September 18, 2012 - The remains of U.S. Marshals 15 Most
Wanted fugitive Beacher Hackney have been discovered in Hot Springs,
Va. Hackney was wanted for a double homicide and the subject of an
unrelenting manhunt since March 21, 2009.
September 17, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force arrested twenty-two year
old Jacoldy Fox. Fox was Wanted by the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s
Office for Armed Robbery, Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Criminal
Damage to Property, and Simple Battery.
September 17, 2012 -
Anthony Donell Roberts was arrested last Friday by the Lone Star
Fugitive Task Force in San Antonio without incident. An arrest
warrant was sought by the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD)
Homicide Division, where it is alleged that Roberts committed first
degree murder.
September 14, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Bobby Mathieson announces the capture of Tyrek Allen.
Allen was wanted by Newport News Police Department and the City of
Hampton on charges regarding two shootings which left one man dead
and one injured.
September 14, 2012 -
Operation Complete Clean Up, a four month long sex offender
verification operation, concluded August 31, 2012 with outstanding
participation and results. The operation was a New Mexico wide
effort to verify that every sex offender located in the State,
including Tribal and Pueblo lands, was in compliance with applicable
federal and state law.
September 13, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) today
announced the arrest of Anthony M. Bell Jr., 19 years of age, from
Riviera Beach, FL for First Degree Murder with a Firearm and
Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
September
12, 2012 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The U.S.
Marshals Service added a convicted child predator to its 15 Most
Wanted fugitive list today. Clyde
Hall Jr., a career sex offender, who is wanted in the
Northern District of New York for violation of federal
supervised release, failed to report to a halfway house in New
York after serving a 25-month prison sentence for violations of
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act at the Butner
Federal Correctional Institute in North Carolina.
September 12, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Christopher Alfred
this afternoon. Alfred was Wanted by the Lafayette Police Department
for Felony Carnal Knowledge of a Juvenile. U.S. Marshals arrested
Alfred pursuant to a traffic stop in Lafayette, LA.
September 11, 2012 -
At 11:00 am on Thursday, Sept. 20, media
outlets and personnel are invited to a celebration of the history of
the U.S. Marshals Service and how it has impacted our community in a
positive way. Operation Intercept, the U.S. Marshal led fugitive
task force for South Carolina, will be highlighted, as well as some
of its fugitive and sex offender arrests.
September 10, 2012 -
Carroll County Probation & Parole fugitive, Dwayne
Blanchette in Parsonsfield, Maine. The NH Department of Corrections
- Probation & Parole Division requested the assistance of the U.S.
Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force in locating and arresting
Blanchette. Blanchette was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant
for Probation Violations stemming from original convictions and
sentences for Burglary, Witness Tampering, Falsifying Physical
Evidence and Animal Cruelty.
September 07, 2012 - Under Operation Pickup, the U.S. Marshals Service in
Alaska assisted the Bethel Police Department in locating fugitive Denise
Jeanine Festervand (AKA: Denise Ebertz) who had allegedly abducted her
daughter and son in August 2004 and traveled out of Alaska.
September 07, 2012 -
U.S. Marshals Hawaii Fugitive Task Force Officers, Hawaii State
Sheriffs, Maui Police Officers, Hawaii County Police Officers, and
Kauai County Police Officers conducted a joint fugitive warrant
sweep on the island of Maui. During the 3-day mission, sixty-six
wanted fugitives were arrested clearing a hundred-four outstanding
warrants.
September 07, 2012 -
A major fugitive wanted in Puerto Rico for his alleged participation
in a 1998 murder of a man in Ponce, PR was captured in Huntingdon
Valley, PA, by the U.S. Marshals Service. Carlos
Rodriguez-Alcala was being sought on a State warrant issued in the
District of Puerto Rico.
September 07, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force arrested a
Father and Son, both for bail jumping. Edward Janak, formerly of
Laconia, NH has been on the run since he left the state to avoid
facing his jail sentence for original charges stemming from an
assault in 2007. Brandon Janak recently fled the area after failing
to appear for his jail sentence after his conviction for possession
of narcotics.
September 06, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service is selling the first 93 of the Rita Crundwell herd of quarter horses via an online
auction starting noon Friday. The auction, at
www.professionalauction.com,
closes on Tuesday for 46 of the horses and
Wednesday for 47 of the horses. A live auction to sell the
remainder of Crundwell’s horses, more than 300, will take place in
Dixon, Ill., Sept. 23 and 24.
September 05, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today the
arrest of Donald Steven Guthrie – a 38-year old man from Jersey
Shore, Pennsylvania – and the recovery of a missing 14-year old
female.
September 04, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service is selling a luxury motor home, one of
Rita Crundwell’s assets, via an
online auction starting Tuesday. The auction for the 2008 Liberty Coach
Motor Home will run through noon Sept. 25.
September 04, 2012 -
A major fugitive wanted on federal charges for his
alleged participation in a major drug organization has been arrested
by the U.S. Marshals Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force in
Guayama, Puerto Rico. Javier Morales Andreu, also known as “Gadget”,
was being sought on a federal warrant issued in the District of
Puerto Rico.
September 04, 2012 -
The United States Marshal Service in New Mexico
arrested Janis Deanna Casaus. Casaus was a Federal fugitive wanted
after a federal grand jury indicted her on charges of being a felon
in possession of a firearm.
September 04, 2012 -
The Lafayette Police Department and The U.S. Marshals Violent
Offender Task Force are seeking assistance and information from the
public as to Carl J. Phillips’s location. Phillips is wanted for 2nd
Degree Murder that took place on July 28, 2012.
September 04, 2012 -
On Friday, August 31, 2012, the U.S. Marshals Southern Iowa Fugitive
Task Force requested the public’s assistance in the search for
convicted sex offender Courtney Cortez Chestnut of Des Moines.
Chestnut was wanted by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for failure
to register as a sex offender (2nd offense) and escape.
September 04, 2012 - A
federal fugitive was extradited from Spain on Friday after being
seven years evading justice. Angelo Guevara-Ramon has been a
fugitive from justice since 2005, when a federal grand jury returned
an indictment for alleged cocaine and heroin importation to the U.S.
from St. Marteen, Netherlands Antilles and St. Thomas, United States
Virgin Islands.
August 31, 2012 - Over
the course of 3 days, the U.S. Marshals Hawaii Fugitive Task Force
conducted a collaborative arrest warrant sweep. Deputy U.S.
Marshals, Hawaii County Police Officers, and Hawaii State Sheriffs
conducted a joint fugitive round-up blanketing the island of Hawaii.
Sixty-seven wanted fugitives were arrested with 91 federal and state
warrants cleared.
August 30, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF)
Akron Division arrested Leo Moore III. Moore was wanted by the Akron
Police Department on the charges of; weapons under disability,
carrying a concealed weapon and willful fleeing. Moore was also
wanted by the Summit County Sheriff’s Department on drug charges.
August 30, 2012 - A
Mississippi man wanted on failure to appear charges for Aggravated
Assault with a knife was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service
Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Domieko Deonta Eubanks is wanted by the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s
Department in Starkville, MS.
August 30, 2012 - The U.S. Marshals recently conducted a preview of six aircraft in Aguadilla that
will be sold at public auction Sept. 5 in Midland, Texas. The aircraft were part of a seizure conducted
in December 2011 shortly after a search warrant was executed by the Drug
Enforcement Administration in relation to the investigation of Santo Seda-Rodriguez.
August 29, 2012 - Jose
Armando Vega, of El Paso, Texas was arrested by the Lone Star
Fugitive Task Force. Vega, wanted for aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon, was located and taken into custody without incident
in El Paso, Texas.
August 27, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service will be auctioning 15 vehicles
which were seized due to illegal activities. The auction will begin
promptly at 10:00 am Friday, August 31st, 2012 in Albuquerque. The
total value of the vehicles to be sold is $81,140.25. Detailed
photos of the vehicles are available at
www.appletowing.com.
August 27, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a
Pennsylvania man wanted for a parole violation on a 6 year prison
sentence he served for aggravated assault with a handgun. Devaughn
Anthony Coad was captured by task force officers from the Marshals,
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement.
August 25, 2012 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals from the Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive
Task Force yesterday arrested international fugitive Robert Joseph
Manship at the Los Angeles International Airport after his return
from the Philippines. Manship, a retired U.S. Air Force
Sergeant, is wanted in New Hampshire for aggravated felonious sexual
assault of a child.
August 24, 2012 -
Eddie Garza Jr., was arrested yesterday by the Lone Star Fugitive
Task Force in San Antonio without incident. An arrest warrant was
issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Board of
Pardon and Parole, where it is alleged that Garza violated the
conditions of his parole. Earlier this month, Garza was a featured
fugitive during “Operation Heatwave.”
August 24, 2012 -
Latray Whitley was arrested yesterday evening by the Lone Star
Fugitive Task Force in San Antonio without incident. An arrest
warrant was issued by the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD)
Homicide Division, where it is alleged that Whitley committed first
degree murder.
August 20, 2012 -
Robert Almonte, the U.S. Marshal for the Western
District of Texas, will deputize the two children who have been selected as
honorary coaches for this year’s Guns ‘N’ Hoses baseball tournament hosted by Candlelighters
of El Paso. The U.S. Marshals Service is among the agencies
participating in the annual tournament to raise money for the
organization.
August 17, 2012 - The
Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) announced
today that after an intense investigation, Timothy Slusher was
arrested this morning in Dayton, Ohio. On August 16, 2012, the
Dayton SOFAST team was notified by Detectives from the Dayton Police
Department that a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Timothy
Slusher for the knifepoint rape of a child under the age of 13.
August 15, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force hit the streets
of Pensacola early today and arrested three Pensacola men wanted on
numerous charges that include aggravated assault with a weapon,
armed robbery, using a firearm and including a non-registered sex
offender.
August 15, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service is conducting a live and Web simulcast auction
to sell 255 lots of fine jewelry, watches and gold coins in San
Antonio Saturday. The auction starts at 10 a.m. CDT at the Adrian
Spears Judicial Training Center, and the Web simulcast is at www.txauction.com.
A public preview is scheduled for Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
August 15, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott announces that the U.S. Marshals Northern
Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) has arrested fugitive
Nathan Summerfield this morning in Wadsworth, OH. Summerfield, who
was an Ashland, OH resident, is wanted for the murder of Lynn
Jackenheimer, which took place on July 3rd in Dare County (Outer
Banks), North Carolina.
August 14, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, with the
assistance of the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Marco
Correa in Newton Falls, OH. Correa was wanted by the Cleveland
Division of Police for four counts of felonious assault. It is
alleged that Correa was one of five people that were involved in an
unprovoked assault at Charlie’s Place on Lorain Ave. in Cleveland
that left two people unconscious, permanently blinded a waitress,
and broke the jaw of an off-duty Cleveland police officer that
stepped in to help the victims.
August 10, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service, in collaboration with the Wayne County
Sheriff’s Office, the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation COPS grant funded Internet Crimes
Against Children Task Force and the Georgia Department of
Corrections, Jesup Probation Office, and the Georgia State Parole
conducted compliance checks of all registered sex offenders in Wayne
County. Over thirty Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement
Officers were involved.
August 10, 2012 - The
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force concluded a week long operation
resulting in the arrest of 186 federal and state felony offenders.
“Operation Heatwave”, a fugitive round-up, comprised of city, county, state, and
federal law enforcement officers, targeted approximately 350 fugitives with
outstanding felony warrants. As of 8:00 a.m. this morning, the 186 arrests lead
to the clearance of over 200 warrants. “Operation Heatwave”, a collaboration of
over 90 law enforcement officers from 16 various agencies.
August 10, 2012 -
Lamonte Hill was located and taken into custody by Operation
Intercept (OPIN), the U.S. Marshals fugitive apprehension task
force, on Friday morning at a friend’s home on Hidden Pines Road in
Columbia. Hill is wanted in connection with the stabbing and
shooting death of Brian Bloomfield on June 11.
August 09, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Hawaii Fugitive Task Force located and apprehended
escapee James K. Gahler, Jr. without incident in Waikiki by Deputy
U.S. Marshals and Hawaii State Sheriffs. Gahler was being held at
Mahoney Hale Residential Re-Entry Center when he willfully failed to
return to the institutional facility within the time prescribed by
the facility.
August 09, 2012 -
Samuel Hurd III was arrested this afternoon by the Lone Star
Fugitive Task Force at a local YMCA in San Antonio without incident.
An arrest warrant was issued by the United States District Court in
Dallas, where it is alleged that Hurd violated the conditions of his
bond previously set by the Court.
August 08, 2012 -
Matthew Mallory, a convicted sex offender, entered a plea of guilty
earlier this week to 4 counts of child abuse by intentional
infliction of mental injury, before an Oklahoma District Court Judge
in Kingfisher County. In April 2011, authorities in Oklahoma issued
an arrest warrant for Mallory who was captured by the Lone Star
Fugitive Task Force in San Antonio.
August 08, 2012 -
Deputies and Task Force Officers from the Southwest Fugitive
Investigative Team (SWIFT) Task Force, in Farmington NM, arrested
Michael Padilla. Padilla was featured on the Marshals Service
District of New Mexico’s “New Mexico’s Most Wanted Program”. Padilla
has an extensive criminal history and was wanted on charges of
distribution of Methamphetamine.
August 06, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals and the Walker Police Department announce the arrest
of an Allegan man who is wanted for Murder and Felony Embezzlement
in Bay St. Louis, MS. Glen Joseph Davis is a suspect in the killing
of an 83 year old man in the small town of Bay St. Louis, MS.
August 03, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Escambia
County Sheriff’s Office TAC Team captured an Alabama fugitive who
failed to appear on charges of 2nd Degree Rape and Possession of
Pornographic Material of a Minor. U.S. Marshals were conducting
surveillance of a residence where Dion Demetrius Taylor was
reportedly hiding out in Pensacola.
August 03, 2012 - United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced that the U.S.
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested a man accused of a daring daylight
robbery in June at the Resorts World Casino in South Ozone Park,
Queens, New York. Kevin Lides was being sought after fingerprints on
a note handed to a teller matched his own.
August 02, 2012 -
Efrain Vengas of El Paso, Texas was arrested by the
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF). Venegas was featured on the El Paso
County Sheriff’s Department’s Manhunt Monday program on July 30, 2012. Venegas
had 6 outstanding warrants for his arrest the most serious being Aggravated
Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
August 01, 2012 -
Late yesterday evening, United States Marshals South West
Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) task force arrested Erick Garcia
in Bloomfield, NM. Garcia was indicted by the United States District
Court and had warrants for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
and Trafficking Methamphetamine.
