A fugitive wanted by the Sylvania Police Department was arrested by the U.S. Marshals New York /New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force in Brooklyn, New York on May 1, 2008, based on information generated by the Savannah Office of the Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Tyoune Hasheen Young, 17, was being sought on warrants issued in Sylvania, Georgia charging him with Murder. Young and a co-defendant are charged in the shooting death of Natesha Nicole Williams on February 2, 2008 in Sylvania, GA. The investigation revealed that on February 5, 2008, Young and the co-defendant were stopped at the NY/NJ Port Authority bus terminal. The co-defendant was detained and Young slipped through the system and supposedly went to the Brooklyn, NY area. The case was referred to the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force to help locate and arrest this subject. Numerous leads have been worked by both the Savannah Marshals Fugitive Task Force and the Marshals NY/NJ Fugitive. Task Force members worked leads in Camden, NJ that provided a possible location. New leads generated by the Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force indicated that Young was at a residence on Crescent Street in Brooklyn, NY living with his mother.

The Marshals NY/NJ Fugitive Task Force went to the address on Crescent Street in Brooklyn, NY at 6:00am. Young was found on the roof of the residence trying to evade capture. He was arrested and is being held in New York awaiting extradition back to Georgia.

Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the apprehension of approximately 36,000 federal fugitives. More federal fugitives are arrested by the Marshals Service than all other federal agencies combined.

The Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force is a team comprised of law enforcement officers from the Georgia Department of Corrections, the Chatham County Sheriff=s Department, the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department, and the United States Marshals Service. The task force objective is to seek out and arrest fugitives charged with violent crimes, drug crimes, sex offenders, and other felonies. Last year, U.S. Marshals task forces arrested more than 58,600 state and local fugitives on felony charges.

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov.