• December 23, 2008 - Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested Edward Baughman, 56, in Mesa, AZ. In October 2008 a warrant was issued in Oklahoma City for the arrest of Edward Baughman for Rape. Shortly after being contacted by Oklahoma authorities regarding the incident Edward Baughman fled Oklahoma and his run from the law spanned three states in his attempt to avoid capture.

• December 10, 2008 - A dedication ceremony was held this morning at the Franklin Police & Fire High School where a new obstacle course to be used by the students of Franklin High School was opened. The main contributors for the obstacle course were the U.S. Marshals Posse and D.L. Withers Construction.

• December 09, 2008 - Deputy U.S. Marshals, Task Force Officers, Arizona DPS Detectives and Officers with the Payson Police Department arrested Ronald Stahlman, 55, in Payson, AZ. In 1979 a warrant was issued in Warren, Ohio for the arrest of Ronald Stahlman for Homicide. Shortly after the allegations were made Stahlman fled Ohio and hadn’t been heard from since.

• November 17, 2008 - Deputy U.S. Marshals and Task Force Officers from the Phoenix based Child Predator Apprehension Team in addition to the Northern California Fugitive Task Force arrested fugitive sex offender and former Catholic Priest Wilputte Alanson Sherwood, 63, as he was leaving the Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in San Francisco, California.

• October 31, 2008 - The U.S. Marshals Service in collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Detention and Removal Operations (ICE-DRO) arrested International Fugitive Jesus Gastelum. Gastelum was wanted in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, on homicide charges.

• October 30, 2008 - From October 28-30, Federal, State, and Local law enforcement agencies collaborated on “Operation Safe Treat,” a three day fugitive operation targeting non-compliant sex offenders and those wanted for various other sex related offenses. Operation Safe Treat netted law enforcement 22 arrests.

• October 08, 2008 - The U.S. Marshals-led Child Predator Apprehension Team (CPAT) continued their sex offender enforcement efforts under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 by capturing convicted Sex Offender Ernest Dew, 36, yesterday in Phoenix. Dew had recently been named one of San Diego’s Top 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders and was wanted by the California Department of Corrections for violating the conditions of his parole, after having been convicted of Burglary.

• October 07, 2008 - Deputy U.S. Marshals and Task Force Officers with the Arizona WANTED Task Force arrested Johnny Corrales, 27, in Phoenix. Corrales, a convicted sex offender, was wanted by Minnesota authorities for violating the conditions of his probation, having originally been convicted of rape.

• October 01, 2008 - Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested Ryan Garcia, 34, in Phoenix after a six hour stand-off with Police. Garcia was wanted by the U.S. Marshals for violating the conditions of his Supervised Release, after serving time in Federal prison for drug-related offenses, and is wanted for questioning regarding the bank robberies committed by the so-called Bank Whisperer, suspected of robbing numerous banks across the valley over the past month.

• September 19, 2008 - The United States Marshals Service WANTED Task Force in Phoenix, announce the arrest of a man wanted in Texas for sexual assault charges from 1999. Charles Eugene Holybee, 61yoa, is wanted in Longview, Texas on a December, 1999 warrant alleging sex offenses with his 14 year old daughter. When Holybee became aware of pending charges, he abandoned his semi truck and trailer in Shepherd, Texas and vanished. Holybee had been a fugitive for almost 9 years.

• September 19, 2008 - A fugitive wanted by the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office on outstanding warrants was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department on September 18, 2008.  Eddie Lee Cole was being sought on a warrant issued in Yuma, Arizona charging him with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. 

• September 09, 2008 - The U.S. Marshals led-Child Predator Apprehension Team (CPAT) apprehended fugitive sex offender Brent Baker, 33, in Phoenix, AZ. In 1997 Baker was convicted in Maricopa County Superior Court for two counts of Molestation of a Minor and served almost eight years in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections. In April of this year Baker absconded from probation, at which time a warrant was issued for his arrest. Baker, a level III sex offender, also failed to update his sex offender registration.

• August 05, 2008 - U.S. Marshals returned a Mexican citizen back to Mexico where he was wanted for shooting and killing a Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Police commander and wounding a fellow officer in 2006. The U.S. Marshals WANTED Task Force Mexico Investigative Liaison in Tucson was contacted by the Sonora State Investigative Police (PEI) to determine if Jose Domingo Felix-Cervantes, 35 years of age, had fled to the U.S. after the June 2006 shootings in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

• July 30, 2008 - The Arizona Warrant Apprehension Network and Targeted Enforcement Detail (Arizona WANTED) apprehended career criminal and documented gang member Ashone Hollinquest, 22, in Chandler, AZ.  On July 02, 2008 Hollinquest and Marnicus Lockhard, 29, were identified by the Pasco Police Department in Pasco, Washington as “persons of interest” in the disappearance of Tiarra Jo Garcia, 19, which occurred on June 23, 2008. In addition to being “persons of interest” in the disappearance case, Hollinquest was also wanted by Washington authorities on a felony charge of Theft of a Motor Vehicle and Lockhard was wanted for felony narcotic and weapons violations.