August 01, 2012 -
Mark Anthony Carslon was wanted on two felony warrants for failing
to comply with the terms of probation for two underlying armed
robbery cases. Carlson was arrested on July 26, 2012 in Grand
Prairie Texas by the Grand Prairie Texas Police Department (GPPD) on
his two felony warrants from the state of New Mexico as well as for
two new charges in Texas.
August 01, 2012 - U.S.
Marshal Patrick Sedoti announced today that the Southern Ohio
Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) has joined the search for
Shawn Dwayne Wood. Wood is wanted in Montgomery County, Ohio, for
sex offender registration violations. Wood is a convicted sex
offender with prior arrests for kidnapping, weapons offenses,
assaults, trafficking in drugs, sex offender registration violations
and rape.
July 31, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force announces the
arrest of Michael Allan McCants, a Pensacola man who is a suspect in
a drive-by shooting that took place in Pensacola several months ago.
July 26, 2012 - U.S.
Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the successful conclusion of
Operation Safety Net III – an initiative designed to verify the
addresses of more than 1,300 convicted sex offenders residing in the
Middle District of Pennsylvania. This operation is the direct result
of The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, signed
into law July 27, 2006.
July 25, 2012 -
Anselmo Rodriguez is the target of a fugitive investigation by the
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force after he fled while on bond, awaiting
sentence by a Bexar County Judge. Rodriguez was found guilty on
allegations involving continuous sexual abuse of a child and
sentenced in absència to a term of life in prison.
July 24, 2012 -
Members of the U.S. Marshal’s Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) arrested Trinidad Diaz Mermella in central Odessa. Mermella was
listed on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s website as one of the “Texas
10 Most Wanted Fugitives", and currently wanted for a parole violation.
July 24, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service has awarded a contract to Professional Auction Services, Inc., of Round
Hill, Va., for the U.S. District Court-ordered dispersal of horses and related
equipment belonging to former city of Dixon, Ill., comptroller Rita A. Crundwell. The agreement will offer buyers
the opportunity to bid at a live auction at the Crundwell Red Brick Road farm,
along with the opportunity to place bids on the contractor’s
website.
July 18, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshal Service in New Mexico added Jose Alfredo Corral and Mark
Anthony Carlson to the New Mexico’s Most Wanted
list. Corral and Carlson were placed on the Gang Offender section of
the list.
July
13, 2012 - 15 Most Wanted Capture - U.S.
Marshals 15 Most Wanted fugitive Vincent Legrend Walters has been
captured in Cancun, Mexico, after nearly 24 years on the run.
Walters is wanted in San Diego for the kidnapping and murder of
Kristine Reyes, who was killed in September 1988.
July 13, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service is selling the first of Rita Crundwell’s
assets, a luxury motor home, via a sealed bid sale. Crundwell has been
federally charged with wire fraud in U.S. District Court in Northern Illinois.
The 2009 Liberty Coach Motor Home has a minimum bid of $1 million. Bids will be
accepted until 2 p.m. CDT August 1. Public viewings will be available by
appointment only on July 23 and July 27 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. CDT.
July 12, 2012 -
Marshall Aponte was arrested early this morning at a gas
station in San Antonio, without incident. Aponte was sought by the
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force after an arrest warrant was issued by
the San Antonio Police Department, Robbery Task Force Unit. Aponte
is suspected to be linked to 5 recent gas station robberies.
July 10, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals along with the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections Sex Offender Registry Program, the Marathon County
Sheriff’s Department, and the Wausau Police Department conducted a
residence verification operation for registered sex offenders. On
June 26th and June 27th teams checked the addresses of 188
registered sex offenders in Marathon County. At least 6 were found
to be non-compliant.
July 09, 2012 -
On July 8, 2012, U.S. Marshals were notified by U.S.
Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) that accused child sex offender,
Sergio Luevano self-surrendered to U.S. authorities at the Paso Del
Norte Port of Entry. U.S. Marshals placed Luevano on their New
Mexico’s Most Wanted list in February of 2012.
July 07, 2012 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF)
with assistance from Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana State
Police, and Church Point Police arrested murder suspect Steven
Guillory. Less than 24 hours later, Willie Dean and Xavier
Freeman were arrested by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office and
VOTF. Both suspects are Wanted by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s
Office in North Carolina for 1st Degree Murder and Armed Robbery
Charges.
July 07, 2012 -
Edmond Muhlenberg was arrested this week at the George Bush
Intercontinental Airport in Houston, without incident. Muhlenberg
was the target of a fugitive investigation by the Lone Star Fugitive
Task Force after he fled while under investigation by the Bexar
County Sheriff’s Office. Muhlenberg was indicted on allegations
involving super aggravated sexual assault of a child.
July 05, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force
discovered a small cache of guns, a bulletproof vest and rounds and
rounds of ammunition earlier this afternoon, when they captured a
fugitive wanted since November of last year. Aggravated assault
suspect Jeremy Jerel Fountain was arrested without incident inside a
home on Escalona Avenue in Pensacola.
July 03, 2012 -
An Alachua County, Florida woman wanted on charges of
Battery and Aggravated Battery, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals
Service Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task
Force on July 2, 2012. Ebony Kelley was wanted by the Alachua County
Sheriff’s Department in Gainesville, Florida on charges of Battery
and Aggravated Battery from a 2011 incident.
July 03, 2012 -
Eric Sumner, wanted by ATF in Macon, Georgia on a charge of
Possession of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon, was arrested by the
U.S. Marshals Service Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force, the Hazelhurst
Police Department and the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole on July 2, 2012.
July 03, 2012 -
A Warner Robins, Georgia man wanted on three charges of
Armed Robbery was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Savannah
Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the
Effingham County Sheriff’s Department on July 2, 2012.
James Ray Ussery was wanted by the Warner Robins, Georgia Police Department and
the Peach County, Georgia Sheriff’s Department on three charges of
Armed Robbery.
July 03, 2012 -
In four separate cases, fugitives from the Hinesville/
Liberty County area have been arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service
Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the
Jacksonville Office of the Florida Regional Task Force and the New
York /New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force in the last 45 days.
When our state and local law enforcement partners need help in
locating and arresting fugitives, the Marshals Service Fugitive Task
Forces are there to help.
June 29, 2012 -
The Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST)
and Acting U.S. Marshal Patrick Sedoti for the Southern District of
Ohio announced today that Robert Philbeck was arrested this morning
in a wooded area near Smithville Road and Burkhardt Road in Dayton
Ohio. Philbeck was convicted of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor
and 4 times has been convicted of sex offender registration
violations.
June 28, 2012 -
The Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST)
and Acting U.S. Marshal Patrick Sedoti for the Southern District of
Ohio announced today that Richard A. “Chicago” Western was arrested
this morning on N. Union Road in Englewood, Ohio.
June 28, 2012 -
Laurel Mills, Chief Inspector with the Investigative
Operations Division, received the 2012 Women in Federal Law
Enforcement Leadership Award on Wednesday. Chief Mills was honored
for her role in forging a partnership between the U.S. Marshals
Service and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
She was the first Deputy U.S. Marshal assigned as liaison to NCMEC.
June 27, 2012 -
The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested Juan Pedro Solis
at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry. Task force members had been
communicating with him while he was in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua,
Mexico, and were able to convince him to surrender. Solis was wanted
for indecency with a child, possession of cocaine and driving while
intoxicated.
June 26, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service is conducting a live and Web
simulcast auction to sell nearly 400 lots of fine jewelry, watches,
gold, diamonds and even some Megalodon fossil shark teeth Saturday. The auction starts
at 10 a.m. at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, and the Web simulcast is
at www.txauction.com. A catalog with the
expected price range for each item is available on the website. A public preview
is scheduled for Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 26, 2012 -
The Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) and Acting
U.S. Marshal Patrick Sedoti announced
today that Jeffrey Spicer was arrested this morning in New Weston, OH. Spicer
was wanted for 2 Counts of Aggravated Felonious Sexual Assault of a
minor and 2 additional counts of Attempted Aggravated Sexual Assault
of a minor between the ages of 13 and 16.
June 25, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service is conducting online auctions to
sell 245 works of art by Chagall, Matisse, Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec
and other old masters as well as pieces by more recent famous
artists. The items are up for auction at
www.txauction.com until July 2.
June 25, 2012 -
U.S. Marshals Adam Walsh Task Force Officers, Hawaii
Fugitive Task Force Officers, and the State Sheriffs teamed up with
the City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting
Attorney Investigators and conducted Operation Hukilau Elua. The
five day Operation was an investigative and arrest effort designed
to assist the City and County of Honolulu Prosecutors Office in
executing sex offender and domestic violence warrants.
June 23, 2012 -
On June 15, 2012, Murder warrants were issued out of the
state of Illinois for Carlton Neely and James Edward Johnson. Neely
and Johnson went on a shooting spree shooting 4 victims, murdering
1. Fifteen minutes after shooting those victims, Neely and Johnson
drive to another town and shot another victim in the back.
June 22, 2012 -
Today April Cardoza of El Paso, Texas was arrested
by the United States Marshals Service. Cardoza has been a fugitive since March,
2011, when a federal arrest warrant was issued for Racketeering Activities,
which included multiple instances of violent crimes.
June 21, 2012 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested homicide suspect Richard
Winters in northeast Albuquerque. Winters was found in the residence
of family members. Winters was taken into custody without incident
and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque and
is awaiting extradition to San Juan County.
June 21, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force
captured a Tennessee fugitive this afternoon who is wanted on four
counts of Aggravated Sexual Battery. Shannon Lee Russell of Forest
Park Drive, Pensacola, is wanted by law enforcement in McMinn
County, TN for allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl over a
five year period.
June 19, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Rashaun Bush in Harrisburg. Bush
was being sought by the York City Police Department for the murder
of Kanyleron McDavid.
June 19, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force
arrested a convicted sex offender who tried to elude them by jumping
out of a 3rd story window. At 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Task Force
knocked on the door of a room at a hotel located on the 8200 Block
of N. Davis Highway attempting to arrest James Erik Cross.
June 18, 2012 -
On June 6, 2012, U.S. Marshals placed Roger H. Chavez on
their state of New Mexico’s Most Wanted list. Chavez is on parole
for his 1997 conviction of 2nd Degree Murder. In 2006, Chavez was
released from prison and placed on parole. Chavez has been arrested
for violating his parole on previous incidents in 2007 and 2009. The
South West Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) task force, arrested
Chavez on Monday in Edgewood, NM.
June 15, 2012 -
Deputies assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service North Texas
Fugitive Task Force in Dallas arrested John Willie Jones. Jones was
wanted for his involvement in the fatal shooting in Downtown
Albuquerque on 06-07-2012. It was believed that Jones was the man
who actually shot the victim.
June 15, 2012 -
On May 31, 2012 a State of New Mexico arrest warrant was
issued for four subjects, Gabriel Alcon, Richard Winters, Vincent
Montoya, Sarah Martinez. All subjects were wanted for
Tampering/Destroying Evidence related to a Homicide and all were
wanted for questioning in the Homicide of victim Anthony Jacquez in
San Juan County, NM.
June 13, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Service arrested Namer Yousef Al Daoud in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania with the assistance of the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Al Daoud
was being sought for a murder that occurred on June 2, 1992 in the
Kingdom of Jordan.
June 11, 2012 -
The week of June 4th, 2012 the U.S. Marshals Service, in
collaboration with the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, the
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation COPS grant funded Internet Crimes Against Children
Task Force and the Georgia Department of Corrections, Statesboro
Probation Office, Georgia State Parole and the F.B.I. conducted
compliance checks of registered sex offenders in Bulloch County. A
total of 28 Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement Officers were
involved.
June 8, 2012
-
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of
California, announced today that the U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest
Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF) arrested 56 year old Paul Joseph
Borreson. This subject was added
to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives on May 9, 2012.
Borrenson was wanted by the Texas Department of Public
Safety for a Parole Violation with an original offense of Forgery.
He also had outstanding warrants in four other states to include
South Dakota, Minnesota, Indiana, and Texas.
Borrenson has been identified as a member of the Aryan Brotherhood of
Texas and was considered to be armed and dangerous.
June 07, 2012 - Fifty
years after their escape from U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz on June 11,
1962, the U.S. Marshals Service remains diligent in the manhunt for
Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin. They are the
only men to escape from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco who remain
unaccounted for.
June 07, 2012 -
Anthony Scott Ebersole was arrested by the U.S. Marshals at a camp
ground in Crescent City, Florida late yesterday afternoon. Ebersole
has been on the run from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department
since March 1, when he failed to register as a sex offender as
required.
June 06, 2012 - The U.S. Marshals along
with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (D.O.C.) Sex Offender Registry
Program, the Ashland and Iron County Sheriff’s Departments conducted
a residence verification operation for registered sex offenders.
June 05, 2012 - U.S.
Marshal Bobby Mathieson announces the arrest of Carter Tillery in
Houston, Texas. Tillery was serving a 30 year federal sentence for
armed robbery with a projected release date of September 30, 2036,
when he was mistakenly released from state custody on May 17, 2012.
June 05, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service in El Paso, TX arrested Juan Cruz on an
outstanding warrant for a Failure to Appear on Criminal Sexual
Contact of a Minor. In 2010, Cruz was arrested for sexually
assaulting a child. Task Force investigators also arrested Frank
Montano. Montano was listed on the New Mexico Department of
Corrections Top Ten Most Wanted. Montano was wanted on a probation
violation.
June 04, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals along with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex
Offender Registry Program, the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department
conducted a residence verification operation for registered sex
offenders.
June 01, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshal Service in New Mexico is proud to announce its’ new
involvement with the Wounded Warrior program. The Warriors to Work
program helps Wounded Warriors transition back into the civilian
workforce by providing career counseling services and job placement
assistance.
June 01, 2012 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Service South West Investigative
Fugitive Task Force (SWIFT) in conjunction with representatives
Truth or Consequences Police Department, Sierra County Sheriff’s
Department and New Mexico State Probation Department conducted a
fugitive Operation in Sierra County, New Mexico. The objective of
“Operation Summer Heat” was to locate and arrest individuals who had
Felony Warrants for their arrest and who reside in Sierra County.
May 31, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico auctioned off 20
government surplus and seized vehicles. The vehicles were seized by
local and federal agencies and the proceeds will help support law
enforcement activities in the Albuquerque area. 98 private citizens
registered for the auction and a total of $110,450 dollars was
raised.
