FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: |
December 06, 2007 |
Brian W. Fair, Judicial Security
Inspector
Public Information Officer (504) 589-2145 |
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Crime Stoppers and Metropolitan Crime
Commission Most Wanted Fugitive Captured by New Orleans Police
Department and U.S. Marshals Task Force |
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New Orleans, LA - On the morning
of December 06, 2007, members of the New Orleans Police Department
Violent Offenders Warrant Squad (NOPD VOWS) and the U.S. Marshals
Service Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) arrested one of
Crime Stoppers and the Metropolitan Crime Commission’s (MCC) most
wanted fugitives, Bryan K. Hill, 28 years-old, at an apartment in
the 7700 block of Read Blvd. New Orleans East. Approximately one
ounce of crack cocaine and a small amount of marijuana were
recovered in the apartment during his arrest.
Hill is accused of the January 17, 2007 murder of Tyrone Johnson in
the 2000 block of Allen St. New Orleans, LA. The victim was found by
NOPD First District officers lying on the sidewalk with multiple
gunshot wounds to the body. Investigators believe that Hill shot
Johnson with a shotgun.
Hill, who has a prior LA state conviction for cocaine and marijuana
offenses and federal convictions for felon in possession of a
firearm and violations of his federal supervised release, became a
suspect in Johnson’s murder and a warrant was issued for him in
August of 2007. He has been featured on the Crime Stoppers billboard
and the Metropolitan Crime Commission “Wanted by the Law” feature in
the Times Picayune on numerous occasions. Multiple tips were
received by Crime Stoppers and MCC. It was through these tips that
investigators with VOWS and CSFTF were able to locate and arrest
Hill.
Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. Marshal Michael Credo said, “I
would like to thank Crime Stoppers and the Metropolitan Crime
Commission for the assistance with bringing Hill to justice. We
consider him a career criminal and it is only through a partnership
with the community and law enforcement that we can hope to reduce
violent crime in the metro area. That is why groups like Crime
Stoppers and the Metropolitan Crime Commission are invaluable to our
efforts. The New Orleans Police Department and my task force are
very pleased with the community assistance that went into finding
Hill.
The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana’s “Operation
Debris Removal” began in October of 2006, with additional resources
provided by the U.S. Department of Justice. Its mission is to reduce
the spike of violent crime spreading across the New Orleans metro
area post Katrina. Current CSFTF members include the New Orleans
Police Department, Bogalusa Police Department, the Orleans Parish
Criminal Sheriff’s Office, St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office,
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s
Office, Louisiana Probation and Parole, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard
Investigative Services and Social Security OIG. For more information
on the U.S. Marshals EDLA CSFTF go to
www.usmarshals.gov/district/la-e/news/index.html. |
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