CRESCENT STAR FUGITIVE TASK FORCE ARRESTS NOPD AGGRAVATED RAPE SUSPECT ON WESTBANK

The U.S. Marshals Eastern District of Louisiana (EDLA) Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) with assistance from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) arrested Kenneth Mosley, 40 years old, at a residence in the 400 block of Bruce Ave. Terrytown, LA. Mosley was wanted by the NOPD on a warrant charging him with two counts of aggravated rape. He was also wanted by the U.S. Marshals EDLA on a warrant for violation of his federal supervised release on a 2002 federal conviction for felon in possession of a firearm. He was featured several weeks ago in the Metropolitan Crime Commission’s “Wanted by the Law” feature in the New Orleans Times- Picayune.

The NOPD aggravated rape warrant, which was issued on Aug. 28, 2007, involves an alleged incident in 2006 in which a fifteen year old female family acquaintance was raped in the back of a vehicle. Mosley has a lengthy criminal history in the New Orleans metro area.

Investigators from CSFTF worked with the New Orleans Police Department and developed leads on where Mosley might be hiding. He was arrested without incident and booked into the Orleans Parish Prison on the aggravated rape warrant and a federal detainer was lodged on Mosley for the supervised release warrant.

CSFTF is now operating with additional assets supplied by the U.S. Department of Justice, due to the post Hurricane Katrina crime spike. The task force is sponsored by the U.S. Marshals Service EDLA and includes officers/agents from the NOPD, Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office, St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana Probation and Parole, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Bogalusa Police Department, U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Services, U.S. Border Patrol, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Social Security Office of Inspector General. Since the task force’s inception in 1999 it has closed nearly 5500 fugitive investigations. Many of these offenders were wanted for violent or sexual offenses.