• June 24, 2008 - The U.S. Marshals Service Mexico Investigative Liaison program efforts resulted in the arrest of a fugitive wanted on sex offense charges in Arizona. In a joint investigation, the fugitive was detained by Mexican law enforcement officials in Sonora, Mexico on June 21, 2008. Humberto Guadalupe Hernandez, a U.S. citizen, was wanted for Probation Violations by the Superior Court in Pima County.

• May 22, 2008 - Yesterday afternoon Deputy U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers captured Heraclio Guevara-Juarez, 31, in the area of Palo Verde Rd and Broadway Rd in Buckeye. Guevara-Juarez, a Mexican national, was wanted in Zacatecas, Mexico for three counts of Armed Robbery, two counts of Homicide and Escape.

• May 05, 2008  - A high level sex offender who had fled the state to avoid arrest was captured late Saturday morning in downtown Tucson, AZ by U.S. Marshals. Shane G. Vaudry, 32, was arrested on May 3, 2007 at the Greyhound bus station after returning to Arizona from North Carolina. Vaudry was wanted by the Benson Police Department for failing to update his sex offender registration and also had an outstanding Tucson Police Department warrant.

• May 02, 2008 - This afternoon members of the U.S. Marshals led Phoenix High Intensity Drug Task Force (HIDTA) Fugitive Task Force arrested an alleged child rapist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lance Kelly, 51, was wanted by the Albuquerque Police Department after it was alleged that he raped a 10 year old girl.

• April 16, 2008 - From April 7-11, Phoenix valley law enforcement partners collaborated on “Operation Justice”, a one week fugitive round-up in honor of “National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Operation Justice netted valley law enforcement partners 236 fugitives wanted throughout Maricopa County. In addition to arresting these fugitives, 16 weapons were taken off the streets and 1 missing juvenile was found.

• March 18, 2008 - Deputy U.S. Marshals in Oklahoma captured accused child molester Bobby Kennedy, 29, in Lawton, OK. Deputy U.S. Marshals began hunting for Kennedy in March 2006, at the request of the Apache Junction Police Department.  In 2005 an arrest warrant was issued by the Pinal County Superior Court after Kennedy failed to appear for a court hearing. Kennedy, who was employed as a teacher and youth pastor at the Morning Star Academy Charter School, had been arrested by the Apache Junction Police Department after allegations were made that he molested students at the Morning Star Academy.

• March 06, 2008 - Members of the HEAT Fugitive Task Force consisting of state and local partners led by the U.S. Marshals captured escapee Frank Banashley Jr., in a motel in Mesa.  Officers began hunting for Banashley Jr. in early February when he escaped from a half-way house in Phoenix, where he was ordered to reside at immediately prior to his release from prison. Early this morning, Deputies developed information that Banashley Jr. was hiding at a motel in Mesa, at which time he was arrested without incident.

• February 06, 2008 - An Arkansas man, wanted for the 2005 sexual assault of a physically helpless person, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Phoenix High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force at an apartment in Phoenix.  Marlin Cash, 26, was wanted on a felony warrant by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office in Little Rock, Arkansas for Sexual Assault.

• January 16, 2008 - Deputy U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents captured Heriberto Castro-Arellano, 34, in Phoenix, AZ. Heriberto Castro-Arellano, a Mexican national and member of an organized kidnapping ring, was wanted in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico for kidnapping and murder. According to Mexican authorities Castro-Arellano was wanted in connection with a kidnapping for ransom that occurred in March 2000, which resulted in the strangulation death of the cousin of Castro-Arellano.

• October 19, 2007 - An Orlando woman sought for the parental abduction of her three year old child was arrested this afternoon by the U.S. Marshals Phoenix HIDTA Task Force at her apartment in Phoenix.  Stephanie Simon, 36, was wanted on a felony warrant by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, FL for custodial interference.

• October 18, 2007 - On October 16, 2007, United States Marshals Service (USMS) Deputies hunted down an alleged child molester.  Undre Demon Stewart, 23 years old, was wanted by the Tyler Police Department in Tyler, TX for three (3) counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.

• September 20, 2007 - The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Fugitive Operations Team arrested Juan Carlos Ramirez in Flagstaff early this morning. Ramirez was wanted for the brutal stabbing death of his girlfriend in North Carolina. He faces a 1st Degree Murder and two Attempted Murder charges in Greensboro.

• August 27, 2007 - On the heels of the conclusion of Operation FALCON, U.S. Marshals announce the arrest of Oliver Michael Pryor, wanted for the sexual abuse of his two step granddaughters. Pryor, 56, was arrested Saturday, August 25, 2007 in Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point), Mexico by the Sonora State Investigative Police (PEI) based on information developed by investigators of the U.S. Marshals Mexican Investigative Liaison (USMS-MIL) in Tucson.

