FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: |
April 24, 2008
U.S. Marshal James T. Roberts
Chief Deputy James T. Morefield
Southern District Of Georgia |
Public Affairs Offiicer/ CONTACT: Tommy
Long
Supervisory Deputy
912-652-4577 |
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SAVANNAH MURDER SUSPECT CAPTURED |
A fugitive wanted by Savannah Police Department for Double Homicide,
was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offender Squad
in Houston, Texas based on leads sent to them by the U.S. Marshals
Savannah Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Jason Castro Gonzales, 23, was being sought on Warrants issued in
Savannah, Georgia, charging him with two Murders that happened
on April 22, 2008 on Linden Drive. 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 Gonzales had fled the Savannah, Georgia and was
possibly on a bus headed to Texas. The Savannah Task Force passed
the information to the Marshals’ Task Forces in Dallas, Houston, and
San Antonio to await the arrival of possible buses to major cities
in Texas. At 9:15 pm members of the Marshals Gulf Coast
Violent Offender Squad boarded a bus that had arrived from
Louisiana, and found Gonzales. He was arrested without incident and
transported to the Harris County Jail to await extradition
proceedings back to Georgia.
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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