District News
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August 22, 2008
- On August 21, 2008, the U.S. Marshals
Service - Eastern District of Louisiana (E/LA) Crescent Star
Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) arrested David Wedge in New Orleans,
Louisiana. St. Charles Parish investigators allege that Wedge, 28,
kidnapped, raped, and beat a woman earlier this month. Wedge had
additional warrants for battery by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s
Office and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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August 13, 2008
- On August 12, 2008, the
U.S. Marshals Service E/LA Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF)
arrested Marko Tavizon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dallas County
investigators allege that Tavizon, 34, sexually assaulted a seven
year old female child in June of this year. Due to the age of the
victim, Tavizon was charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a
Juvenile.
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July 30,
2008 -
On July 29, 2008, the U.S. Marshals Service E/LA
Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s
Office (JPSO) arrested Edward Veal, in Gretna, Louisiana. Veal was listed as #1 on the (JPSO)
Top 100 most wanted fugitives list, for charges of First Degree Murder and
Attempted Second Degree Murder.
On July 29, 2008, the U.S. Marshals Service Northern District of Texas
(N/TX) promptly acted on information provided by the U.S. Marshals Service (CSFTF)
and arrested Garcia-Viera, Rene, with assistance from the Brownwood Police
Department, Brownwood, Texas. Garcia-Viera was listed as #7 on the (JPSO)
Top 100 most wanted fugitives list, for a charge of Attempted Murder.
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July 15,
2008 -
On July 14, 2008, fugitive Lloyd Munson was apprehended by the
Harris County Sheriffs Office, the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offender
Task Force (GCVOTF) and the Houston Police Department, at an apartment
complex in Houston, Texas. Munson fled the New Orleans Metro area after his
alleged involvement in the aggravated kidnapping and murder of Terrence
Pinkley. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s investigators allege that on March 01,
2008, Munson kidnapped Terrence Pinkley and attempted to negotiate with an
associate of Pinkley, for the exchange of drugs and money to secure his
freedom. When Pinkley’s associate contacted the authorities and informed
them of the plot, Munson allegedly shot and killed Pinkley.
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June 06, 2008
- U.S. Marshal Michael D. Credo proudly
announced his agency’s “1000th” arrest, under a specially created Attorney
General’s enforcement initiative. The initiative began in August 2006, in an
attempt to reduce violent crime in the “Post-Katrina” New Orleans
Metropolitan area. Critical components of the plan include additional
funding and Deputy U.S. Marshals positions assigned to the local office. The
program’s sole purpose is to assist local law enforcement by targeting,
locating, and apprehending persons wanted for violent crimes.
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May 16, 2008
- On May 15, 2008, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office acted on
information provided by the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of
Louisiana Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) and arrested Jeremiah
Benoit, 30, for escape from the Calcasieu Parish Prison. Benoit was also
wanted by Lake Charles Police Department for an Aggravated Burglary and
Aggravated Assault that occurred after his escape.
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May 16, 2008
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The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern
District of Louisiana (USMS EDLA) partnered with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Charter School for Science and Technology (MLK) in 2007. In 2007, the
Eastern District of Louisiana Marshals Office successfully graduated
approximately 70 students from MLK. This year MLK Charter will graduate
approximately 140 elementary and middle school students in the G.R.E.A.T.
Program on Tuesday May 20, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. MLK is located at 1617 Caffin
Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117.
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May 07, 2008
- The U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast
Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Francisco Hernandez-Almendares, 26, on
a warrant issued in December of 2006 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana charging
him with aggravated rape of a child under 13 years old. Acting on a lead
sent by the Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. Marshals Service Crescent
Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF), Hernandez-Almendares was arrested in
Baldwin County, Alabama after a traffic stop initiated by the Gulf Coast
Regional Fugitive Task Force and local law enforcement.
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May 06, 2008 -
On 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.
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May 05, 2008
- On 5/2/08, Robert Thomas Franks was arrested in New Orleans,
Louisiana by investigators from the Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF).
Franks was wanted by the Honolulu, Hawaii Police Department for invasion of
privacy. Honolulu PD detectives say that Franks allegedly video recorded his
stepdaughters with a camera hidden a bathroom of their residence on multiple
occasions.
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April 30,
2008 - Members of the U.S. Marshals Dallas Fort Worth Fugitive Task
Force along with the Fort Worth Police Department arrested Devin Garrison
after a brief high speed pursuit and subsequent foot chase in Fort Worth,
Texas. Garrison, 18, is wanted in connection with the shooting death of
Rigobero Duvon that occurred during an armed robbery on November 28, 2007 in
New Orleans.
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April 08, 2008
- Members of the U.S. Marshals Crescent
Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) arrested Terrance Brewer at the
home of an acquaintance in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was wanted in
connection with a double homicide that occurred on March 16, 2008,
in Concordia, California. Brewer, 19, was booked into the Orleans
Parish Prison and is waiting extradition to California.
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April 07, 2008
- Members of the
U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF) arrested
Eldrin George leaving a hotel in Duluth, Georgia. George was wanted in
connection with the 2007 Christmas day shooting of multiple victims, killing
two. He was also wanted for numerous armed robberies in New Orleans that
occurred before the shooting. George was on active probation in
Louisiana for a previous drug conviction.
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April 03, 2008
- The U.S. Marshals Service District of Colorado Fugitive Location
Apprehension Group (FLAG), acting on information provided by the
U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana Crescent Star
Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF), arrested New Orleans Police Department
murder suspect, Edward J. Augustine at the condominium of an
associate in Aurora, Colorado. Augustine was wanted by the New
Orleans Police Department on a first degree murder warrant.
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March
19, 2008 - On March 18, 2008, members of the U.S. Marshals
Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force arrested Martin “Big Marty”
Duncan at the apartment of a relative in College Station, Texas.
Duncan is charged as the main distributor in a major drug conspiracy
centering in the B.W. Cooper Housing Projects in New Orleans from
1994 through 2003.
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February 27, 2008 -
New Orleans, LA metro area: On the morning of February 27, 2008, the
U.S. Marshals Service Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) with
assistance from the Kenner Police Department arrested Ricky Johnson
(AKA: Ricky Thomas Miles) 42 years old at his place of business on
Williams Blvd. Kenner, Louisiana. Johnson was wanted on a 1994
warrant out of Shelby County (Memphis, TN) charging him with the
rape of a child. Investigators in Tennessee allege that Johnson
committed the rape over a two year period with a female child
between the ages of 8-10 years old.
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January 24, 2008 -
The U.S. Marshals Service Western District of Louisiana Fugitive
Apprehension Strike Team (FAST) with assistance from the Calcasieu
Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Lake Charles City Police Department
arrested New Orleans Police Department murder suspect, Dominick Allen,
23 years old, in Sulphur, Louisiana based on a collateral lead sent by
the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana Crescent Star
Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF).
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December 11, 2007 -
On the morning of December 11, 2007, the U.S.
Marshals Service Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force arrested Rico Doyle
in New Orleans,
LA. Doyle was wanted on a murder warrant issued in Bell
County Killeen, TX. He has prior convictions in Louisiana for
armed robbery and violation of his Louisiana parole.
Assistance is requested from the public in locating New Orleans native, Damiee Kendrick Johnson
is is also implicated as a murder suspect. He is an 18 year old
African American male with brown eyes, 5'05", and 150 pounds. Johnson's last address was in Killeen, TX but prior to Hurricane
Katrina he resided in the 2600 block of North Rocheblave New
Orleans, LA. There is a reward for information leading to his
arrest and all information is anonymous.
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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 in New Orleans East. Approximately one ounce
of crack cocaine and a small amount of marijuana were recovered in the
apartment during his arrest.
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November 30, 2007
- On Thursday, November 29, 2007,
Tyrone Lacaze, a 21- year old New Orleans native, was arrested in
Ferriday, Louisiana by members of the Western District of Louisiana
fugitive task force. The arrest was the result of information that the
U.S. Marshals Eastern District of Louisiana Crescent Star Fugitive Task
Force (CSFTF) developed in New Orleans.
