FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: April 15, 2008 2008 Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force United States Marshals Service Inspector Katrina R. Crouse (404) 520-1843   U.S. MARSHALS ARREST SUBJECT WANTED IN SLAYING IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA Atlanta, GA – On April 15, 2008, Investigators with the U.S. Marshal Service’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF) apprehended Timothy Wayne Garrison, Jr. at a residence in Hapeville, Georgia. Acting on a investigative leads developed by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force (GCRFTF) in Birmingham, Alabama, SERFTF investigators were able to track Garrison to an associate’s house on North Avenue in Hapeville. Garrison was wanted by the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) for Capital Murder. The charges stem from a robbery that occurred in the early morning hours of April 13, 2008. On that day, Timothy Garrison, age 22 and his brother, Phillip Garrison, age 21, are accused of tricking a woman into letting them into her house in Vance, Alabama. Once inside, they allegedly robbed her and beat her to death. The victim, age 69, had called 911 to report that someone had broken down the back door of her house. Dispatchers heard the victim state that two men had stopped by to check on her after hearing the break-in. It is believed that the two men were actually the Garrison brothers and they been the ones who broke her door. They claimed to be helping her but instead they beat her, stole items from her house, and fled before sheriff’s deputies could arrive on the 911 call. The Garrison brothers had been in the area of the victim’s residence, visiting one of her neighbors. On April 13, 2008, Tuscaloosa County Investigators arrested Phillip Garrison in Alabama. They then asked the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force (GCRFTF) to assist in locating Timothy Garrison. GCRFTF Investigators learned that within a short time of the murder, Garrison fled Tuscaloosa County and traveled to Birmingham, Alabama. From there, investigators believe that a relative from Atlanta picked up Garrison and brought him to the Metro Atlanta area. GCRFTF Investigators immediately reached out to SERFTF investigators in Atlanta and asked for their assistance. With the information provided by the Marshals in Birmingham, SERFTF Investigators discovered that this relative asked friends in Hapeville, Georgia to allow Garrison to stay with them for a few days. These friends were seemingly unaware of Garrison’s murder warrant. Upon entering the residence in Hapeville, SERFTF investigators were met with little resistance and safely took Garrison into custody. He is currently in the Fulton County Jail waiting extradition to Alabama on the murder charges. The U.S. Marshal’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF) is a team comprised of law enforcement officers from the United States Marshals Service, as well as, 27 other local, state and federal agencies. The task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest the region’s most violent offenders. Since the inception of the task force in September of 2003, the U.S. Marshals SERFTF has closed over 12, 500 felony warrants. Annually, U.S. Marshals locate and arrest more fugitives than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined. Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov.