For Immediate Release

A fugitive wanted by the Georgia Department of Corrections was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, Georgia Department of Corrections K-9 officers and other Corrections officers on January 14, 2009.

Jesse James Holliday (aka Jesse James Brandt), 38, was being sought on a warrant charging him with escape. Holliday was serving a three year prison sentence for financial identity fraud at the Long State Prison in Ludowici, Georgia. Holliday was on a work detail in the Jesup, Georgia area when he fled. The Marshals Fugitive Task Force, GDC K-9, and other GDC officers worked through the night trying to locate him. Numerous leads were worked in this case. Holliday was captured in Jesup, Georgia, 28 hours from the time he fled the work detail.

Holliday was taken to Smith State Prison in Glennville, Georgia for safekeeping to await prosecution on the escape charges.

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 Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force has three offices: Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah. The task force covers the whole state of Georgia. The Savannah Offices of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force is a team comprised of investigators 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.