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October 30, 2007-
U.S. Marshals in Georgia, along
with the Euharlee Police Department and the Barton County Sheriff’s
Office, arrested Terry Ferguson near his home in Euharlee, Georgia.
Ferguson was wanted by the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office for
sixteen counts of contractor fraud totaling over $500,000.00. The
victims, fifteen from Orleans Parish and one from Jefferson Parish, had
an average loss of over $30,000.00.
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October 10, 2007
- The U.S. Marshals Service
Eastern District of Louisiana Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF)
and the New Orleans Police Department arrested Bryan Bordere, 21 years
old, after he briefly resisted arrest. Bordere was wanted by the New
Orleans Police Department on a first degree murder warrant.
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September 27, 2007
- The Southern District of Texas
U.S. Marshals Service arrested Steven Conerly, 23 years old, at an
apartment in Houston, Texas. Conerly was wanted on a warrant out of
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana charging him with second degree murder. He
has prior convictions in Jefferson Parish for burglary and possession of
narcotics and had recently been released from parole supervision.
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September 25, 2007
- The U.S. Marshals Service
Eastern District of Louisiana (EDLA) Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF)
with assistance from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested
Darrell Thomas Mays Jr., 30 years old, at the West Jefferson Medical
Center. Mays was wanted by the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Police Department on
a murder warrant. He was visiting a patient at the hospital at the time
of his arrest. Mays has a prior manslaughter conviction for which he
served time with the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
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September 19, 2007
- On September 18, 2007, President Bush appointed Michael David Credo,
48 years old, as U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana
(EDLA). U.S. Marshal Credo has been a career employee with the U.S.
Marshals Service for twenty two years and served the last five years
as a Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal in the Middle District of
Louisiana, which is headquartered in Baton Rouge.
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September 18, 2007
- The U.S. Marshals Eastern
District of Louisiana (EDLA) Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF)
with assistance from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) arrested
Kenneth Mosley, 40 years old, at a residence in Terrytown, LA. Mosley
was wanted by the NOPD on a warrant charging him with two counts of
aggravated rape. He was also wanted by the U.S. Marshals EDLA on a
warrant for violation of his federal supervised release on a 2002
federal conviction for felon in possession of a firearm.
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August 29, 2007
- Acting U.S. Marshal Roxanna
Irwin announced the apprehension of two suspected violent criminals.
In the first incident, U.S. Marshals Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force
officers arrested Eustaquio Diaz in Metairie. Diaz was wanted by the
Linn County Sheriff’s office, Iowa, for the sexual assault of an eight
year old child. In the second incident, Task Force officers
arrested Keyatta Corey Mays, wanted by the Tuscaloosa Police Department
for murder.
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July 26, 2007 -
The U.S. Marshals Crescent Star
Fugitive Task Force apprehended murder suspect Walter Mendez early this
evening at the home of a family member in New Orleans. The 26 year-old
Mendez is the suspect in a murder that took place in Escambia County,
Florida sometime late last night.
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July 18, 2007 -
The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern
District of Louisiana Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF), with
assistance from the New Orleans Police Department Violent Offenders
Warrant Squad (NOPD VOWS), Louisiana Probation and Parole, and the
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, arrested one of the New Orleans metro
area’s most wanted fugitives, Phillip J. Helton.
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June 19, 2007 -
The U.S. Marshals Eastern
District of Louisiana (EDLA) Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF),
with assistance from the Slidell Police Department, arrested Karim
Peters, 23 years old, on in Slidell, Louisiana. Peters was wanted on two
warrants out of Orleans Parish. One warrant was for an attempted murder
on May 16, 2007, and the other for armed robbery.
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June 11, 2007 -
On Monday, June 18, 2007, at 9:30
a.m. Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T. NOLA) will
graduate five classes in the G.R.E.A.T. Elementary Program. Two fourth
grade and three fifth grade classes (73 students) from Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology (MLK) went through
the six lesson program.
