|
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: |
|
May 06, 2008 |
Brian W. Fair, Judicial Security
Inspector
Public Information Officer, (504)589-2145 |
|
|
|
|
U.S. Marshals Service Crescent Star Fugitive
Task Force Arrest
Vagrant Federal Parole Violator |
|
|
On the evening of May 05, 2008, the Eastern District of Louisiana U.S.
Marshals Service Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) arrested Darryl
Dwight McQuillion (AKA: Gregory Galloway) at a local homeless shelter on
Camp St. New Orleans, LA. McQuillion, 58, was wanted on a federal parole
violations warrant by the U.S. Marshals Service for violating the conditions
of his federal parole on 1985 and 1986 convictions for armed bank robbery in
San Francisco, CA. He was also wanted by the Milwaukee, WI Police Department
for an April 2008 warrant charging him with bank robbery. The FBI San
Francisco field office also had a November 2001 warrant for McQuillion
charging him with involvement in a heroin distribution conspiracy. He has an
extensive criminal history with multiple arrests and convictions for armed
robbery, aggravated kidnapping, attempted murder, and bank robbery.
The Milwaukee, WI Police Department contacted the U.S. Marshals Service
Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force for assistance in locating
McQuillion. The U.S. Marshals Service in Northern CA had also been looking
for him since 2003 as a fugitive on the federal parole warrant. The Task
Force developed information that McQuillion was homeless and claiming to be
a Hurricane Katrina survivor. Through further investigation it was
determined that he might be in the New Orleans metro area and living within
the homeless community. CSFTF was contacted to assist in his location and
apprehension. Information was developed that McQuillion was frequenting a
local homeless shelter in the Central Business District of New Orleans where
he was located and arrested without incident.
Investigators in Milwaukee believe that McQuillion is responsible for the
April 02, 2008, robbing of a Wells Fargo Bank in the downtown area during
which he passed a note and implied that he had a weapon.
Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. Marshal Michael Credo stated, “Thanks to
the work of investigators in both Milwaukee and New Orleans McQuillion will
not be able to commit more violent crimes in New Orleans. The U.S. Marshals
Service through its regional and district task forces is dedicated to
partnering with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to locate
and arrests those that commit violence crimes and sex offenses. This is
about making all communities across America safe.”
The U.S. Marshals Service EDLA sponsored CSFTF has been in existence since
1999 and is currently utilizing additional support from the U.S. Attorney
General and U.S. Department of Justice to fight post Hurricane Katrina
violent crime in the New Orleans metro area. CSFTF’s “Operation Debris
Removal” efforts began in 2006, and the group has had much success including
the arrests of several of “America’s Most Wanted” television show’s
fugitives and assisting in closing out several of the New Orleans Crime
Stoppers violent fugitive’s billboards. 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. Other New Orleans metro area law enforcement agencies
also participate on a case by case basis. The U.S. Marshals Service EDLA,
with additional DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance support, is also engaged in
community activities to prevent violent crime in metro New Orleans through
its Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program.
For more
information on the U.S. Marshals EDLA CSFTF go to
www.usmarshals.gov/district/la-e/news/index.html.
|
|