May 31, 2012 - During
the evening hours of May 29, 2012 Deputies and Investigators with
the United States Marshals Service Southwest Investigative Fugitive
Team (SWIFT) Task Force arrested Joe Vallejos and Jeremiah Mason.
Vallejos and Mason were wanted for their alleged involvement in a
Murder that happened on April 3, 2012 in Ignacio, Colorado.
May 29, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service will be auctioning 20 vehicles which were
seized due to illegal activities. The auction will begin promptly at
10:00 am Thursday, May 31st, 2012 in Albuquerque. The total value of
the vehicles to be sold is $141,554.00. Detailed photos of the
vehicles are available at
www.appletowing.com.
May 25, 2012 -
On May 24, 2012 the United States Marshal Service in New
Mexico arrested Steven M. Leewright of Farmington on the 2400 block
of Lakeview Dr. in SW Albuquerque. Leewright was wanted by the San
Juan County Sherriff’s Office for Failure to Register as a Sex
Offender.
May 24, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Service arrested Carlos Baez-Quinonez in Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania. Baez-Quinonez was being sought by the Puerto Rico
Department of Public Safety on charges of criminal homicide and
related firearms offenses.
May 23, 2012 -
On May 22-23, 2012, the U.S. Marshals Service, Eastern
District of Virginia, Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force,
Northampton County Sheriff’s Office and the Accomack County
Sheriff’s Office executed a multi-jurisdictional fugitive
apprehension operation, dubbed Operation Spring Sting, on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
May 23, 2012 -
Patrick Sedoti, U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of
Ohio, announced today that Kevin Collins has been arrested. Kevin
Collins was arrested by the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension
Strike Team (SOFAST) in Columbus, OH. Collins was wanted by the
Dayton Police Department for Gross Sexual Imposition of a Child
Under 13 Years of Age and 6 counts of Sexual Battery.
May 23, 2012 -
Deputies with the U.S. Marshal Service and Task Force
Officers with the Santa Fe Police Department arrested Joel Rollins
in Espanola, NM. Rollins was wanted by the Sandoval County Sheriff’s
Department for allegedly Murdering Elvis Delaney III in October 2007
and then burying Delaney’s body on his property in Sandoval County.
May 22, 2012 -
Deputies and Investigators with the U.S. Marshals Service
Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) Task Force arrested
Murder Suspect Evander Tsosie. Tsosie was wanted for the stabbing
death of Nathan Lee on March 29, 2012.
May 21, 2012 -
Luis A. Munoz, originally of El Paso, Texas was arrested
today after 22 years as a fugitive. Munoz was originally arrested in
1989 by DEA for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
cocaine out of the Northern District of Illinois – Chicago Division.
May 17, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service, in collaboration with the Glynn
County Sheriff’s Office, the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force,
the Georgia Bureau of Investigation COPS grant funded Internet
Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Georgia Department of
Corrections, Brunswick Probation Office, and the S.E. Probation TAC
team conducted a two day compliance check of all registered sex
offenders in Glynn County.
May 14, 2012 -
Beginning on Monday, May 7, 2012, the Oakland Police
Department and the United States Marshals Service, together with
several federal and state law enforcement partners, conducted a
three-day warrant service operation. The goal of the operation was
to clear as many outstanding and high-priority warrants being held
by the Oakland Police Department.
May 07, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force
caught up with a wanted Pensacola man while he was sleeping in a
hotel room one county away from where he was being sought. Escambia
County fugitive Dexter Antonio Locke awoke to Task Force Officers
standing over him at the Red Roof Inn in Santa Rosa County.
May 07, 2012 -
Rakeem Engram, a Savannah man wanted on four charges of
Aggravated Assault, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service
Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and
the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD).
May 02, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshal Service in New Jersey arrested a man
accused in Albuquerque, NM of attempted murder. Frederico
Enrique-Perez was one of the U.S. Marshals Service District of “New
Mexico’s Most Wanted”. Enrique-Perez was wanted by the Albuquerque
Police Department for attempted murder after stabbing a man several
times with a knife.
May 01, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service captured one of America's Most
Wanted and elusive fugitives who is accused of stealing millions of
dollars that had been donated for the sole purpose of aiding U.S.
veterans. “Bobby Thompson”, which was an alias, was on the run for
over the last two years where he assumed numerous fictitious names
and was known to alter his appearance.
April 30, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals and the Florida Regional Fugitive Task
Force announces a new way to help catch murderers, kidnappers, armed
robbers, gang members and other violent criminals – you can now text
your tips. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of a
known fugitive can simply text “TIP411” or “847411” and enter the
key word “USMFL”.
April 27, 2012 -
The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force concluded a week long
operation that resulted in the arrests of 181 federal and state
felony fugitives. Operation Sandstorm II targeted approximately 300
individuals with outstanding felony warrants. As of 8:00 AM this
morning the arrests of the 181 subjects resulted in the clearance of
335 warrants. Operation Sandstorm was comprised of over 80 law
enforcement officers from 11 different agencies.
April 27, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Task Force Officers located and arrested Jim
Alan Balicanta in Wailuku, HI. Balicanta was wanted for a warrant
issued on April 20, 2012 by Judge Rhonda Loo for 27 counts of Sexual
Assault in the first degree and 25 counts of Sexual Assault in the
third degree.
April 27, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force
(NOVFTF) Akron Division hit the streets hard yesterday arresting two
violent fugitives. The Springfield Township Police Department
requested the assistance of the NOVFTF to locate and apprehend Larry
W. Johnson. Johnson was wanted for rape, gross sexual imposition and
importuning out of Springfield Township, OH. The NOVFTF also
apprehended Steven Young, a known gang member who was being sought
for aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery.
April 26, 2012 -
Deputies with the U.S. Marshal Service in South Carolina
arrested Fletcher Schaffer in Lincolnville South Carolina. Schaffer
was listed on both the Santa Fe Police Department Most Wanted and
the Marshals Service District of New Mexico Most Wanted list and had
been a fugitive from justice since March of 2011.
April 26, 2012 -
The Reno U.S. Marshals Service led Fugitive Task Force, in
partnership with the Department of Veterans Police, announces the
arrest of Landan R. McMain. McMain is wanted by the Colorado Springs
Police Department on an outstanding arrest warrant for multiple
charges including kidnapping and sexual assault.
April 23, 2012 -
From April 16-20, Phoenix valley law enforcement partners
collaborated on “Operation Justice IV”, a one week round-up of
wanted felons in honor of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
Operation Justice netted valley law enforcement partners 251
fugitives wanted throughout Maricopa and Pinal Counties. In addition
to arresting these fugitives, 16 weapons were taken off the streets.
April 19, 2012
- A nationwide manhunt for accused sex offender James Julius
Beaudrie ended this morning with the fugitive’s arrest in Chicago,
IL. The Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, a
team of law enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals in Chicago,
attempted to locate Beaudrie around 7 a.m. this morning at an
apartment complex in Chicago. The location was developed
during the course of the U.S. Marshals’ investigation in Des Moines
as a possible address for Beaudrie’s mother.
April 18, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service announces the arrest of robbery suspect Julian
Broussard. The Vacaville Police Department issued a warrant
for Broussard on (1) count of Armed Robbery and (1) Count of Assault
with a Deadly Weapon. Vacaville Police coordinated with the U.S.
Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF) to
help locate Broussard.
April 18, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force
arrested a Ohio man wanted for murdering another man in an alleged
drug deal gone bad. The Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF)
was contacted by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force
yesterday requesting the help of the local Marshals in locating and
arresting Javonte Hodges.
April 17, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF)
announced the arrest of Tedrick Miguel Childs of Havanna, Florida
during a felony vehicle stop on Hwy 20 in Tallahassee, FL. Childs,
who is a documented Folk Nation Gang Member, was currently being
sought by the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office in Columbus, GA as
well as the Columbus Police Department on charges of Aggravated
Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Cruelty to Children, Criminal Damage
to Property, Burglary, Terroristic Threats and Acts and Arson.
April 17, 2012
– U.S. Marshals have joined the Des Moines Police Department in the
search for accused sex offender James Julius Beaudrie. Beaudrie is
charged with 8 counts of third-degree sexual abuse. The allegations
against Beaudrie include the sexual victimization of a child under
the age of 16. U.S. Marshals are offering up to a $3500 reward
for information leading to James Julius Beaudrie’s arrest.
April 16, 2012
- On April 9, 2012, Tommy Alvarado was arrested in El Paso, Texas.
March 2, 2012, United States Marshals Service, District of New
Mexico, placed fugitive Tommy Alvarado on the New Mexico’s Most
Wanted.
Alvarado is a self-proclaimed member of the Barrio Azteca
street gang and EPT prison gang.
On April 9, 2012, Alvarado was the passenger in a vehicle that fled
from the El Paso County Constable Precinct 6.
When the Constable got the vehicle stopped Alvarado was taken
into custody and found in possession of a firearm and
methamphetamine.
The Barrio Azteca Gang is the largest and most active prison
gang in the El Paso area and was founded in the mid 1980's.
April 13, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals along with the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections Sex Offender Registry Program and Columbia County
Sheriff’s Department conducted a residence verification operation
for registered sex offenders. On April 9th to April 12th deputies
checked the addresses of 70 registered sex offenders in Columbia
County.
April 13, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF)
announced the arrest of Ronell Octavius Gillins of Miramar, Florida
at an apartment complex located in Tallahassee, FL. Gillins was
currently being sought by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office in
Miramar, FL on charges of Attempted 1s Degree Murder.
April 10, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshal Conrad E. Candelaria and Chief Deputy U.S.
Marshal Michael Ferstl from the District of New Mexico hosted a
meeting with the Regional Attaché for the Attorney General of
Mexico. The meeting was an opportunity for the two agencies to
confirm their commitments to pursue fugitives that flee the
countries with the hopes of evading apprehension.
April 04, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of
California announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested
Angelo Estrada in Stockton, California. Estrada was wanted for
assault with a deadly weapon in Stockton.
April 04, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF) from
Lafayette with critical assistance from the Evangeline Parish
Sheriff’s Office and Louisiana State Police arrested Vincente
Mendoza. Mendoza was Wanted by the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s
Office in South Carolina. Mendoza allegedly killed Hope Bowers and
Latonia Profit on or about March 17, 2012.
April 04, 2012 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive
Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested William Brown at a residence in
Youngstown, Ohio. Brown was wanted by the Norwalk Police Department
for felonious assault on a probation officer, wanted by the Richland
County Sheriff’s Office on a bench warrant for violating the terms
of his bond on a current felony eluding case, and wanted by the
state of Louisiana for violating his parole.
April 04, 2012 -
A Pensacola man who never returned from a break during the
jury deliberations of which he was on trial for murder, was
apprehended by the combined effort of U.S. Marshals from Mobile, AL
and Pensacola, FL. Task Force members from the Gulf Coast and
Florida Regional Fugitive Task Forces arrested Ortavious Devon
Wilson at the Loxley Motel last night.
March 28, 2012 -
A fugitive wanted by law enforcement in Mississippi was
arrested by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force
in Pensacola while seated in a barber’s chair getting a haircut. The
Task Force started working this case over a week ago when they
received information from Oxford City Police Department in
Mississippi that Richard OKelley was believed to be in the Pensacola
area.
March 28, 2012 -
A man who escaped from authorities in Louisiana yesterday
morning was caught by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive
Task Force in Pensacola and Escambia Patrol deputies in the parking
lot of Casino Beach around 11 o’clock last night. Shawn Jolivette
had walked away from a jail road crew work detail at about 10:00
a.m. Tuesday.
March 26, 2012 -
For the last 13 days Operation Intercept (OPIN), the U.S.
Marshals fugitive task force, has proven the cooperation with state
and local agencies can bring wanted men to justice. Starting with
the most recent arrest of Laquiz Irby on March 21, OPIN has assisted
the Anderson Police Department since December 16, 2011 in tracking
Irby to Atlanta, GA and back to the upstate area where he was
ultimately apprehended.
March 22, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service in New Mexico added Jose Martinez
to their Most Wanted list. Martinez is wanted for charges involving
first degree kidnapping and aggravated battery against a household
member with a deadly weapon.
March 21, 2012
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a
Pensacola man wanted in Escambia County for three sexual assault
charges on a person under 18 years old. Anthony Cherry was captured
this morning around 11:00 a.m. while he tried to hide in a bedroom
of a house.
March 20, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a
Maryland man wanted for armed bank robbery and a number of other
violent felonies. Brian Danielle Taylor was captured this afternoon
by the Task Force with the assistance of Escambia County Sheriff’s
Deputies and special agents from the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement.
March 19, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshal Service in New Mexico arrested Oscar Oropeza on an
outstanding warrant charging him with Criminal Sexual Penetration of
a Minor Under 13 in the first degree and Criminal Sexual Contact of
a Minor in the third degree.
March 19, 2012 - On
Saturday, the York Police Department in South Carolina arrested
Antwain Price for failing to register as a sex offender. Price was
wanted by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals
Service. Price was convicted of criminal sexual conduct with a child
under the age of 12 in July of 2010.
March 14, 2012 -
Phillip Houston McBride was arrested by the U.S. Marshals fugitive
task force, Operation Intercept. McBride escaped from the Marion
Adjustment Center located in Marion County Kentucky on Friday March
9. McBride was being held at the Marion Adjustment Center for
Manufacturing Methamphetamine charges and other criminal misconduct
cases.
March 13, 2012 -
David Robert Wampler was arrested by the Lone Star Fugitive Task
Force in downtown Austin. Wampler was indicted in January of
this year by a Livingston County Grand Jury in Geneseo, New York
with a twenty-one (21) county indictment alleging criminal acts
involving rape, injury to a child, and providing dangerous drugs to
children.
March 13, 2012 - U.S.
Marshal Don O’Keefe is proud to announce the arrest of Jarek Brown,
wanted for multiple armed robberies, armed carjackings, and assault
with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer.
March 08, 2012 -
A Savannah man wanted for Aggravated Child Molestation and
2 counts of False Statements and Writings was arrested by the United
States Marshals Service Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force in
Sulphur Springs, Texas. Dionte Thomas was wanted by the Chatham
County Sheriff’s Department after Thomas failed to appear in court
in Savannah, Georgia.
March 07, 2012 -
The United States Marshals Service began transferring all
federal prisoners out of the Sandoval County Detention Center in New
Mexico. Currently one hundred and ninety prisoners are being
transferred to other detention facilities throughout the state.
