U.S. Marshals Service Task Forces End 7 Year Run of Shelby County Fugitive Wanted for Child Rape

On Monday, April 30, 2007, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team (DFAT) arrested Lonzo Lenear after receiving a lead from the U.S. Marshals Service Mid South Fugitive Task Force (MSFTF). Lenear had been living in the Detroit, MI area for over five years and was arrested at a Harbor Woods, MI Nursing Home where Lenear was employed as a Dietician.

On November 11, 1999 a warrant was issued for Lonzo Lenear in Shelby County, Tennessee charging Lenear with Rape of a Child. The warrant was adopted by the U.S. Marshals Service Mid South Fugitive Task Force in fall 2006. In April 2007, Task Force Officer (TFO) Chris Wages developed information that Lenear was living in the 14000 block of Rossini in Detroit, MI. TFO Wages coordinated with members of the USMS DFAT in order to facilitate the arrest of Lenear.

The Mid-South Fugitive Task Force consists of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies, and Memphis Police Officers. The MSFTF began in August, 2005 and focuses on locating and apprehending fugitives that are wanted for violent crimes and sex offenses.

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov/.