A fugitive wanted by the Savannah Chatham Metro Police Department
(SCMPD) on
outstanding warrants was arrested by the Savannah U.S. Marshals Southeast
Regional Fugitive Task Force, and SCMPD K-9 and Detectives on September 19,
2008.
Dquan Ferguson was being sought on a warrant issued in Savannah,
Georgia charging him with Aggravated Assault. The incident occurred
September 9, 2008 in the 2800 Block of Capitol Street in which a man was
assaulted with a firearm.
The case was turned over to the Savannah Marshals Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force to locate and arrest him. The investigation revealed
leads that Ferguson was still in the Savannah area, but he was able to elude
police on at least two prior occasions having fled in a vehicle. The task
force, along with SCMPD K-9 and Detectives worked extensively on September
19, 2008 following numerous leads which led to a short vehicle chase.
Officers lost him in the Hodgson Drive and Mall Boulevard area. A concerned
citizen told investigators that a black male parked his car by the citizen’s
office and left. Ferguson was found hiding in a dumpster. He was arrested
without further incident and taken to Police Headquarters. He will be taken
to the Chatham County Jail to await his court proceedings.
Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the
apprehension of approximately 36,000 federal fugitives. More federal fugit
The Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task
Force has three offices: Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah and cover the whole
state of Georgia. 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. The Brunswick Task Force is made up of U.S. Marshals, Glynn County
Police, Brunswick Police, Camden County Sheriff’s Department, Glynn County
Sheriff’s Department, Kingsland Police, McIntosh County Sheriff’s
Department, and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department. 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. |
