LONE STAR FUGITIVE TASK FORCE ARRESTS THOSE ACCUSED IN FIRST MURDER IN OVER A DECADE IN CONVERSE, TEXAS

San Antonio – Adrian Green and Darren Darden’s flight ended on a busy Beaumont Street this afternoon. Two United States Marshals Service led Fugitive Task Forces partnered together to arrest both Green and Darden.

At approximately 12:45 a.m. on Monday April 9, 2007, two men approached Brandon Scott and his girlfriend in the parking lot of the Converse Wal-Mart and asked him about purchasing Scott’s tire rims on his vehicle. For an unknown reason, the men opened fire on Scott striking him once with a 9mm weapon. Brandon Scott was transported to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio where he died from the gunshot. The Converse Police Department developed two suspects and arrest warrants were obtained for Adrian Lamont Green and Darren Wayne Darden. The Converse Police Department then reached out for assistance from the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force. Task Force members developed information that placed the two suspects in the Beaumont, Texas area. Task Force members then traveled to Beaumont and paired up with the Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force. Surveillance was established and the two men were spotted in a vehicle near the Parkland Mall. Deputy United States Marshals quickly descended upon the vehicle and arrested the two suspects without incident.

The United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas LaFayette Collins said, “The quality detective work done by the Converse Police Department along with 215 years of fugitive hunting experience by the United States Marshals Service led to the quick arrest of these two individuals charged with this senseless crime. The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force extends the reach of local law enforcement to arrest those accused of violent crimes .”

Participating agencies in this arrest:

• Converse Police Department
• Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office
• Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
• Comal County Sheriff’s Office
• San Antonio Independent School District Police Department
• San Antonio Police Department/Repeat Offender Program
• United States Attorneys Office
• United States Marshals Service