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June 06, 2007 -
The U.S. Marshals Eastern
District of Louisiana Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) arrested
Tony “Boochie” Jones, 24 years old, at his girlfriend’s residence in
Jefferson, Louisiana. Jones was wanted on a November 2006, federal
warrant/indictment charging him and eight others with violations of the
federal gun control act and the federal controlled substances acts.
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May 10, 2007 -
St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s
Deputy/Special Deputy U.S. Marshal Paul Finn received the U.S. Marshals
Service Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award from U.S. Marshals
Service Director John Clark. The award was given to Deputy Finn at a
ceremony held in Arlington, Virginia on April 11, 2007.
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April 19, 2007 -
On April 18, 2007, the Eastern
District of Louisiana’s U.S. Marshals Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force
(CSFTF) arrested Javier Hernandez in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hernandez
was wanted by the Yaphank Police Department in Suffolk County, New York
for the alleged rape of a child under the age of fourteen.
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April 18, 2007 -
On the evening of April 18, 2007,
the Eastern District of Louisiana’s U.S. Marshals Crescent Star Fugitive
Task Force (CSFTF), the New Orleans Police Department, and the Jefferson
Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Frank Daniels, 20 years old, in Gretna,
Louisiana. Daniels was wanted in connection with the March 31 shooting
death of Charley Zeno.
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April 10, 2007-
The Eastern District of Louisiana
(EDLA) will embark on a new proactive mission in an effort to change the
mind set that promotes violence, gang activities, and the drug culture
in the New Orleans metro area. USMS EDLA is sponsoring this partnership
with the New Orleans Police Department; the Orleans Parish Criminal
Sheriff’s Office; New Orleans Harbor Police; and the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New Orleans office to implement
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) in New Orleans area
schools.
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March 29, 2007 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals from the
Western District of Texas arrested Frank Hodges Jr., 61 years old, at
his residence in Texas based on a collateral lead sent by the U.S.
Marshals Eastern District of Louisiana Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force
(CSFTF). Hodges was wanted on warrants out of Jefferson and Orleans
Parish for multiple counts of contractor fraud and exploitation of the
infirmed totaling over $200,000.
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February 22, 2007
- On the afternoon of February
22, 2007, the Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. Marshals Crescent Star
Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF), with assistance from the FBI New Orleans
Field Division and the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office, arrested
David John Sprong Jr., 47 years old, at A to Z Auto Auction L.L.C. in
Holden, Louisiana without incident.
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February 21, 2007
- On the early morning of
February 18, 2007, the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task
Force (GCRFTF) arrested Francis Eugene Reed Jr., 40 years old, at a
residence in Chelsea, Alabama (Shelby County, AL.) without incident.
Reed, who had been a fugitive since April of 2006, was wanted by the St.
Tammany Sheriff’s Office for two counts of aggravated rape of a juvenile
and for two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
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February 8, 2007 - On the night of February 07, 2007, the
Eastern District of Louisiana ( EDLA) U.S. Marshals Crescent Star
Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF), with the help of the Westwego, Louisiana
Police Department, arrested Cody Lee Good, 29 years old, and his
girlfriend, Tosha Leah Thomas, 26 years old, in Westwego, Louisiana.
Good was wanted out of Arapahoe County, Colorado for escape and is a
suspect in at least four armed robberies in the Alexandria, Louisiana
area. Thomas was wanted out of Arapahoe County, Colorado for a felony
theft.
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February 06, 2007
- On February 05, 2007, the
Eastern District of Louisiana (EDLA) U.S. Marshals Crescent Star
Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) arrested Desmond Manuel Ray, 32 years old,
at his residence in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ray was wanted on a January
2007, EDLA warrant charging him with federal supervised release
violations. A firearm, as well as a quantity of what is believed to be
crack and powder cocaine, was also recovered from the residence.
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January 18, 2007-
On January 18, 2007, the Eastern
District of Louisiana (EDLA) U.S. Marshals Crescent Star Fugitive Task
Force (CSFTF) and the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Darrell
Wayne Parker, 46 years old. Parker, who was wanted on an February 2005,
Texas Department of Safety (DPS) parole warrant for voluntary
manslaughter, was also wanted on a warrant from November 2006, charging
him with aggravated sexual assault of a child.
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January 13, 2007
- On the morning of January 13,
2007, the EDLA U.S. Marshals Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF)
arrested Donald Greenup, 25 years old, on Washington Ave. New Orleans,
LA at his place of employment without incident. He was wanted on a
warrant issued January 12, 2007, out of Dallas County, Texas charging
him with capital murder/capital felony.
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December 19, 2006
- The Eastern District of Louisiana Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF)
arrested three fugitives in different parts of New Orleans on unrelated
cases. Thomas Ginn was arrested on a federal indictment / warrant out of
District of Montana charging him receipt and possession of child
pornography. Hector Castillo was arrested for failure to appear on an
attempted murder charge warrant issued by the Elizabeth County Sheriff’s
Office in New Jersey. James Davis was arrested on a murder and two
counts of attempted murder warrant.
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December 18, 2006
- The Eastern District of
Louisiana (EDLA) Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) with
assistance from the New Orleans Police Department arrested William
Paulus, 23 years old, and Santos Camarillo (AKA: Leo Chavez), 22 years
old, on a federal indictment/warrants out of Western Tennessee (Eastern
Division Jackson, TN) charging both with using a cell phone to induce
and entice minors to engage in sexual acts.
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November 29, 2006
- The U.S. Marshals Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) arrested
Thomas A. Drake at an apartment in Lockport, Louisiana as he attempted
to run out of the back door of the residence. Drake was wanted on
warrants out of several jurisdictions in Georgia charging him with two
armed robberies, a probation violation warrant based on a DUI
conviction, and a failure to appear warrant on a narcotics charge.
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November 29, 2006
- An anonymous tip based on a US
Marshals Service reward offer, led the St. Charles Parish Sheriffs
Office to arrest Dwan L. Storks. Storks, 26 years old, of Killona,
Louisiana, was arrested on a warrant issued in St. Charles Parish for
aggravated kidnapping, armed robbery, sexual battery, and possession of
a firearm by a convicted felon.
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November 21, 2006
- Ausbia Taylor, 22 years of age,
surrendered to the Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. Marshals Crescent
Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) and the New Orleans Police Department
(NOPD) at the U.S. Courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana. Taylor was
wanted on warrants issued by the NOPD for two counts of attempted first
degree murder and flight from a police officer.
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November 20, 2006
- The S/TX U.S. Marshals Service
Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force arrested Treg Eugene, 20 years
old, in Clear Lake City, Texas. A firearm and narcotics were recovered
from the scene where he was arrested. Eugene, of New Orleans, was wanted
by the New Orleans Police Department for a murder that occurred in New
Orleans on May 28 of this year.
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November 15, 2006
- The Eastern District of
Louisiana U.S. Marshals Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) with
critically assistance from the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office
located and rearrested Clarence Raymond (AKA “Black”) at the Orleans
Parish Prison. Raymond, who is from Louisiana, was wanted out of San
Antonio, Texas on a murder warrant issued in August 2006.
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November 06, 2006
- Deputy U.S. Marshals from the
Middle District of Louisiana with assistance from the Eastern District
of Louisiana U.S. Marshals’ Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF)
and the Southern University Campus Police Department arrested Leroy
Massey, 21 years old. Massey was wanted out of New Orleans and Jefferson
Parish, Louisiana on warrants charging him with murder and attempted
murders.
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October 30, 2006
- Deputy U.S. Marshals from the
Eastern District of Tennessee (EDTN) arrested Elizabeth Williams, 24
years old, without incident at an apartment in the 800 block of
Portsmouth Ave. Bristol, Virginia. Williams was wanted on a warrant out
of St. John the Baptist Parish charging her with theft $500.00 or more.
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October 27, 2006
- On the afternoon of October 26, 2006,
the Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. Marshals Crescent Star
Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) arrested Curtis Nolan Brooks, 43 years
old, on warrants out of Franklin County, Georgia charging him with
escape, robbery, criminal interference with government property,
kidnapping, aggravated assault, obstruction of an officer, and burglary.
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