March 06, 2012 -
A Federal prison escapee on the run since May of 1999, was
arrested by members of the Miami Office of the U.S. Marshals Florida
Regional Fugitive Task Force based on an investigation conducted by
the Savannah Office of the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force. Humberto Messa-Perez was wanted by the U.S.
Marshals Service for the Southern District of Georgia for Escape
from the Custody of the Attorney General.
March 04, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of
California announced today that the Pacific Southwest Regional
Fugitive Task Force arrested Joe Anthony Aguilar Rodriguez in
Fresno, California. Rodriguez was wanted for a Homicide that
occurred in 2011.
March 02, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service and the Las Cruces Police
Department (LCPD) arrested Javier Mendez. Mendez was listed on the
United States Marshals Service “New Mexico’s Most Wanted” program
under the sexual offender category. Mendez has been wanted since May
of 2011 and is charged with 3 counts of Criminal Sexual Penetration
of a Minor and Intimidation of a Witness.
March 02, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service, District of New Mexico, placed
fugitive Tommy Alvarado on the New Mexico’s Most Wanted. Alvarado is
a self-proclaimed member of the Barrio Azteca street gang and EPT
prison gang. The Barrio Azteca Gang is the largest and most active
prison gang in the El Paso area and was founded in the mid 1980's.
March 01, 2012 -
On February 29, 2012, Deputies with the U.S. Marshals
Service arrested accused human trafficking offender Rufus Byers.
Byers has been wanted since December 2011 and was featured on last
Friday's America's Most Wanted.
February 27, 2012
- The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) led Fugitive Task Force in
partnership with the Sparks Police Department (SPD), Washoe County
Sheriff’s Office (WCSO), and Nevada Department of Public Safety
Parole & Probation (P&P) announces the arrest of Felix Alexander
Otero. Otero was arrested this morning in Sparks, Nevada.
The USMS is grateful to the Sparks Police Department for their
commitment to the Task Force as well as the extensive patrol
resources dedicated to this operation.
February 24, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Kevin A.
Carr, announced the conclusion of Operation Spring Thaw. The
operation began on February 1, 2012 and ended today. During the
operation, members of the Fugitive Task Force (Milwaukee County
Sheriff’s Department, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Milwaukee
Police Department, Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office,
Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department and US Marshals) arrested 38
individuals on outstanding felony warrants.
February 23, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Jacory Noel Brown in
Citrus Heights, CA. Brown was wanted for Parole Violation and
Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
February 22, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 19 year old
John Williams in Patterson, California. Williams was wanted for
Armed Robbery and Assault with a Deadly Weapon with gang
enhancements.
February 21, 2012 -
The United States Marshal Service in New Mexico assisted the Las
Cruces Police Department in reuniting a 1 year old child with her
family in the United States. The young girl's mother, Nicole
Jauregui and her boyfriend, Jose Mendez, are being charged with
child abuse after the one year old tested positive for drugs.
February 17, 2012 -
U.S. Marshals Service personnel in Los Angeles
arrested Teddy Spaugy upon his arrival from Panama City, Panama
following his ordered expulsion. Spaugy was being sought by the
Arizona Department of Public Safety-Capitol Police District and the
U.S. Marshals led Arizona WANTED Violent Offender Task Force
pursuant to an active warrant on 10 counts of sexual exploitation of
a minor and dangerous crimes against children.
February 17, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) today
announced the arrest Nima Nash Moradi of Orlando, Florida at an
apartment complex located in Tallahassee, FL. Moradi was currently
being sought by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Orlando, FL on
charges of 2nd Degree Homicide.
February 17, 2012 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force, the Richland County Sheriff’s Office, and the Mansfield
Police Department arrested William Johnson at a Mansfield area
motel. Johnson was wanted by the Richland County Sheriff’s Office on
a February 16, 2012 bench warrant for bond revocation after he
violated the no contact order with his victim.
February 16, 2012 -
The Louisiana State Police and the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender
Task Force (VOTF) are seeking information from the public as to
Ronald Ross’ location. Ross is the third defendant in an Aggravated
Rape case and he has not yet been located (the other two have been
arrested and are currently being prosecuted). Ross should be
considered Armed and Dangerous.
February 16, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal George White, Southern District of Mississippi,
announces the arrest of Randall Thomas Beaty who is wanted by the
Hendersonville, TN, Police Department for 1st Degree Murder and
Aggravated Child Abuse (Age 8 and Under).
February 15, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshal Service, Albuquerque Police Department, and the New
Mexico State Police arrested brothers Zephaniah Martinez, James
Martinez, and their grandmother Sally Gaut after a 2 hour Standoff
in Peralta, NM. Z. Martinez and James Martinez were allegedly
involved in a shooting at a Walmart in Albuquerque earlier this
month. Gaut is charged with conspiracy in the same crime.
February 14, 2012 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals and Task Force Officers assigned to the U.S.
Marshals led Arizona WANTED Violent Offender Task Force arrested
Robert Franz at a truck stop near 339th Ave and Van Buren Rd in
Buckeye. Franz was wanted by the Pampa, TX Police Department for
Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.
February 14, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service in Farmington arrested Julian Marty Perea
in Dulce, NM. Perea was wanted by the State of Arizona on a Grand
Jury indictment charging Perea with several counts including
intentionally or knowingly engaged in sexual intercourse or oral
sexual contact with a victim under the age of 15 years.
February 14, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico auctioned off over
20 government surplus and seized vehicles. The vehicles were seized
by local and federal agencies and the proceeds will help support law
enforcement activities in the Albuquerque area. Over 150 private
citizens registered for the auction and a total of $145,000 dollars
was raised.
February 13, 2012 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals in New Mexico located and arrested Stanley
James Pacheco, Sr. on an Indian Reservation located in Santa Clara,
New Mexico. Last October, the Maui native was charged via Indictment
with eleven felonies to include six counts of Sexual Assault in the
Third Degree, three counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree and
two counts of Attempted Sexual Assault in the First Degree.
February 12, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Service will be auctioning 23 vehicles which were
seized due to illegal activities. The auction will begin promptly at
10:00 am Tuesday February 14, 2012 in Albuquerque. The total value
of the vehicles to be sold is $167,073.00. Detailed photos of the
vehicles are available at
www.appletowing.com.
February 10, 2012 -
United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Omar Payano in the Bronx, New York.
Payano was being sought by the Scranton Police Department for an
attempted homicide which occurred on February 5, 2012 at the Valley
View apartments in Scranton.
February 09, 2012 -
The United States Marshal Service in Santa Fe along with the Santa
Fe County Sheriff’s Office and the Santa Fe Police Department SWAT
team arrested Jairo Adair Contreras. Contreras escaped Arizona State
Custody and fled to New Mexico where he was attempting to avoid
apprehension.
February 09, 2012 -
Patrick Sedoti, Acting U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of
Ohio, announced today that Devon Armond Gayles has been arrested. On
February 8, 2012, Devon Gayles was arrested by the U.S. Marshals
Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) in
conjunction with Detectives from the Asheville North Carolina Police
Department in Forest Park, OH.
February 08, 2012 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force in the Eastern District of
Louisiana arrested John C. Wright Jr. at a residence in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Wright was wanted by the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office
on an August 23, 2011 arrest warrant for failing to verify current
address (as a registered sex offender).
February 07, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Don O’Keefe is proud to announce the
arrest of Ronald A. Brewington, wanted for homicide. Brewington was
indicted nearly 25 years ago in New Mexico for the murder of his
wife.
February 07, 2012 -
On Monday February 06, 2012 the United States Marshal Service in Las
Cruces arrested Amador Venegas-Diaz. Diaz is charged with Criminal
Sexual Penetration, Aggravated Assault with intent to commit a
violent felony, Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, and Bribery of a witness.
February 07, 2012 -
Jennifer Segrest, on the run for the past two years, was arrested by
members of the Savannah Office of the United States Marshals Service
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Port Wentworth Police
Department and the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. Segrest was
wanted by the Cobb County Police Department for the offenses of
child molestation and enticement of a child.
February 03, 2012 -
Information developed in collaboration between the U.S. Marshals’
Regional Fugitive Task Force along with members of the DEA, Virginia
State Police’s Eastern Shore Drug Task Force and the Virginia Beach
Police Department, led to the safe capture of fugitive Johnathan
Manwell Johnson. The fugitive was located and arrested following an
approximate 30 minute standoff with the posse of Marshals.
February 03, 2012 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Adam Walsh Task Force arrested
wanted sex offender fugitive Clark Boisvert near the shops at
Waialua Sugar Mill. Then in the late evening of February 02, 2012,
task force members arrested a second wanted sex offender fugitive,
Jordan Monteiro, on Wahane Street in Kapolei. Both fugitives had
fled from authorities in Virginia and were hiding out on Oahu, HI.
February 01, 2012 -
Operation SAFE GATEWAY was a joint agency focus to validate the
addresses provided by registered sex offenders. SAFE GATEWAY allowed
law enforcement to validate information provided by sex offenders
during the registration and periodic re-registration requirements
under Arkansas State Law.
February 01, 2012 -
U.S. Marshals in Akron, OH arrested "Dangerous Dozen" shooting
suspect, Tramell Wilson, who was wanted on multiple counts of
felonious assault, aggravated burglary, disorderly conduct and three
contempt warrants.
February 01, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals announce the arrest of Tabias Lorland McFadden in
Grovetown, GA. McFadden has been eluding police since August 20,
2011 when warrants were issued by Florence County Sheriff’s
Department after he was allegedly involved in a shooting incident to
include charges of two counts Attempted Murder, one count of Firing
a Firearm into an Occupied Dwelling, one count of Discharging
firearm into vehicle, and one count of Armed Robbery.
January 31, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Don O’Keefe and Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan are
proud to announce the arrest of Remon McDaniels, wanted for homicide
in Oakland, CA. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, which
includes members from the U.S. Marshals, CDC Fugitive Apprehension
Team, Oakland Police Department, and San Francisco Police
Department, apprehended McDaniels in Pittsburg, CA.
January 31, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the United States
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Gregory Colt in Fairview Township,
York County. Colt was sought for failing to register as a previously
convicted sex offender and faces possible prosecution for violating
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
January 31, 2012 -
United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced that yesterday the
U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested murder suspect Richard Larry
Nolden Jr., a 21-year old man originally from York, PA.
January 31, 2012 -
The United States Marshals Service, and other law enforcement
agencies, are seeking the public’s help in identifying and capturing
a fugitive accused of stealing millions of dollars that had been
donated for the sole purpose of aiding U.S. veterans. This
unidentified subject has been charged with Unlawful Flight to Avoid
Prosecution, Identity Theft, Fraud, and Money Laundering.
January 30, 2012 - A
Savannah man on the run since 2009 was arrested by members of the
Savannah Office of the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force and Jacksonville Office of the Marshals Florida
Regional Fugitive Task Force on January 25, 2012. Gerard Wayne
Poulin, was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service for violations of
his Supervised Release in a warrant dated August of 2009.
January 27, 2012 -
Members of the U.S. Marshal’s Maine
Violent Offender Task Force apprehended Arien L’Italien in Portland,
Maine. This individual was wanted on a felony arrest warrant from
Biddeford Police on a charge of Aggravated Assault.
January 27, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service is pleased to announce that William Langley
was arrested this morning in Izard County, Arkansas. Langley was
arrested after attempting to climb out of a basement window in an
effort to evade arrest. Langley was Wanted by the Crowley Police
Department for Aggravated Rape and the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s
Office for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
January 26, 2012 -
Operation Intercept (OPIN) the U.S. Marshals fugitive task force
announce the arrest of Darius Montrez Ings in a Marshalls Department
store located in Deerfield Beach, FL. Ings is wanted in connection
with a homicide warrant from Hartsville Police Department, stemming
from a shooting incident on July 21, 2011.
January 24, 2012 -
The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF)
Akron Division and the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive
Task Force (GCRFTF) arrested Lashaun Reed. Reed was wanted by the
Wooster, Ohio Police Department on charges of murder.
January 24, 2012 - On
January 23, 2012, United States Marshals arrested Penelope Wronski
for failing to appear in court on charges of Abuse and Neglect
Resulting in Death. The charge stems from a June 2010 incident where
Wronski failed to care for her elderly mother resulting in her
mother’s death.
January 20, 2012 - On
January 19, 2012, United States Marshals arrested Moses Sparks on
charges of Kidnapping, Criminal Sexual Penetration, and Aggravated
Battery on a Household Member. On September 4, 2011, Sparks
allegedly raped and severely beat a woman in a northwest Albuquerque
home.
January 20, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of California,
announced today that Richard Lamont Hinton was arrested on January
19, 2012 by the Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF),
Fresno Division. This subject was wanted by Los Angeles Police
Department for the crime of Murder.
January 20, 2012 -
The group Move to Amend (MTA) is planning a 1-day protest on Friday,
January 20, 2012 against the expansion of corporate personhood
rights. The protest itself is called Occupy the Courts (OTC) and
will take place at courthouses nationwide during normal business
hours.
January 20, 2012 -
Lamont Deshawn Terry was arrested by Operation Intercept (OPIN), the
U.S. Marshals fugitive apprehension task force, today after
receiving a request from the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task
Force (CARFTF) in Washington, DC. Terry is the alleged shooting
suspect of Chet Hunter Matthews stemming from an incident on May 26,
1992 in East Potomac Park, Haines Point area of Washington, DC.
January 20, 2012 -
Operation Intercept (OPIN) the U.S. Marshals fugitive apprehension
task force arrested Gonzales Wardlaw AKA: “Snoop” after receiving a
tip from Crimestoppers at an apartment complex in Columbia. Wardlaw
was sought by the Columbia Police Department for the Murder of
Thomas T. Hoefer on December 29, 2011 at the Olive Garden Restaurant
in Harbison.
January 18, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a
convicted sexual predator who has been dodging law enforcement for
months. Timothy Lee Rentas was captured by the Task Force with the
assistance of Escambia County Sheriff’s Deputies from the Sexual
Offender Unit and Warrants Division.
January 15, 2012 - On
January 13, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Adam Walsh Task
Force arrested wanted fugitive Rodolfo “Rudy” Sanchez, of San
Antonio, Texas, at a residence in Mililani. Sanchez was wanted by
the law enforcement out of Harris County, Texas pursuant to two
felony arrest warrants. On July 22, 2009, Sanchez was indicted by a
Harris County grand jury on two counts of Indecency with a Child.
