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Rochester, New York –
April 16 - 19, 1008
Fugitive Safe Surrender in the
Rochester/Monroe County area took place in mid-April 2008, under the
leadership of Peter Lawrence, United States Marshal for the Western
District of New York. The four-day operation resulted in the voluntary
surrender of
209 individuals, bringing the total number of surrenders during the
Marshals Service’s eight Fugitive Safe Surrender programs to
approximately 6,700.
Senior Pastor Ronald Domina of Bethel
Christian Fellowship agreed to host the surrender days in his church,
where he was joined by fellow faith-based leaders of the program and
members of the Rochester Police Department’s Clergy Response Team,
Reverend Delores Simpson of First Genesis Baptist Church, Father Don
Wollscheleger, Reverend Emmitte Myrick of the Helping Hand Missionary
Baptist Church, Rabbi Philip Goldstein of the Monroe County Jail
Ministry, Reverends Phil and Ruby Harlow, Bishop Sabou Matthias of The
Prophet’s House, and Chaplain Tommy Davis of the New York State
Chaplains Association.
Key judicial participants included the Honorable Patricia Marks,
Supervising Judge of the Criminal Court for the 7th Judicial District,
New York State Supreme Court Judges John Ark and Joe Valentino, Monroe
County Court Judges Elma Bellini, John Geraci, and Alex Renzi, who also
serves as the Supervising Town Court Judge.
Legal team partners included the offices of District Attorney Mike
Green, Public Defender Timothy Donaher, and Conflict Defender Rick
Youngman. Among the additional partners were the Rochester Police
Department, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Monroe County
Information Services, Monroe County Pre-trial Services, Monroe County
Probation, the Monroe County Drug Treatment Court, the Monroe County
Mental Health Court, the Rochester City Court, the Monroe County Court,
and the Monroe County Superior Courts.
Preliminary results showed that 209 individuals surrendered over the
program’s four days, and that twelve of those were wanted for felony
crimes. Thirty-nine of the people who appeared at the church found that
they had no active warrants against them, further illustrating the
benefit of the program. Those individuals can now move forward in their
lives and become productive members of society by obtaining driver’s
licenses, and finding meaningful employment. In all, 217 warrants were
cleared.
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