Child Rapist is U.S. Marshals’ Mid-South
Fugitive Task Force 500th Arrest
On Wednesday, January
17, 2007, the West Tennessee United States Marshals Service
Mid-South Fugitive Task Force and the Middle North Carolina Fugitive
Task Force captured fugitive Corey Scott in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. Scott was charged in Shelby County Criminal Court on
February 24, 2006 with Rape of a Child. Scott was arrested without
incident and is currently in the Forsythe County Detention Center
awaiting extradition to Memphis, TN.
During the summer of 2005, a young female told police that she had
been sexually assaulted by Scott on several occasions. Scott, age
37, left the Memphis area during the course of the investigation by
the Memphis Police Department Sex Crimes Unit. His whereabouts has
been unknown since that time.
The Mid-South Fugitive Task Force began looking for Scott in the
fall of 2006. In January, 2007, Mid-South Fugitive Task Force Deputy
Mike Pryor and Deputy U.S. Marshal Frank Conroy, based out of the
U.S. Marshals’ Office in Memphis, TN developed leads on Scott that
led them to Winston-Salem, NC.
Scott’s arrest marks the 500th arrest for the Mid-South Fugitive
Task Force. The Mid-South Fugitive Task Force is a multi-law
enforcement agency task force comprised of Deputy United States
Marshals, Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies, and Memphis Police
Officers. The Mid-South Fugitive Task Force began in August, 2005
and focuses on locating and apprehending fugitives that are wanted
for violent crimes and sex offenses. The task force also regularly
assists other law enforcement agencies throughout West Tennessee.
“This case proves the strong need for such a fugitive task force. It
proves the need for law enforcement agencies to team together to
remove sexual predators and violent offenders from the streets. It
also proves you can run, but you can’t hide. The Marshals Service
has a long arm and can reach out and touch fugitives like Scott even
if they do travel to other states, or even other countries, to
hide,” David G. Jolley, U.S. Marshal for the Western District of
Tennessee was quoted as saying.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov/. For further information on the above
sexual assault investigation, please contact Memphis Police
Department PIO Sgt. Vince Higgins at (901) 545-5771. |