Sanchez eventually fled Texas and has been a fugitive on the run for
over two years.
January 11, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Service led Fugitive Task Force in partnership with
the Sparks Police Department announces the arrest of Jose Guadalupe
Gomez-Delgado. The subject is wanted by the Los Angeles Police
Department (LAPD) on multiple charges including kidnapping, sexual
assault, and assault with a deadly weapon. It is alleged that in
2009, Gomez-Delgado kidnapped and sexually assaulted an adult
female.
January 10, 2012 -
Kevin A. Carr, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin,
announced the arrest of fugitive Marcus Taylor. The U.S. Marshals
Fugitive Task Force and Louisville Metro Police Department took
Taylor into custody late last night after a brief struggle at a
Wal-Mart Store. Taylor was wanted by the Racine Police Department
for Repeated Sexual Assault of a Minor, and by the Wisconsin
Department of Corrections for Parole Violation.
January 10, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the United States
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Raymond Brennan – a 37-year old
Bradford County man - in Burlington, North Carolina. Brennan was
being sought on multiple charges by the Pennsylvania State
Police-Towanda barracks and the Athens Township Police Department
(Bradford County).
January 09, 2012 - On
January 6, 2012, the U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force took
3 sex offenders into custody in Albuquerque, NM. The Marshals
Service developed information into the 3 fugitives and their
whereabouts in Albuquerque. Friday morning, Deputy Marshals arrested
the first fugitive Richard McCarty in the North Valley, in the
afternoon Vincent Eddleston was arrested on I-40 just outside of
Edgewood, NM , and in the evening, Jeremy Jaramillo was arrested in
a hotel near Eubank in North East Albuquerque.
January 06, 2012 -
U.S. Marshal Cathy Jones announces the arrest by the Southern Ohio
Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) of Robert Scott Carver.
Carver has been wanted by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office in South
Carolina since November of 2006 for Kidnapping, Criminal Sexual
Conduct with Spouse 1st degree, two counts of Unlawful Conduct
towards a Child, and Malicious Injury to personal property.
January 06, 2012 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio
Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF), along with the Cleveland
Police S.W.A.T., arrested fugitive Julius Webster at a residence in
Cleveland. Webster was wanted since October 2011 by the Ohio Adult
Parole Authority for escape. Webster has a violent criminal history
and is one of the leaders of the Heartless Felons gang.
January 05, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF)
Fresno Division arrested 24 year old Michael Randolph Fritz in
Bakersfield, California. Fritz was wanted in connection with the
rape of a 13 year old girl in 2008.
January 04, 2012 - A
Savannah man wanted for the Armed Robbery of the Wendy’s on
Wilmington Island was arrested by the Macon Office of the U.S.
Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force. Ronnie
James Holder was wanted by the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police
Department (SCMPD) for the Armed Robbery of the Wendy’s on
Wilmington Island.
January 03, 2012 - The
U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF)
Sacramento Division arrested 32 year old Marcus Hume in Marysville,
California. Hume was wanted for Homicide.
January 02, 2012 -
Herman Dessausure, a Savannah man wanted for Murder and Aggravated
Assault, was arrested by the Savannah Office of the U.S. Marshals
Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Savannah Chatham
Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) Detectives, SWAT, and K-9.
December 29, 2011 - On
December 28, 2011, Deputy U.S. Marshals and the Las Cruces Police
Officers apprehended murder suspects Armando and Mando Lopez. The
twin brothers are Norteno gang members wanted out of Los Banos,
California for a double homicide that occurred at a night club in
Los Banos on August 7.
December 22, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force in the Northern District of
Georgia arrested Billy Farmer in Newnan, Georgia. Farmer was wanted
by the Richland County Sheriff’s Office for failing to verify
current address, a felony of the 4th degree. In April 2008, Farmer
was convicted of corruption of a minor and he was classified as a
tier II sex offender and required to register every 180 days for a
period of 25 years.
December 22, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Operation Intercept (OPIN) fugitive task force
announces the arrest of Jonathan Nathaniel Golden in a local hotel
on Wednesday. Golden along with four other inmates escaped from the
Elmore County Jail in Wetumpka, Alabama on December 14. Golden went
on crime spree from Alabama to South Carolina to include stealing a
car with firearms inside and fleeing the area.
December 22, 2011 -
Kevin A. Carr, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District
of Wisconsin announced the arrest of Francisco Martinez in Green
Bay, WI. Martinez was convicted in Douglas County Nebraska of First
degree Sexual Assault, Use of a weapon to commit a felony,
Terroristic threats and witness tampering in 1997. While awaiting
sentencing Martinez fled and has been a fugitive for over 14 years.
December 22, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service has announced the addition of Edward Salas
to its 15 Most Wanted fugitive list. A convicted child killer, Salas
escaped from the Curry County Detention Center in Clovis, New
Mexico, on August 28, 2008, and has been on the lam ever since. At
the time of his escape, he was serving a life sentence plus 56 years
for his role in the murder of 10-year-old Carlos Perez.
December 21, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals led Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force
(PSWRFTF) arrested 34 year old Roy Allen Ostergren. Ostergren was
wanted out of Texas for Aggravated Assault on a family member. In
the early morning hours of December 12th 2011 in Ector County Texas,
Ostergren is alleged to have assaulted his common law wife.
December 21, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF)
Toledo Division arrested Cameron L Stewart, age 29. Stewart was
wanted out of Tempe, AZ for conspiracy to sell/transport marijuana
and possession of marijuana which occurred in November 2009.
December 20, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of California,
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional
Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF) Fresno Division, arrested 33 year old
Jennifer Case, and 39 year old Henry Eliseo Renteria. Both are
wanted by the Fresno Police Department for the Murder of 19 year old
Michael James Mitchell of Fresno. Renteria was also wanted by the
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for
violating his conditions of parole.
December 20, 2011 - As
her toys were unloaded from the cart onto the conveyor belt,
7-year-old Jackie Vasquez said there was only one word to describe
her shopping experience: “fun!” "I didn't sleep at all last night,
and I got up early today to get ready," she said dancing near the
checkout lane at Target. Jackie was one of 40 children in crisis
situations who was given the chance to go shopping with a law
enforcement officer in the sixth annual Shop with a Cop.
December 19, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The
U.S. Marshals Service has announced the addition of Edward Salas to
its 15 Most Wanted fugitive list. A convicted child killer, Salas
escaped from the Curry County Detention Center in Clovis, New
Mexico, on August 28, 2008, and has been on the lam ever since. At
the time of his escape, he was serving a life sentence plus 56 years
for his role in the murder of 10-year-old Carlos Perez.
December 19, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force announces the
capture of a Pensacola man who is accused of shooting and killing a
baby in a housing complex in Pensacola in mid-July of this year.
Dwayne Cordell Pinestraw, aka “Money”, was apprehended by the Dallas
U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force incident.
December 19, 2011 - A
Costa Rican man wanted in his native country for raping a 3-year-old
child a decade ago is facing deportation following his capture
Friday night by the U.S. Marshals and agents from U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations
(HSI).
December 19, 2011 -
On December 17, 2011, Deputies from the Northern District of
California participated in a memorial run to benefit the Officer
James Capoot Family Trust. The two-mile charity event was attended
by many members of the Vallejo community, as well as law enforcement
from around the bay area. Officer Capoot was shot and killed on
November 17, 2011, during a pursuit of a bank robbery suspect
following a high-speed chase.
December 19, 2011 -
Eric Joe Cabrera, also known as “Chico the Mexican”, was arrested as
he exited a Greyhound Bus in the wee hours of Saturday morning by
Alice Police Department in Alice, TX. Cabrera had been residing in
the Columbia area and is associated with the “Crips” gang.
December 17, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF)
Akron Division stepped up their efforts to assist with the rash of
violence that has occurred in Akron over the last week. The NOVFTF
called in Task Force Officers from three counties. Task Force
Officers worked non-stop hand in hand with the Akron Police
Department, Street Narcotics Uniform Detail (SNUD) unit, hitting the
streets non-stop since Thursday morning.
December 16, 2011 -
United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announces the arrest of Harry
Joline - a 43-year old man from Salem Township, Luzerne County – for
Unlawful Restraint, Involuntary Servitude, multiple counts of
Assault, Harassment, Flight to Avoid Prosecution, and Violations of
federal Supervised Release.
December 16, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force
(NOVFTF) Akron Division arrested Bobby L. Kennedy. Kennedy was
wanted by the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department on speeding, OVI -
under the influence of both alcohol and drugs, driving under
suspension, fleeing and eluding police and child endangering that
occurred in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Kennedy led police on a high-speed
chase with two children in the vehicle.
December 16, 2011 -
Earlier this year the U.S. Marshals requested the assistance of
America’s Most Wanted (AMW) in exposing an elusive suspect/fugitive
named Kenneth Crouch. Crouch is Wanted by the St. Landry Parish
Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana Probation and Parole, and the U.S.
Marshals for a myriad of crimes. AMW put Crouch on their website
earlier this year and in November AMW came to Lafayette and filmed a
lengthy segment about Crouch and his crimes. AMW will air a segment
about Crouch tomorrow on their Fox Special that begins at 7:00 p.m.
Central Time.
December 15, 2011 -
The United States Marshal Service in New Mexico partnered with the
United States Attorney’s Office, the United States Probation Office,
and the United States District Court Clerk’s Office and raised over
280 new toys for the United States Marine Corps annual “Toys for
Tots” charity. The toy drive ran December 1-14 at both the
Albuquerque and Las Cruces offices.
December 15, 2011 -
Established eight years ago to combine the talent and resources of a
variety of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies toward
apprehending dangerous fugitives, the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes
Regional Fugitive Task Force, based in Chicago, recently netted its
50,000th arrest.
December 14, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force
(NOVFTF) Akron Division and the Southern District of Florida U.S.
Marshals arrested Jeremy P. Huth, age 40. Huth was wanted by the New
Franklin Police Department on charges of rape of a minor that
occurred at the end August of 2011 in New Franklin, Ohio.
December 14, 2011 - A
fugitive that was profiled on America’s Most Wanted television show
was arrested last night in Las Vegas, Nevada, by the Nevada Fugitive
Investigative Strike Team (FIST). Anton Blevins was wanted by the
Detroit Police Department for homicide. It is alleged that Blevins
had a violent encounter outside of a nightclub in downtown Detroit.
During this altercation, Wayne State University cornerback Courtney
Cortez Smith was fatally shot.
December 14, 2011 -
Deputies and Task Force Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service
Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT Task Force) arrested
Edward Broussard. Broussard was wanted in connection to a November
shooting in Houston, TX which left one man dead and another
seriously injured. Edward along with his brother Darrell Broussard
are both charged in Texas for Capital Murder and Aggravated Assault
with a deadly weapon.
December 13, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia
along with Greenville, Spartanburg, and Pickens County Sheriff’s
Deputies, Greenville and Mauldin Police Officers, and the South
Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) completed a successful Sex
Offender Community Compliance operation (SOCC) in the upstate during
the week of December 5. Operation SOCC targeted 656 active sex
offenders being monitored by Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and
verified 628 listed offenders.
December 13, 2011 -
The United States Marshals Service led Lone Star Fugitive Task Force
is pleased to announce the addition of the Kyle Police Department to
its fugitive hunting team. Announcing the latest agency to the task
force, United States Marshal Robert R. Almonte of the Western
District of Texas was on hand at the department’s headquarters to
welcome Chief Jeff Barnett to its premier fugitive hunting team.
December 12, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of California,
announced today that 32 year old, Logan Rafael Quiroga, was arrested
on December 9th by Sonora State Police in the city of San Luis Rio
Colorado, Mexico. This subject was wanted by Tehachapi Police
Department for the crime of Murder.
December 12, 2011 -
On Friday December 09, 2011 Officers with the Albuquerque Police
Department attempted to arrest federal fugitive Fernando Calleros.
Calleros was wanted by the United States District Court for failing
to comply with his conditions of pre-trial release. Calleros faces
federal charges on Fraud by Wire and Mail Fraud where it is alleged
he attempted to steal peoples’ identity.
December 12, 2011 -
U.S. Marshals have arrested Pasquale Patrick Senatore a 45 year old
male in New Jersey for a 2002 warrant out of El Dorado County. In
1998 Senatore is alleged to have forcibly raped a 14 year old female
victim repeatedly over a 3 month period.
December 12, 2011 - A
Chatham County man wanted on multiple drug charges was arrested by
the United States Marshals Service Florida Regional Fugitive Task
Force in Okeechobee, Florida on December 10, 2011. Michael J.
Cheuvront, 55, was wanted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and
the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department.
December 09, 2011 -
The United States Marshals Service placed Juan Medina, 23, and his
brother Arturo Medina, 24, on the New Mexico’s Most Wanted list. The
Medina brothers are Sureno gang members both with violent criminal
histories. In November during a fight, the brothers stabbed the
victim and then beat him with brass knuckles. In the past 5 years,
the Medina brothers have close to 40 contacts with law enforcement
officers in Texas and NM.
December 08, 2011 -
With the assistance of the United States Marshals Service, Oakland
Police Department, San Francisco Police Department, Lexington,
Kentucky Police Department, and members of the Oakland Community,
the suspect responsible for the shooting death of Kayode Foster
outside of the Occupy Oakland encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza on
November 10, 2011 has been arrested.
December 08, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The
U.S. Marshals have added a suspected child rapist to their 15 Most
Wanted fugitive list. Corey Deshawn Gaston is wanted in Michigan by
the Detroit Police Department and the U.S. Marshals for failure to
appear on the original charges of rape (1st and 2nd degree criminal
sexual conduct/person under 13), kidnapping, home invasion and child
enticement. A federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid
prosecution has also been issued.
December 08, 2011 - On
December 7, 2011 the U.S. Marshals Service auctioned a 1967 Ford
Shelby GT500E Cobra in an online auction where the final bidding
reached a feverish pace at the final closing moments and sold at a
final bid of $132,610.00. The Shelby Cobra is an iconic muscle car
and this particular one was seized during a Federal Bureau of
Investigation case involving, money laundering, bribery, mail fraud,
and a kick-back scheme which led to the administrative forfeiture of
the Cobra.
December 07, 2011 -
Several pieces of construction equipment formerly belonging to
convicted fraudster Linda Tribby are being sold via a live and
online auction in Richmond, Va., Friday at 10 a.m. The property,
which consists of a Bobcat front loader, a Kubota tractor and a
Bobcat snow blade, was seized and forfeited in connection with the
criminal conviction of Tribby, who pleaded guilty to one count of
bank fraud in March.
