A fugitive wanted by the Kingsland Police Department was arrested by the U.S. Marshals South Florida Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team in Florida City, Florida on May 2, 2008, based on information generated by the Savannah Office of the Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Amos Southall, 27, was being sought on a warrant issued in Kingsland/Camden County, Georgia charging him with Murder. Southall is charged in the death of Michelle Hainley at the Ramada Inn in Kingsland, Georgia on February 26, 2008. The investigation revealed that Southall had fled the area, possibly going to the area of southern Florida. The case was referred to the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force to help locate and arrest this subject. Numerous leads were worked by the Savannah Marshals’ Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Savannah Task Force sent leads to the South Florida Marshals Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team in Miami, FL. The Marshals South Florida FAST team members went to a location provided by the Southeast Task Force and arrested Southall without incident. Southall is being held in jail in the Dade County Jail, awaiting extradition back to Georgia.

Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the apprehension of approximately 36,000 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 58,600 state and local fugitives on felony charges.

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov.