U.S. MARSHALS TASK FORCE ARREST TWO PERSONS SUSPECTED OF VIOLENT CRIMES WITHIN NINE HOURS

Acting U.S. Marshal Roxanna Irwin announced the apprehension of two suspected violent criminals yesterday.

In the first incident, U.S. Marshals Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force officers arrested Eustaquio Diaz near the corner of Kent and Glendale Streets in Metairie. Diaz was wanted by the Linn County Sheriff’s office, Iowa, for the sexual assault of an eight year old child. U.S. Marshals in Iowa developed information that Diaz may be in the New Orleans area working in construction and contacted the local Task Force for assistance. Investigators found Diaz working as a day laborer near the area listed above and arrested him at a job site without incident.

In the second incident, Task Force officers arrested Keyatta Corey Mays, wanted by the Tuscaloosa Police Department for murder. Alabama police officials allege that Mays was involved in a fight on August 11, 2007. He returned later that day to the scene of the altercation and fatally shot Brandon Rainey, who he mistakenly identified as being one of the subjects that had assaulted him. Mays was arrested at the corner of Terry Parkway and the Westbank Expressway at approximately 9:00 p.m. A concerned citizen identified Mays and called authorities who made the arrest without incident.

The U.S. Marshals sponsored Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force includes law enforcement officers from the New Orleans Police Department, Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office, St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana Probation and Parole, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Border Patrol, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Bogalusa Police Department, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Social Security Office of the Inspector General. Other area law enforcement agencies also assist CSFTF in fugitive investigations on a case by case basis.