December 07, 2011 -
The United States Marshals Service for the District of New Mexico
arrested Mark Anthony Gutierrez and Rian Chad Williams. Williams was
arrested in Las Cruces shortly after being elevated to the Marshals
Service Most Wanted Program and Gutierrez was arrested in Rio Rancho
on an Albuquerque Metro Crime Stopper tip.
December 05, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Peter J. Elliott announces the launch of a new ability
for the public to assist the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent
Fugitive Task Force track down wanted fugitives. The Task Force is
now able to receive anonymous tips from the public via text message
or web tip.
December 05, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S. Marshals
Service (USMS) arrested alleged rapist Jeremiah Lynn Styers in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Styers was sought on an arrest warrant,
dated November 2, 2011 and signed by Magisterial District Judge
James H. Sortman in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
December 02, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force
(PSWRFTF) Sacramento Division arrested 23 year old Eric Mathew Tabin
in South Sacramento. Tabin was wanted for Homicide out of Stockton,
California.
December 02, 2011 -
Paul Coe White of San Antonio was arrested by U.S. Marshals Gulf
Coast Violent Offenders Task Force, in Houston, Texas. White was
wanted by the San Antonio Police Department for Robbery, Narcotics
and Evading Arrest.
November 30, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service is holding a national jewelry auction,
with nearly 900 lots of jewelry, diamonds, watches and collectible
coins, live in Austin, Texas, and simulcast on the Web at
www.txauction.com Friday and Saturday. A preview will be held at
the Austin Convention Center Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. CST.
November 30, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force -
Richland County Division - tracked down wanted fugitive Demondray
Brooks. Brooks was wanted by the Mansfield Police Department on
felony warrants for domestic violence, having weapons under
disability, aggravated menacing, drug trafficking, and receiving
stolen property.
November 30, 2011 -
Anthony Allen Ruston, of St. Paul, Minnesota was arrested by the
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force today just outside San Antonio. Ruston
was wanted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender by the Ramsey
County Sheriff’s Department. This Failure to Register charge stems
from two previous convictions for Sex Crimes involving females under
the age of 13.
November 30, 2011 - A
Crestview, Florida man wanted in connection with a Homicide and
Armed Robbery is finally behind bars after almost two weeks on the
run. According to investigators from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s
Office, Deaundros L. Blackshear was involved in an armed robbery on
November 15, 2011 in Destin, Florida which ended in the shooting
death of 21 year old Junior Christopher Ferguson.
November 28, 2011 -
Deputy United States Marshals from the District of New Mexico
arrested Jason Mitchell one of the Albuquerque Police Departments
Most Wanted Property Crime Offenders. Mitchell was first featured in
December of 2009 after his arrest warrant for failure to comply with
conditions of release on charges of attempted burglary and
conspiracy to commit burglary was issued on 12/11/2006.
November 28, 2011 -
This year, the United States District of New Mexico participated in
the Combined Federal Campaign, the worlds’ largest and most
successful annual workplace charity campaign. More than 200 CFC
campaigns throughout the country and internationally help to raise
millions of dollars each year. Pledges made by federal, civilian,
postal and military donors during the campaign season (Sept. 1-
Dec.15) support eligible nonprofit organizations that provide health
and human service benefits throughout the world.
November 17, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in Northern California, the USMS
Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF), U.S.
Marshals Sex Offender Investigations Branch (SOIB), the USMS
Tactical Operations Group (TOG) Air Branch, the Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), USMS Special Operations Group
(SOG), the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and the Oakland Police Department
(OPD) partnered with the California Department of Corrections,
California Highway Patrol, ATF, DEA/HIDTA, Secret Service, and
OIG/HUD to conduct a multi-stage warrant sweep and “hot-spot”
saturation operation.
November 16, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Office of the Eastern District of Oklahoma has
continually worked to ensure the legacy of Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass
Reeves. On November 30, 2010, the state of Oklahoma proclaimed that
day to be “Oklahoma Law Enforcement Hall of Fame Day” and
additionally that Bass Reeves be inducted. On December 5, 2010,
Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was officially inducted into the
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Hall of Fame.
November 15, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service is holding a national jewelry auction,
with nearly 700 lots of jewelry, diamonds, watches, collectible
coins and even a saxophone signed by former President Bill Clinton,
live in Houston and simulcast on the Web at
www.txauction.com Friday and Saturday. A preview will be
held at the Reliant Center in Houston Thursday from noon to 5 p.m.
CST.
November 15, 2011 -
U.S. Marshals from Roanoke, assisted by units of the Henry Co.
Sheriff’s Office and the Virginia State Police Tactical Team
executed a search warrant at a mobile home in rural Henry Co.
attempting to locate fugitive Steven Ray Bishop of Bassett,
Virginia. Bishop was wanted by the Virginia State Police for Failure
to Register as a Sex Offender and by the Patrick Co. Sheriff’s
Office for Failure to Appear on Drug Distribution Charges.
November 10, 2011 -
Attempted Murder Suspect Bruce Anthony Hollis was arrested by
Deputies and Task Force Officers with the United States Marshals
Service Southwest Fugitive Investigative Team, and New Mexico
Department of Public Safety Motor Transportation Police along
Interstate 40 near Juantabo in Albuquerque. Hollis is wanted by the
Bakersfield Police Department in California.
November 09, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force arrested Solomon Williams III in Cleveland Hopkins
International Airport after they established information he may be
trying to leave the state. Williams was wanted by the Cleveland
Police Department for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13 year old
female several times starting in 2008 up until 2011.
November 08, 2011 - On
November 7, 2011 Javier Tarango was arrested in El Paso, Texas.
Deputies with the United States Marshals Service assigned to the
Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT Taskforce) and Deputies
from the El Paso Office of the United States Marshals Service
arrested Tarango after receiving a tip from a concerned citizen who
saw Tarango’s picture on the New Mexico’s Most Wanted.
November 04, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and the
Pensacola Police arrested a Bay county man wanted on numerous
charges of child molestation as he walked off a plane at Pensacola
Airport. John Claude Chambers was arrested by task force members
from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), State
Attorney’s Office and Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office without
incident and was escorted from the rear stairs of the jet way by
Pensacola Police and placed into a patrol car.
November 04, 2011 -
The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is announcing the completion of
Operation LASSO (Lock Up And Secure Sex Offenders). The operation
began on August 29, 2011 and ended November 4, 2011 with huge
success. The result was the arrest of 193 Sex Offenders
throughout West Texas for crimes involving everything from Sexual
Assault of a Child to Failure to comply with rules of Supervision.
November 04, 2011 -
Hundreds of items, including designer shoes, purses, and clothing,
formerly belonging to convicted embezzler Sujata “Sue” Sachdeva are
being sold via an online auction by the U.S. Marshals Service
through November. The property, which includes brands such as
Armani, Manolo Blahnik, Brooks Brothers, Chanel, Fendi, Gucci, Donna
Karan, LAM and Louis Vuitton, was seized and forfeited in connection
with the criminal prosecution of Sachdeva, who was convicted of
embezzling $34 million from the Milwaukee-based company, Koss Corp.
November 04, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S. Marshals
Service (USMS) arrested Dontae Eugene Robinson in Houston, TX.
Robinson was being sought by the Lower Paxton Township Police
Department for his role in a brazen, daytime armed robbery of GEM
Jewelry on October 7, 2011. When police arrived, it was determined
the store had been the victim of a take-over style robbery.
November 01, 2011 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals teamed up with fellow county and local law
enforcement agencies to conduct a lower Luzerne County-based round
up of fugitives. Dubbed “Operation Safe Streets”, Deputy Marshals
and their task force officers arrested 14 fugitives. During the
five-day operation that ran from October 23-27, there were a total
of 15 fugitive warrants that were closed.
November 01, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S. Marshals
Service (USMS) arrested Izone Jackson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Jackson was being sought on an arrest warrant, dated August 22, 2011
and signed by Magisterial District Judge C. Roger McRae in Muncy,
Pennsylvania. During July 2011, the Williamsport Bureau of Police
conducted an investigation into the alleged drug trafficking
activities of Izone Jackson.
November 01, 2011 -
On Monday, October 31, 2011, Deputy United States Marshals in the
District of New Mexico participated in an annual Halloween Sex
Offender Compliance Operation. The overarching goal of protecting
New Mexico’s children was accomplished by means of a collaborative
effort that involved many agencies participating throughout the
State of New Mexico.
November 01, 2011 - On
October 31, 2011, United States Marshals in Roswell, NM arrested
another New Mexico’s Most Wanted fugitive last night during the
trick or treat hours. Deputy Marshals responded to the 300 block of
W. Matthews in reference to information received from a credible
source about violent gang fugitive Daniel Jojola.
November 01, 2011 -
15 Most Wanted Capture - U.S. Marshal John Kammerzell and
Douglas County Sheriff David A. Weaver announce the capture of U.S.
Marshals Service 15 Most Wanted Fugitive Richard Carl Heeringa in
Detroit, Mich., Saturday. Heeringa was added to the 15 Most Wanted
list in July.
October 31, 2011 - A
Savannah man wanted for Murder was arrested by the United States
Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Atlanta,
Georgia on October 31, 2011. Akeem Johnson was wanted by the
Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) for the
offense of Murder that occurred on October 8, 2011.
October 29, 2011 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals coordinated the arrest and return of Michael
Jefferson, 28, from Los Alogodones, Baja California, Mexico.
Jefferson was subsequently arrested by American authorities at the
Calexico U.S. Port of Entry in California. Jefferson was wanted by
the Chandler Police Department after having been charged with
numerous crimes including, Illegal Control of an Enterprise, Money
Laundering, Fraudulent Schemes, Taking the ID of Another and
Trafficking the Identity of Another.
October 28, 2011 -
Acting U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested William Szalku in Scranton,
Pennsylvania. Szalku, 49 years of age, was wanted by the U.S.
Marshals Service after a Federal Warrant was issued on October 24,
2011 charging Szalku with Violation of Conditions of Supervised
Release.
October 28, 2011 - On
Friday, October 28, 2011, the United States Marshals Service
held the third Asset Forfeiture auto auction of 2011 at Dugger
Services in NE Albuquerque. The auction brought in over $111,000.00
and was a huge success for both the public and the government.
October 28, 2011 - In
an ongoing effort to make Halloween safer for the children in our
communities, Nevada Child Seekers is excited to announce that a
partnership of local law enforcement agencies and the U.S. Marshals
Service are conducting “Operation Trick-or-Treat ”, a five day joint
law enforcement operation to arrest sex offender fugitives and to
ensure compliance with sex offender registration requirements by sex
offenders in Clark County and Washoe County.
October 28, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Ricardo
Covarrubia, a San Joaquin Bulldog Street Gang Member, of Kerman
California; Covarrubia was wanted for kidnapping, robbery, burglary,
and assault with a firearm.
October 26, 2011 -
The United States Marshal Service District of New Mexico added
Daniel Luis Jojola to their list of Most Wanted Gang Offenders.
Jojola is a known gang member who frequents the areas of Roswell and
Hobbs, NM. Jojola is associated with the “Eastside Chihuahuita”
gang, and has an extensive criminal history including, possession
with intent to distribute methamphetamine and four burglary
convictions.
October 26, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Service will be auctioning 18 vehicles which were
seized due to illegal activities. The auction will begin promptly at
10:00 am Friday October 28, 2011 in Albuquerque. The total value of
the vehicles to be sold is $122,986.00. Detailed photos of the
vehicles are available at
www.appletowing.com.
October 25, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 18 year old
Deshaun Christopher Buford in Sacramento; Buford was wanted for
attempted homicide in West Sacramento, CA.
October 25, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S. Marshals
Service arrested Karrieam Jenkins in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Jenkins was being sought on an arrest warrant, dated July 1, 2011
and signed by Magisterial District Judge Allen P. Page III in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In late June 2011, the Williamsport
Bureau of Police conducted an investigation into the alleged sexual
assault of a minor in Williamsport in early April 2011.
October 25, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 20 year old
Dustin Michael Wingard in Manteca, California. Wingard was wanted
for homicide in Manteca.
October 21, 2011 - On
Thursday, October 20, 2011 the U.S. Marshals Service’s Adam Walsh
Fugitive Task Force located and apprehended 20 year-old Hans
Poouahi, Jr. at a Hanalei Street home in Waianae, Hawaii. Poouahi
Jr. was wanted for a $20,000 cash-only state warrant issued on
September 6, 2011 by Judge Steven S. Alm for failing to comply with
the terms and condition of HOPE (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with
Enforcement) Probation with the underlying charge of Escape in the
Second Degree.
October 21, 2011 -
Peter J. Elliott, United States Marshal for the Northern District of
Ohio, is announcing the arrests of three individuals who are
suspected of impersonating federal law enforcement officers. On July
27, 2011 witnesses observed several subjects in downtown Youngstown
wearing clothing and badges that identified them as “Special Police
Constables” for the United States Government. The U.S. Marshals
Service was contacted and an investigation was initiated.
October 20, 2011 - The
United States Marshal Service in New Mexico added Javier Mendez to
their list of Most Wanted Sexual Offenders. It’s alleged that
Mendez, a naturalized U.S. citizen, forced a 14 year old girl to
have sexual intercourse with him approximately 2-3 times a week for
almost a year beginning in July of 2010.
October 19, 2011 -
The Hondo Police Department and the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force
(LSFTF), arrested Leonardo Rivas, a suspect in the fatal shooting of
Felix Flores and the wounding of another in San Antonio this morning
without incident. His brother, Michael Anthony Rivas, is
currently sought by the Task Force as his current whereabouts are
unknown.
October 19, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service led Fugitive Task Force (USMS)
announces the arrest of Nicolas J .Whitlock. Whitlock is wanted in
Galveston, Texas on two outstanding arrest warrants, alleging
indecency with a minor by exposure, issued on October 10, 2011.
Whitlock, 27, was arrested this morning and booked into the Washoe
County Jail awaiting extradition to Texas.
October 17, 2011 - A
man wanted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for numerous felony
offenses was captured by the United States Marshals Service
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF), the Chatham County
Sheriff’s Department and the Tybee Island Police Department at a
hotel on Tybee Island, Georgia. Christopher Ghrist was wanted by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for several felony drug and firearm
charges.
