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Connecticut – Following a four-year tradition of
success in its national efforts, the U.S. Marshals
Service locally conducted another successful
Operation FALCON- Federal And Local Cops Organized
Nationally – in the District of Connecticut June 16
– 20. Led by the U.S. Marshal, Operation FALCON
netted approximately 200 arrests within the District
of Connecticut.
Operation FALCON – Connecticut consisted of
approximately 60 federal, state, and local law
enforcement officers, making up eight separate
arrest teams working throughout the five-day period.
Each participating local officer was sworn in as a
Special Deputy U.S. Marshal immediately prior to the
start of the operation. This special authority
empowered them to cross traditional lines of
jurisdiction to track down and arrest targeted
fugitives throughout the week.
“The goal of Operation FALCON is simple – to make
communities safer,” said John F. Clark, Director of
the U.S. Marshals Service. “Each time we wrap up a
FALCON operation in any location, there are less
dangerous individuals – and fewer threats to the
community – than there were when we got there. That
is very gratifying.”
Operation FALCON – Hartford combined the collective
efforts of the Hartford Police Department, Windsor
Police Department, South Windsor Police Department,
Manchester Police Department, Wethersfield Police
Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Federal Air Marshal Service, and the Office of Adult
Probation, in one of the area’s largest-ever
fugitive initiatives, focusing on capturing
individuals wanted on felony charges including
sexual predators and fugitives wanted for crimes of
violence. Over the course of the five-day operation,
Deputy U.S. Marshals, teamed with federal, state,
and local law enforcement partners, arrested 32
fugitives, in the greater Hartford area.
Maurice Robinson was a fugitive wanted by the
Hartford Police Department for Robbery 1st and
Carrying a Pistol without a Permit. A team of Deputy
U.S. Marshals with fellow law enforcement officers
arrested Robinson June 16 on Woodland Street in
Hartford.
Lynford Williams was a fugitive wanted by the
Manchester Police Department for Sexual Assault.
Based on information developed by FALCON members,
Williams was arrested June 17 at J.F.K. Airport in
New York, returning from a flight from Jamaica.
Since its inception in 2005, operation FALCON has
made over 36,500 arrests and cleared over 45,300
warrants. It continues to be the largest and most
successful fugitive apprehension effort in U.S.
Marshals history.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals
Service, visit
http://www.usmarshals.gov. |
