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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: |
December 15, 2008 |
Southern District of Georgia
Supervisory Deputy Tommy Long
912-652-4577; USMS Headquarters Public Affairs
(202) 307-9065 |
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Sylvania Suspect Arrested in South Carolina |
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A fugitive wanted by the Sylvania, Georgia Police Department was arrested by
the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Greenville, South Carolina on
December 12, 2008.
Juan Manuel Velazquez Garcia, 20, was being sought on a 2006 warrant issued
in Sylvania, Georgia charging him with Aggravated Assault with Intent to
Rape. The incident happened on November 4, 2006 in Sylvania, Georgia.
The case was referred to the U.S. Marshals Savannah Office of the Southeast
Regional Fugitive Task Force for assistance in locating and arresting this
subject in December, 2008. Numerous leads were worked in the by the
Marshals’ Task Force in an attempt to find this subject. Information
generated from law enforcement sources indicated that Garcia had fled to
Mexico after the incident. New information was generated that indicated
Garcia was in the Greenville, SC area working in a local Chinese Food
Restaurant. These leads were forwarded to the U.S. Marshals Opeartion
Intercept Fugitive Task Force in Columbia, SC. Additional information
developed was that Garcia was possibly planning to return to Mexico on
December 14, 2008. On December 12, 2008 members of the Marshals Operation
Intercept task force set up surveillance at the China Wok Buffet Restaurant
on Pelham Road in Greenville, SC. Investigators then went into the
restaurant and the manager led them to the kitchen area, where Garcia was
arrested without incident. Garcia was taken to the Greenville County Jail to
await 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 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. |
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