October 17, 2011 -
Wanted fugitive John Pritchard was found and arrested in New Mexico
in connection to the murder of his estranged girlfriend Robin
Bailey, in Akron, Ohio. At approximately 11 p.m. on Friday October
14, 2011, John Pritchard was arrested in Taos, New Mexico.
October 14, 2011 -
Acting U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Julio Mena Matos in Hazleton,
Pennsylvania. On June 8, 2010, a federal grand jury in the Middle
District of Pennsylvania, Scranton Division, indicted Mena Matos for
his role in a cocaine trafficking ring operating in Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania.
October 14, 2011 -
Almost 18 months after being charged in U.S. District Court in
Scranton, U.S. Marshals have located and arrested Amy Sims. Acting
United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced her arrest today in
Olyphant, Pennsylvania. On April 20, 2010, a federal arrest warrant
was issued, charging Sims with Violation of Supervised Release. At
the time, she was on supervision from two separate convictions in
the Middle District of Pennsylvania (M/PA).
October 14, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) from
Pensacola apprehended a man who according to police reports said he
would kill his wife, her family and law enforcement should they try
to stop him. According to a report taken by the Sheriff’s Office in
Santa Rosa taken earlier this week James Walter Robinson told his
wife, “…tell them cops to come on, I have lots of guns and if they
come over here someone is going to die.”
October 14, 2011 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested Richard Otero in Albuquerque around
5:00pm Friday October 14, 2011. Otero is wanted for allegedly being
the shooter in a drive-by in Roswell, NM on October 5th, 2011. Otero
is charged with; Shooting from a motor vehicle, Aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon, Aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, felon
in possession of a firearm, and Endangering a child.
October 14, 2011 - On
October 8, 2011 Charlie Tapia was arrested by the Albuquerque Police
Department after his attempt at a home invasion robbery went wrong.
Tapia, one of the U.S. Marshals Service’s New Mexico Most Wanted,
was wanted for Forced Entry Burglary after Tapia and an accomplice
forced entry into a Las Vegas, NM home, kidnapped the residents and
stole items from the home including a car.
October 14, 2011 -
Kevin A. Carr, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Wisconsin announced the arrest of Michael F. Rhoades today. On
October 6, 2011 the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office requested
the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service in locating and
apprehending Rhoades. Rhoades is alleged to have sexually assaulted
a disabled female and is a suspect in another sexual assault that
occurred on a running trail in the Fond du Lac area.
October 13, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service, Sunland Park Police Department, Dona Ana
County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team, Customs and Border
Protection Air Wing, and Southern New Mexico Gang Task Force
Officers arrested three know “Barrio Azteca” gang Members in Sunland
Park, NM. The Fourth “Azteca” Javier Tarango, wanted in connection
with the crimes, is still at large and the Marshals Service along
with other State, Local, and Federal agencies are actively
investigating his whereabouts.
October 13, 2011 -
Operation SAFE SCARE is a joint agency focus to validate the
addresses provided by registered sex offenders. Halloween is a time
when many children are on the streets going door-to-door
trick-or-treating and are vulnerable to sexual predators. The aim of
SAFE SCARE is to keep our kids safe so they can enjoy Halloween and
being a kid. SAFE SCARE allows law enforcement to validate
information provided by sex offenders during the registration and
periodic re-registration requirements under Arkansas State Law.
October 12, 2011 -
From October 5 - 7, 2011, the United States Marshals Service in the
Eastern District of California, Fresno partnered with the Fresno
Police Department at the Big Fresno Fair in order to enhance
awareness of the Meagan’s Law Website. Deputies and detectives
interacted with the community by distributing pamphlets, pencils,
badges, and stickers. Parents were encouraged to access the Meagan’s
Law website to determine if registered sex offenders are living in
their neighborhood.
October 07, 2011 -
U.S. Marshals Service Director Stacia A. Hylton swore in Edward M.
Spooner on Thursday as the new U.S. Marshal for the Northern
District of Florida at the agency’s headquarters in Washington.
October 07, 2011 - On
October 6, 2011 Deputies and Sex Offender Investigators from the
United States Marshals Service Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team
(SWIFT) Task Force and members from the Gallup Police Department
arrested Rocky Rubio in Gallup NM. Rubio was wanted by authorities
in Arizona for selling heroin to a 16 year old female then raping
her. The girl died shortly after Rubio raped her from a heroin
overdose.
October 06, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force caught up
with a Walton County, FL woman suspected of assisting a murder
suspect by moving the body of the victim, burning his bloody clothes
and then hiding the suspect from police in a hotel room where she
worked. Sara Golden Hanks was apprehended yesterday in Samson, AL.
October 06, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service, District of Arizona, will be holding
an auction of numerous vehicles forfeited to the United States
Government. The auction will be held at Apple Towing at the address
listed below on Saturday, October 8, 2011 starting at 9:00 a.m. The
public may preview these vehicles at Apple Towing on Friday, October
7, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 8, 2011
from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
October 06, 2011 -
Dustin Paul McFall was apprehended last night in Nuevo Laredo,
Tamaulipas, Mexico by the Tamaulipas Ministry of Public Safety
(Secretaria De Seguridad Publica) and quickly turned over to Mexican
Immigration authorities. Judicial authorities in Nuevo Laredo
determined McFall had no legal status to remain in Mexico and was
expelled shortly before midnight at the US/Mexico Port of Entry in
Laredo.
October 06, 2011 -
Operation Intercept (OPIN), the U.S. Marshals fugitive apprehension
task force arrested Laquane Barry Curry before sunrise this morning.
Curry is wanted by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department in
Fayetteville, NC for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and by
the NC Department of Community Corrections for five outstanding
Probation Violation Warrants stemming from Sexual Battery and
Assault charges.
October 05, 2011 - The
United States Marshal Service, District of New Mexico, will be
assisting local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in the
2011 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The annual event will
take place October 1-9. The fiesta expects 750-1000 balloon pilots
to participate from all over the world and the event attracts over 1
million spectators over the 9 day period.
October 04, 2011 - A
Savannah man wanted by the Savannah Chatham Metro Police Department
was arrested by the Savannah Office of the United States Marshals
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Beaufort-Jasper Multi
Agency Drug Task Force in Bluffton, South Carolina. Dwayne Smith was
being sought on three warrants by the Savannah Chatham Metro Police
Department charging him with Aggravated Assault, Armed robbery, and
Possession of a Firearm.
October 04, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 38 year old
Steven Embrey in Sacramento, Embrey was wanted for attempted murder
in Oakland, CA.
October 04, 2011 - The
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force sponsored by the United States
Marshals Service is announcing the arrest of Lee Roy Suarez. Suarez
was wanted by the Comal County Sheriff’s Office for the homicide of
Diego Saenz and aggravated assault of his brother, Vicente Saenz.
October 03, 2011 -
Emmanuel Matthew “Manny” Mendoza was expelled from the Republic of
Mexico at the El Paso Port of Entry into the hands of the Lone Star
Fugitive Task Force after an international investigation culminated
in Mendoza’s detention by Mexican authorities in Ciudad Juarez,
Chihuahua. Mendoza, a documented member of California’s West Side
Tracy Nortenos street gang, was sought by law enforcement since his
involvement in the botched robbery and subsequent murder of Kevin
Prater II.
October 03, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service led Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is
pleased to announce the addition of the Buda Police Department to
its fugitive hunting team. Announcing the latest agency to the task
force, United States Marshal Robert R. Almonte of the Western
District of Texas states, “the citizen’s of Buda will benefit
immensely knowing that Chief Bo Kidd will have ready access to a
task force of experienced law enforcement professionals to draw upon
should the need arise.”
September 30, 2011 -
Raymond Novak was arrested by members of the US Marshal’s Violent
Offender Task Force today. The arrest occurred near mile marker 72
off I-10 in Acadia Parish. Novak was Wanted by Westmoreland County
Sheriff’s Office in Pennsylvania for Involuntary Deviant Sexual
Intercourse. Novak was scheduled to appear for trial on these
charges on Monday, September 26th, but he failed to appear.
September 30, 2011 -
Operation Intercept (OPIN) the US Marshals fugitive apprehension
task force and the Nevada Fugitive Investigative Strike Team (NFIST)
working together jointly announce the location and apprehension of
Ricky Hewins Mack at an apartment complex off of Elm Drive in Las
Vegas, NV during the early afternoon Thursday.
September 30, 2011 - A
U.S. Marshals fugitive task force from Orlando, Florida arrested
Midland murder suspect Christopher Hill at a motel in Sanford,
Florida on Thursday, September 29th. On September 18th, Midland
Police responded to a shooting on north Weatherford Street and found
28 year old Jeremy Johnson dead of multiple gunshot wounds.
September 29, 2011 -
Twelve real properties located throughout the Los Angeles area will
be sold via a U.S. Marshals auction starting at noon Oct. 12 at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel-Beverly Hills; 1150 S. Beverly Dr.; Los Angeles,
CA 90035. Registration will begin at 11 a.m. The 12 varied
properties include single-family homes, duplexes, a triplex, a
mixed-use commercial property and vacant land.
September 29, 2011 -
Cathy J. Jones, U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio,
announced today that Devant Terrell Geter has been arrested by the
U.S. Marshals led Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team
(SOFAST). Geter was wanted for Escape on an arrest warrant from
September 13, 2008. Geter was serving a 14 year sentence for
Possession with Intent to Distribute in Excess of 500 mg of Cocaine
and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon when he escaped
from the federal penitentiary in Marion, IL.
September 28, 2011 -
Kevin A. Carr, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Wisconsin, announced the arrest of Thomas Friedel.
Friedel, a fugitive wanted in Waukesha County, was arrested by
authorities in Barranquilla, Colombia. The U.S. Marshals worked
closely with Colombian investigators over the past several weeks.
After his arrest, Friedel was subsequently expelled from Colombia,
and arrested by Deputy U.S. Marshals once he arrived at the Miami
International Airport in Florida.
September 28, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service in the Southern District of Ohio, the
Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Jackson Center Police Department,
State of Ohio Adult Parole Authority and the Shelby County Adult
Probation, conducted a joint law enforcement compliance operation
designed to verify the current residences of offenders living in
Shelby County Ohio.
September 27, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force arrested
wanted fugitive Joseph Faauga Vaimili, age 29 of Waipahu, at a
residence in Houston, Texas. Vaimili, a convicted felon, was wanted
by the State of Hawaii for felony offenses for two counts of
kidnapping, carrying or use of a firearm in the commission of a
felony, promoting prostitution in the first degree, and terroristic
threatening in the first degree.
September 27, 2011 -
On September 26, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) located eight
children who were kidnapped from a foster care facility in Queens,
New York one week earlier. The children, ranging in age from
11-months old to 11-years old, were taken during a supervised visit
with their biological parents. The one daughter and seven sons had
originally been placed in foster care following allegations of
abuse.
September 22, 2011 -
Operation Intercept (OPIN) the U.S. Marshals fugitive apprehension
task force made up of Deputy U.S. Marshals and officers with the
Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson County Sheriff’s
Offices, Greenville City Police, SLED, alongside Deputy US Marshals
from the Appalachian Fugitive Investigative Strike Team (AFIST) in
Asheville, NC and Asheville Police, announce the location and
apprehension of Tavish Yeargin, Kayla Williams, and Nyia Utsey at a
hotel off of Old Haywood Rd in Asheville, NC late Wednesday evening.
September 22, 2011 -
Acting U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Jeffrey McGough, Jr. McGough
had been sought on multiple warrants since September 2010. An
Indictment was issued by a federal grand jury in the Northern
District of New York, charging McGough with possession with intent
to distribute a controlled substance, conspiracy to distribute a
controlled substance and use of communication facility during the
commission of a felony.
September 20, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 54 year old
Robert Davis in Lodi, California. Beginning in June of 2011 Davis is
suspected of robbing 11 different banks in the Stockton and San
Joaquin County area.
September 20, 2011 -
Don O’Keefe, the U.S. Marshal for the District of Northern
California announces the extradition of Lionel Scott Harris from
Venezuela. U.S. State Department Agents in San Francisco, working
with Deputy U.S. Marshals, located and arrested Harris in Venezuela
earlier this year. Harris was convicted of importing marijuana into
the United States in excess of 1,000 Kilograms in 1990. Harris
failed to appear for sentencing and is thought to have fled to
Venezuela at that time.
September 19, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of California,
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional
Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF) arrested 23 year old Yobanni Bonilla.
This fugitive was wanted by Fresno County for a Double Homicide, and
3 counts of Attempt Homicide.
September 17, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force from
Pensacola and The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Response
Team (SRT) apprehended an Okaloosa man after he barricaded himself
inside of a 1 bedroom apartment. At about 2:30 p.m. the Task Force
surrounded a unit of the Royale Apartment complex on Colonial Court,
in Ft. Walton Beach. They quickly gained entry into the apartment
once they knew fugitive Ian Phillip Garroutte was there.
September 16, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service concluded Operation Fall Classic in Dona
Ana County, Las Cruces, NM. The 3 day operation targeted the 232
active registered sex offenders living in the area. The objective of
the operation was verification of addresses and statutory compliance
of registered sex offenders residing within Dona Ana County.
September 15, 2011 -
On September 14, 2011, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
awarded the Governor’s Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to 13
public safety officers. One of the recipients was Fresno County
Sheriff Deputy Robert McEwen who is assigned to the U.S. Marshals
Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF) in Fresno,
CA.
September 14, 2011 - A
Ten Most Wanted Fugitive wanted by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
(TBI) for a June 2011 homicide and aggravated assaults was arrested
by the U.S. Marshals Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF) in Augusta, Georgia. Thomas Lamont
Dowlen was being sought by the Springfield Police Department on one
count of criminal homicide and two counts of aggravated assault and
was added to the TBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list.
September 13, 2011 -
Andre Carrdale Underwood, of Birmingham, Alabama, was arrested by
the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in north Austin. Underwood was
apprehended without incident after information received from the
Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Montgomery, AL indicated
Underwood recently fled after he failed to appear for a recent court
hearing involving pending sexual abuses charges against a child.
September 12, 2011 -
Operation Intercept (OPIN), the U.S. Marshals fugitive apprehension
task force announces the arrest of Attempted Murder suspect Tyshon
Demontrea Johnson at an apartment complex in Hillsborough, NC.
Johnson has been the suspect of an Attempted Murder Charge warrant
issued by the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office for the shooting
incident which gravely injured Isaac Hammond.
September 08, 2011 -
Cathy J. Jones, United States Marshal for the Southern District of
Ohio, announces the arrests of Marty Roe and Tyree Parson. Roe was
wanted by the Lexington Police Department for Harassing
Communications. Parson was wanted by the Dayton Police Department
for Murder and has pending Felonious Assault and Weapons Charges.