• August 25, 2007 - In one of the largest fugitive initiatives ever undertaken in the Phoenix-Tucson area, the U.S. Marshals Service teamed with law enforcement agencies, arresting 340 fugitives and clearing 371 warrants during a recent six-day sweep. Led by the U.S. Marshals Service, Operation FALCON (Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally) is an ongoing, multi-city, nationwide law enforcement effort. The operation targets persons wanted for sexual offenses, gang members, narcotics violations, and other violent crimes.

• August 08, 2007 - The United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force, Glendale Police Fugitive Task Force and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives captured Texas homicide suspect Ronald Thompson in West Phoenix Wednesday night, ending a nine day manhunt.

• July 03, 2007 -  A fugitive member of the Black Gangster Disciples Street Gang based in Chicago, IL was arrested in a Phoenix apartment complex by the U.S. Marshals Phoenix HIDTA Task Force today.  Anthony Carr was wanted for Homicide and Aggravated Assault in Chicago. After a verbal altercation inside a parlor, Carr allegedly fired several rounds from an AK-47 into the parlor, killing one man and injuring several others. Carr was considered to be armed and extremely dangerous.
   
• May 31, 2007 - The U.S. Marshals Service will participate in the 23rd Annual Policia Internacional Sonora- Arizona (PISA) Reunion and Training Conference. U.S. Marshals from Arizona, the International Branch of the Investigative Services Division, and investigators from around the country assigned to the U.S. Marshals Mexican Investigative Liaison (MIL) Program will be in attendance at the three day event at the Hilton El Conquistador from June 4-6, 2007.

• April 05, 2007 The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and Englewood, Colorado Police Department, in conjunction with the office of Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, announced today the arrest of Roy Adkins in a cold case murder from 1976. The 31-year investigation involved the slaying of 57-year old Viola Ginter, who was brutally strangled in her Englewood home.

• February 27, 2007 - The United States Marshals Service (USMS) deputies and Lake Havasu City Police Department detectives hunted down a wanted sex offender hiding in the tourist town of Lake Havasu City. Barry Bult, wanted for Parole Violation in South Dakota, was captured while at work earlier today.

• January 28, 2007 - A man suspected of involvement in a 10 mile chase down two San Bernardino County California freeways that resulted in the shooting death of a 12 year old boy was arrested this morning in Tucson by U.S. Marshals and the multi-agency Fugitive Investigative Strike Team (FIST).

• January 19, 2007 - A man suspected in a grisly Los Angeles area double homicide was arrested January 18th by Tucson Police after receiving information from local U.S. Marshals. Christopher Anthony Brown, 38, was arrested without incident after Tucson Police recognized the minivan Brown was driving and initiated a high risk traffic stop at approximately 9:45am on Tucson’s south side.

• January 12, 2007- A California man wanted on multiple bank robberies in the Los Angeles area was hit by a car on I-17 while attempting to evade U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force members last night. Steven Dennis, 36, a California Parolee at Large, has outstanding warrants in San Bernardino for several bank robberies.

• December 06, 2006 - The United States Marshals Service (USMS) and Department of Public Safety (DPS) continued their sex offender enforcement efforts under the newly signed Adam Walsh Act by capturing convicted Sex Offender Evaristo Saucedo, a Mexican National. Saucedo had fled authorities on two prior occasions, but could not escape the Task Force members.

• November 20, 2006 - Last week, fugitives in Maricopa County had a brief, one-time opportunity to take their first step toward a second chance and took full advantage of it. Over 1,300 fugitives surrendered peacefully to the law over four days at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Phoenix as part of Fugitive Safe Surrender.

• November 17, 2006 - Over the past two days, more than 350 fugitives took their first step toward a second chance at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church as part of Fugitive Safe Surrender.  There are only two days left for fugitives with outstanding felony warrants to turn themselves in at 1401 E. Jefferson in Phoenix, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.

• November 07, 2006 - The United States Marshals Service (USMS) Fugitive Task Force tracked down Philip Stapleton, a man the New York Police Department (NYPD) believe shot his friend three times in the head, killing him. Stapleton was one of Bronx’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive’s.

• November 03, 2006 - The United States Marshals Service (USMS) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force arrested Diliberto Arce at a west Phoenix home last night. Arce, who is an undocumented alien, was wanted on federal violations in Kansas for methamphetamine trafficking and is also a suspect in a homicide case in Sinaloa, Mexico.

• October 27, 2006 -  Phoenix, AZ – The United States Marshals Service (USMS) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office arrested homicide suspect Adan Aguayo-Reyes last night in Maricopa, AZ. Mexican officials believe Aguayo-Reyes murdered two individuals in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico.