APPREHENSION OF CONVICTED RUSSELL COUNTY SEX OFFENDER

Jesse Seroyer, Jr., United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, announces that on the evening of April 12, 2007, a team of state and local law enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals arrested Charles Thomas Gaddy Jr. in Columbus, Georgia.

Gaddy was arrested on federal charges for possession of child pornography. In June of 2006, Gaddy was arrested for possession of obscene material by Opelika Police Department. Those charges are pending trial Lee County, Alabama. Gaddy was convicted in Russell County, Alabama in January 2002 for sex offense-obscene act.

U.S. Marshals and members of the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force along with the assistance of Opelika Police Department received information that Gaddy was living with family in Columbus, Georgia area.

Marshals identified the location and arrested Gaddy without incident. He is currently being held in federal custody pending court proceedings.

Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the apprehension of approximately 34,000 federal fugitives. More federal fugitives are arrested by Marshals than all other federal agencies combined.

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov.