U.S. Marshals
Violent Fugitive Task Force Wraps Up Three Felons in Three Hours
ANDALUSIA, AL
-The U.S. Marshals North Florida Violent Fugitive Task Force
apprehended two felons wanted by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
and directed the arrest of another man wanted in Escambia County who
was located in Arkansas. David Andrew Steele, wanted for Aggravated
Battery with a Deadly Weapon was captured last night by the Marshals
and task force deputies from Okaloosa and Escambia Counties as well
as members the from Ft. Walton Beach Police Department. It was at
8:30 when the Task Force knocked on the door of the house secluded
at the end of No Name Road in Andalusia. Steele, 24, was seen by a
deputy in the house and tried to flee to a back room after they
knocked. Deputies quickly arrested him without further incident. The
Task Force originally tried to catch him in the northern end of
Okaloosa County when the warrant was originally issued. The charges
allege that Steel stabbed another man multiple times after an
altercation. The weapon was never recovered. Alan Christian
Mansfield, 58, who is wanted for Possession of Cocaine with Intent
to Sell in Okaloosa, was apprehended without incident shortly
afterwards at 216 W. Hart Street in Opp, Alabama. Both were
transported to the Covington County Jail in Andalusia and will await
extradition back to Okaloosa County to face the charges. Prior to
both arrests, the Task Force had requested assistance from the
Covington County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Andalusia Police.
“The Sheriff’s Office in Covington went above and beyond what we
expected,” said Dominic Guadagnoli Task Force Coordinator for the
Marshals Task Force. “We were honored when the Sheriff himself came
out to help and offered us anything we needed,” said Guadagnoli.
Tom Miller, Supervisor for the Marshals’ Office in Pensacola added
“…It’s that type of dedication and support from local agencies that
helps make a task force successful.”
Another fugitive, William Keith Motes, 41, who had dubbed himself
“Billy the Kid” had taunted the Task Force and Escambia County
Sheriff’s Office who had been trying to locate him for several
weeks. Motes wanted on several charges for Assault, Failure to
Appear on a Domestic Violence charge, Burglary, Intimidation and
Aggravated Stalking; was located in Emmett, Arkansas after the
Escambia Sheriff’s Office received a vague Crime Stopper’s Tip. As
the Task Force was trying to narrow down exactly where he was, they
received another tip to his exact location. Deputies from Escambia
County coordinated Motes’ apprehension with the Sheriff’s Office
from Nevada County Arkansas. Shortly thereafter, Motes was captured
while he slept in a home on East First Street in Emmett. Motes is in
the Nevada County Jail awaiting his extradition back to Escambia. |