A fugitive wanted by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department and the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police K-9 Unit, and Savannah Impact officers on May 20, 2008 in Savannah, GA.

Larry Jiles, 21, was being sought on a warrants issued in Jasper County, South Carolina charging him with three Armed Robberies and two charges of Possession of a weapon by a Felon that occurred on November 19, 2007. Jiles is also charged by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole with Parole Violation that stemmed from a previous 2004 Possession of Marijuana charge. The case was referred to the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force to help locate and arrest this subject. Numerous leads were worked by the Savannah Marshals’ Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force. The investigation lead the Marshals Task Force to the area of 34th and Montgomery Street in Savannah, GA. The task force members observed a black male fitting the description of Jiles walking on 34th Street. The suspect was then seen entering a dark colored Honda Accord and Task Force members followed the vehicle to the area of Anderson Street and Bee Road. The Marshals Task Force members, with the assistance of SCMPD K-9, and Savannah Impact members, initiated a traffic stop and pulled Jiles from the passenger side of the vehicle. The driver was not arrested. Jiles was taken to the Chatham County Jail to await disposition of the Parole Violation Charge and to await extradition to South Carolina.

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.