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October 24, 2008 |
Middle District of Alabama
U.S. Jesse Seroyer (334) 223-7401;
USMS Headquarters Public Affairs (202) 307-9065 |
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Marshals Arrest Suspect in Arkansas for
Tallassee, Alabama Shooting |
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Montgomery, AL - Early this morning, a
U.S. Marshal task force in Fort Smith, Arkansas arrested 23 year-old Kerry
Devon Anderson, for a shooting incident that occurred on October 6, 2008, in
Tallassee, Alabama, seriously wounding Elijah Bennett, 26 years old.
Anderson was arrested at a residence near Ozone, Arkansas which is located
in the Arkansas National Forest.
The shooting incident resulted in Anderson being charged with attempted
murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle. Tallassee Police Detectives
contacted the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force in
Montgomery for assistance in locating Anderson, who they believed had left
the area to avoid capture. “Our investigators worked closely with Tallassee
Police detectives to locate this guy. Solid police work by their
investigators developed information that Anderson might be at a residence in
Ozone, Arkansas. We contacted the Marshals in Fort Smith, and after
conducting surveillance of the residence determined that Anderson was in
fact there. Early this morning members of the U.S. Marshals River Valley
Fugitive Task Force in Fort Smith, Arkansas were able to safely take
Anderson into custody”, said U.S. Marshal Jesse Seroyer.
Also arrested at the residence was Tiffany Chamblee, 24 years old, wanted by
Tallassee Police on theft charges. Both subjects are awaiting extradition
beck to Alabama.
The Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force is a team comprised of U.S.
Marshals and state and local law enforcement officers in Alabama and
Mississippi. The task force objective is to seek out and arrest fugitives
wanted for crimes of violence and any charges involving sexual assaults on
children. Last year, U.S. Marshals task forces arrested more than 27,000
state and local fugitives on felony charges.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals
can be found http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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