FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: February 06, 2008 Deputy Matt Hershey, Public Information Officer (602) 920-4841   U.S. Marshals Capture Arkansas Sexual Assault Suspect   Phoenix, AZ – Early this morning an Arkansas man, wanted for the 2005 sexual assault of a physically helpless person, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Phoenix High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force at an apartment near 23rd Avenue and Indian School in Phoenix. Marlin Cash, 26, was wanted on a felony warrant by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office in Little Rock, Arkansas for Sexual Assault. It is alleged that in 2005 Cash sexually assaulted a sleeping man. Upon waking up, the victim apparently struck Cash in the face causing Cash to flee the area. An arrest warrant was subsequently issued for the arrest of Cash. Cash’s run from the law spanned the southern part of the United States, during which Cash worked for a carnival. In January 2008, Investigators learned that Cash was in the Phoenix area. Early this morning Deputy U.S. Marshals and Task Force Officers located Cash at an apartment in the 2200 block of W. Indian School Rd, at which time he was arrested without incident. Cash was booked into the Maricopa County Jail and is awaiting extradition back to Arkansas. United States Marshal David Gonzales praised the work of Deputies and law enforcement officers adding, “The United States Marshals Service, along with our state and local partners, will continue to use every available resource to locate and arrest sexual predators that try and hide in the Valley.” In 2007 Detectives in Arkansas solicited the public’s help in locating Cash. This can be found online at http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/?cid=55567. The HIDTA Task Force agencies include: United States Marshals Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Mesa Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Maricopa County Probation Office, Phoenix Police Department, Chandler Police Department and the U.S. Postal Service. For further information about the U.S. Marshals: www.usmarshals.gov.