FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: January 24, 2008 Brian W. Fair, Judicial Security Inspector Public Information Officer (504) 589-2145   U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrests New Orleans Murder Suspect in Sulphur, LA   On the afternoon of January 24, 2008, the U.S. Marshals Service Western District of Louisiana Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (FAST) with assistance from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Lake Charles City Police Department arrested New Orleans Police Department murder suspect, Dominick Allen, 23 years old, in the 1000 block of Alice St. Sulphur, Louisiana based on a collateral lead sent by the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF). Allen has been featured on several occasions in the New Orleans Time Picayune newspaper’s Metropolitan Crime Commission (MCC) “Wanted by the Law” feature. Allen was also wanted by the LA Department of Corrections on a parole violations warrant (original charge: possession of cocaine). The offense occurred on November 25, 2007, in the 10700 block of Roger Drive New Orleans, LA. The victim, Sheldon Dean, 28 years old, was shot during what the New Orleans Police Department believe to have been an armed robbery at Dean’s apartment. Dominick Allen and Gerald Nickles, 25 years old, were developed as the suspects in the incident. Dean died on December 14, 2007, at University Hospital as a result of the shooting. The charges/warrants on both suspects were upgraded to first degree murder as well as the armed robbery. The case was referred to CSFTF by the New Orleans Police Department in early January 2008. Investigators from the task force developed information that Allen might be staying with a relative in the Lake Charles area. A request from CSFTF was forwarded to the W/LA FAST and they responded to the 1000 block of Alice St., Sulphur, LA. After a brief surveillance, FAST members observed Allen entering the residence. He was arrested without incident and booked into the Calcasieu Parish Jail on the New Orleans warrants. Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. Marshal Michael Credo stated, “The relationships that the U.S. Marshals Service has developed with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies is critical to the success of our mission. However, we need the public’s assistance as well to locate Allen’s co-defendant, Gerald Emanuel Nickles. Nickles has also been profiled in the “Wanted by the Law” feature. He is an African American male 25 years old, approximately 5'08" weighting 163 pounds. He has prior convictions for manslaughter and possession of stolen property. He should be considered armed and dangerous. There is a reward being offered by both the Metropolitan Crime Commission and the U.S. Marshals Service for information leading to his arrest and all information provided is anonymous. Contact CSFTF at (504) 589-6079.” The U.S. Marshals Service sponsors fugitive task forces across the U.S. CSFTF has been in existence since 1999 and has grown since Hurricane Katrina due to resources committed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Current CSFTF members include the New Orleans Police Department, Bogalusa Police Department, the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office, St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana Probation and Parole, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Services and Social Security OIG. For more information on the U.S. Marshals EDLA CSFTF go to www.usmarshals.gov/district/la-e/news/index.html.