A fugitive wanted by Savannah Police Department
for Aggravated Assault was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force and the Glennville Police Department at an address of
411 Henry Street in Glennville, GA.
Thomas Brown, 20, was being sought on two warrants issued in Savannah,
Georgia charging him with two Aggravated Assaults that occurred on December
20, 2007. These cases involved two assaults with a handgun at a residence on
Blain Court. The case was referred to the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force to help locate and arrest this subject. Numerous leads
have been worked by the task force. New leads generated by the Marshals
Service Fugitive Task Force indicated that Brown was at an apartment in the
four hundred block of Henry Street in Glennville, GA.
The Marshals Fugitive Task Force along with the Glennville Police Department
went to the Henry Street. Brown was in the apartment and answered the door
when the officers knocked. He was alone in the apartment and was arrested
without incident. Brown was taken to the Chatham County Jail.
Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the
apprehension of approximately 34,000 federal fugitives. More federal
fugitives are arrested by the Marshals Service than all other federal
agencies combined.The Savannah Office
of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force is a team comprised of law
enforcement officers from the Georgia Department of Corrections, the Chatham
County Sheriff=s Department, the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police
Department, and the United States Marshals Service. The task force objective
is to seek out and arrest fugitives charged with violent crimes, drug
crimes, sex offenders, and other felonies. Last year, U.S. Marshals task
forces arrested more than 27,000 state and local fugitives on felony
charges.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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