burgess, 39, a Florida registered sex
offender, was wanted by the Tallahassee Police Department and the Leon
County Sheriff’s Office for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration
and Failure to Notify Change of Residence within 48 hours. The Florida
Department of Law Enforcement Sex Offender/Predator Unit asked for the
assistance of the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force who adopted the
case. Task Force members developed information that Burgess may have fled
Florida and moved to Bowlegs, Oklahoma shortly after his release from the
Suwannee County Jail on December 23, 2007. This information was forwarded to
the
U.S. Marshals Office in the Eastern District of Oklahoma who arrested
Burgess at 107 Second Street in Bowlegs, OK without incident. Burgess is
currently awaiting extradition back to Florida, and the U.S. Marshals Office
in Oklahoma is currently seeking to indict Burgess for violation of
18USC2250 better known as the Adam Walsh Act.
Anthony Antonio Blake, 23, of Tallahassee,
FL, was wanted by the Tallahassee Police Department on warrants for
Aggravated Assault with a Firearm and Discharging a Firearm in Public. With
the help of a Crime Stoppers Tip and extensive surveillance, Task Force
members caught up to Blake when he exited a house located at 2013 Trimble
Road #1 in Tallahassee. Blake was taken into custody without incident and
was booked into the Leon County Jail.
The United States Marshals Service spearheads
the North Florida Violent Fugitive Task Force which is comprised of law
enforcement officers from the U.S. Marshals Service, Florida Department of
Law Enforcement, Tallahassee Police Department, and the Leon County
Sheriff’s Office. |