September 01, 2011 -
Suspected Bank Robber Daniel Ryan Schoppe was arrested at the Motel
6, near Illif and Coors in NW Albuquerque. Schoppe was wanted by the
United States Marshals Service in Albuquerque for an outstanding
warrant for a Violation of his terms of Probation. Schoppe was also
wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the Aug. 17
robbery of Wells Fargo bank in Albuquerque.
August 31, 2011 - The
United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania and the United States Marshals Service for the Middle
District of Pennsylvania jointly announced that Michael Brown, a
Harrisburg man who failed to appear for sentencing on child
pornography charges, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service on
Monday, August 29, 2011.
August 30, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) in
Pensacola joined together with the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task
Force (GCRFTF) from Mobile to capture a man who is accused of
shooting and killing another man in Atmore, AL. Antonio Alberto
Crenshaw was apprehended this morning by the U.S. Marshal Task
Forces along with task force officers from Mobile and Pensacola at a
room at the Red Roof Inn.
August 22, 2011 -
The US Marshals along with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Sex Offender Registry Program, Vernon County Sheriff’s Department
and Crawford County Sheriff’s Department conducted a residence
verification operation for registered sex offenders. On August
16th and 17th
deputies checked the addresses of 47 registered sex offenders in
Vernon County and 27 in Crawford County. Three were found to
be non compliant in Vernon County and one in Crawford County.
The Sex Offender Registry Program Specialist will investigate the
non-compliant sex offenders and make a recommendation to the
district attorney.
August 19, 2011 -
Deputy US Marshals arrested one of New Mexico’s Most Wanted gang
offenders, Adam Cruz, Friday evening, August 19, 2011, in the 600
block of South Pine St., Roswell, NM. Cruz was wanted pursuant
to an arrest for Armed Robbery. The arrest came just one day
after Deputy U.S. Marshals assigned to the South West Investigative
Fugitive Team (SWIFT) adopted the fugitive case at the request of
Roswell Police Department Criminal Investigation Division.
August 19, 2011 -
A Florida man wanted by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Department in
Gainesville, Florida was arrested by the United States Marshals
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Savannah Chatham
Metropolitan Police Department on August 19, 2011 in Savannah,
Georgia. Anthony M. Mathis was being sought on a
warrant by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Department for Robbery.
August 19, 2011 - On
August 18, 2011, Raymond Vigil was arrested in Denver Colorado by
the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Location Apprehension
Group Task Force. Investigators believe Vigil had been living
in the Denver, CO area since he had absconded 1 ½ years ago. Federal
charges under the Adam Walsh act for fail to register as a sex
offender are pending from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Colorado.
August 18, 2011 – The
US Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) today
announced the arrest of 39 year old Eric Sean Maxwell of Sopchoppy,
Florida for the offenses of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender,
Failure to Report Change of Address and Failure to Update Drivers
License or Id Card. Maxwell was located and
arrested by members of the FRFTF on August 16, 2011 in Fort Myers,
Florida.
August 17, 2011
- Acting U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Matthew Morales – an 18-year old
man - in Bronx, New York. On June 3, 2011, an arrest warrant
was issued for Morales, charging him with: Attempted criminal
homicide; Aggravated assault; Simple assault; and Recklessly
endangering another person.
Morales is accused of an early morning assault which occurred at a
party in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania on
Saturday, May 21, 2011. Two victims, Isaiah Bannister and
Samuel Green, both of Blakeslee, Pennsylvania, were stabbed multiple
times by Morales when a fight broke out at the party. Green
was stabbed approximately seven times in the back, neck and hand.
Green was treated at the Community Medical Center in Scranton.
Bannister suffered wounds to his face, ribs and back, and was
treated at the Pocono Medical Center.
August 15, 2011 - On
August 13, 2011, Deputy Marshals participated in Albuquerque’s Metro
Teen Court Public Safety Day. Metro Teen Court is an event that is
held for first time teen offenders who go before a jury of their
peers and are sanctioned to do community service and serve as a
juror.
August 15, 2011 -
Members of the Hawaii Fugitive Task Force sex offender
investigations unit arrested Francis Hawkins, Jr. without incident.
Hawkins is a convicted sex offender who must notify authorities of
his current whereabouts. As a result of his non-compliance Hawkins
was arrested for failing to comply with covered offender
registration requirements.
August 12, 2011 - A
major fugitive wanted on outstanding state charges for attempted
murder, promoting dangerous drugs, reckless driving of a vehicle,
possession of a firearm in the commission of a separate felony and
reckless endangering has been arrested by a team of law enforcement
officers. Josiah Okudara was being sought on warrants issued
by Judge Joel August charging Okudara with two counts of attempted
murder and promoting dangerous drugs in the second degree.
August 12, 2011 -
Spencer Lewis McDaniel AKA: “Stone” has been on the run since
October 18, 2010 for the fatal shooting death of Germaine Brown off
of Walnut Street in the Five Points area of Columbia. McDaniel was
named as the alleged shooter and fled the Columbia area as
investigators flooded the city in search of him. However, today he
was arrested by the Miami Beach Police Department without incident.
August 12, 2011 - On
August 11, 2011, Deputy United States Marshals apprehended Nicholas
Vallejos, 23, in Las Cruces, NM. Vallejos is wanted in connection
with the stabbing of New Mexico State Aggie basketball player
Makhtar Diop.
August 11, 2011 - A
flawless, 43.51 carat yellow diamond will be sold via a U.S.
Marshals online auction starting Sept. 6. The notable diamond
appears on lists of the top diamonds in the world. The diamond was
seized during an FBI undercover investigation in 2006 that resulted
in the conviction of Paul Monea for money laundering. Monea is
serving time in an Ohio federal prison with a scheduled release date
in 2018.
August 11, 2011 - A
Rincon man wanted on sixteen warrants by four departments was
arrested by the United States Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive
Task Force and Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department in
Savannah, Georgia. Aaron Craig Hubbard was being sought on two
warrants from the Effingham County Sheriff’s Department for Sale of
Cocaine and Unlawful Use of Communication Facilities.
August 10, 2011 - The
Texas Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and the Southern Ohio United
States Marshals Service Sex Offender Investigations Bureau is
requesting assistance with the following investigation. Joseph
Michael Hall is a convicted sex offender wanted by the U.S. Marshals
Service for Failure to Register as a sex offender. He is also wanted
by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office for failing to register
and was most recently indicted by the Montgomery County Ohio Grand
Jury for Rape of a child under the age of 13.
August 10, 2011 -
Deputy United States Marshals arrested Ramon Lurbe in Denver,
Colorado. Lurbe was wanted on charges for Criminal Sexual
Penetration of a minor stemming from a June 2010 incident involving
a 14 year old girl. On June 27, 2010, Lurbe stalked a 14 year old
female at the Francis Canyon Campground located at Navajo Lake.
During the night, Lurbe snuck into the female’s tent and sexually
assaulted her.
August 10, 2011 -
Abraham Moya Ortiz, whose last known address was in the Del Valle
area, was arrested this morning by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force
near the intersection of Tinnin Ford Rd., and Riverside without
incident. Ortiz was sought by Bastrop County authorities last month
for his alleged involvement with the continuous sexual abuse of a
child, a first degree felony in Texas.
August 10, 2011 - The
Marshals Service is proud to announce that the first five candidates
for the New Mexico State University and United States Marshals
Service Volunteer Student Internship Program in Las Cruces, New
Mexico have been selected. The Interns have received notice
that they are to report and will officially start the Volunteer
Student Intern Program in August.
August 09, 2011 - On
August 4, 2011 the United States Marshals along with Grady County
Jail personnel thwarted an attempt to escape from jail by federal
prisoner Sergio Contreras-Sanchez, aka “Boxer”. Also arrested in the
escape attempt was Maria Jimenez, girlfriend to Contreras-Sanchez.
August 05, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force (NOVFTF) and the Cleveland Police Department arrested Miguel
Gonzalez-Perez after receiving information Gonzalez-Perez was in the
Cleveland area. Gonzalez-Perez was wanted by the Municipality of
Bayamon in San Juan, Puerto Rico for murder.
August 05, 2011 -
Farmington Police and Deputy United States Marshals and Task Force
Officers with the Southwest Fugitive Investigative Team (SWIFT) Task
Force Arrested Stephanie Mendez. Mendez was wanted on a Grand Jury
Indictment charging her with two counts of vehicular homicide.
August 03, 2011 -
Nineteen Year Old Nelson Paul Chambers peacefully surrendered to the
U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF) at about 12:00 p.m.
today. Chambers was accompanied by his family and others as he
surrendered in front of the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.
On July 19th after Chambers failed to appear at his trial for
Aggravated Rape, the Lafayette Police Department requested the
assistance of the VOTF.
August 01, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Genny May proudly announced that the United States Marshals
Service, Eastern District of Louisiana, in conjunction with Crime
Stoppers, the New Orleans Police Department, Jefferson Parish
Sheriff’s Office, Kenner Police Department, Orleans Parish Sheriff’s
Office, and Louisiana Probation and Parole conducted a Greater New
Orleans area fugitive roundup entitled “Operation Safe Summer,” from
Sunday, July 17th through Thursday, July 21st. The results of the
roundup were 105 fugitives arrested and 143 outstanding warrants
cleared.
July 29, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Capture - A U.S. Marshals “15
Most Wanted” fugitive, Simon Lopez, was found and taken into custody
in Querétaro, a state in North-Central Mexico, by the Mexican
Federal Police Thursday. Lopez was expelled from the country, and
U.S. Marshals transported him from Mexico to Houston Friday. Lopez
was wanted for allegations of murder of a 1-year-old child and is
charged in Tyler, Texas, with murder and assault.
July 29, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service turned over custody of two vehicles,
a 2007 Tahoe valued at $20,375 and 2007 Escalade valued at $30,300
to the Albuquerque Police Department. The Albuquerque Police
Department is a participating member in the Drug Enforcement
Agency’s Albuquerque District Office Metro Task Force and will
participate in the Marshals Services equitable sharing of the 2007
Tahoe and Escalade.
July 29, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Florida Regional Fugitive Task
Force (FRFTF) arrested a suspect wanted in connection with a
Beaufort, SC homicide. Rajerick Lovell Knight of Beaufort, SC was
wanted for the murder of Travis Sentell Holmes, 28, inside the
Subway restaurant on Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
July 29, 2011 - On
July 27, 2011 United States Marshals Service Deputies in the
District of New Mexico arrested Joe Torres and Heather Soto in Las
Cruces. Soto and Torres were arrested on charges of intentional
child abuse resulting in death.
July 28, 2011 - Two
Atlanta men wanted on federal drug warrants for Conspiracy to
Possess with the intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of
Methamphetamine were arrested by the United States Marshals Service
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Atlanta, Georgia.
Benjamin Garcia Hernandez and Sylvestre Loyo were indicted in
Federal Court in the Southern District of Georgia by the Drug
Enforcement Administration in October of 2008.
July 28, 2011 - On
July 27, 2011, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Hawaii Fugitive
Task Force arrested Daniel Seyler (age 48 of Honolulu) at a
residence on Komomai Drive in Pearl City. Seyler is a
convicted sex offender and was wanted on two counts of Failure to
Comply With Covered Offender Registration requirements.
July 27, 2011 -
United States Marshals for the District of New Mexico arrested David
Gullans, a fugitive and sex offender. Gullans was wanted in Lee
County, Florida, for Failure to Register. In 1997, Gullans was
convicted of sexual battery on a child. That 1997 conviction
required Gullans to register as a sex offender for life.
July 27, 2011 - Peter
J. Elliott, United States Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio,
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent
Fugitive Task Force arrested its 25,000th fugitive. Alphonso Tate,
who was wanted on charges of rape, kidnapping, and five counts of
gross sexual imposition out of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office,
was apprehended by Deputy U.S.
July 27, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Hawaii Fugitive Task Force
arrested Joseph Lee Guseman (age 31 of Glendive, Montana) a fugitive
sex offender on the run and hiding out in Hawaii.
July 25, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force arrested Andrew K.
Hoolulu, age 62, who was on probation for failing to register as a
sex offender. At approximately 11:30 am Deputy U.S. Marshals
and Deputy Sheriff’s arrived at Hoolulu’s residence in Wahiawa and
arrested him without incident. Hoolulu was wanted on a $20k
HOPE (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement) Probation
warrant.
July 25, 2011 - Albert
Najera, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
California, and Chief Blair Ulring of the Stockton Police
Department, today announced the culmination of a two part joint
operation involving fugitive apprehension and strategic proactive
patrol throughout the city of Stockton totaling 117 arrests.
The operation was conducted over a four-day period beginning on July
20th. The goal of Operation Double Play
was to combat the increasing violent crime and gang activity in the
Stockton, California area.
July 22, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Cathy Jones of the Southern District of Ohio announces the
arrest of Darrian Cordell. The 21 year old Cordell was wanted by the
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department for Felony Possession of Drugs,
Carrying a Concealed Weapon, and Improper Handling of a Firearm.
July 22, 2011 - On
July 21, 2011, U.S. Marshals and police officers from Odessa, Texas,
arrested Christopher Nathan Martinez in a motel in Odessa, Texas.
Martinez was on parole for Shooting at or From a Motor Vehicle and
Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Martinez has a history that
includes: Shooting at or From a Motor Vehicle, Battery on a Police
Officer, Armed Robbery, Attempted Robbery, Possession of a
Controlled Substance, Unlawful Carrying of a Deadly Weapon,
Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Bribery/Intimidation of a
Witness, and Resisting or Evading Arrest.
July 21, 2011 -
Acting U.S. Marshal, Martin J. Pane, announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Richard Hanson in Scranton,
Pennsylvania. On the evening of July 19, 2011, it is alleged that
Richard P. Hanson murdered his father Gary Hanson in their home
located in Springfield Virginia. The father was shot in the head
four times. Hanson fled his residence in a 1998 Saturn belonging to
his parents. An arrest warrant was issued out of Fairfax County
Virginia charging Richard Hanson with murder in the second degree.
July 21, 2011 -
Yesterday, the U.S. Marshal led Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force (NOVFTF) arrested Rayshawn McCoy. McCoy, a known member of the
violent Bloods street gang, was taken into custody without incident.
McCoy was wanted by the Toledo Police Department and the Lucas
County Sheriff on 10 warrants, 4 of which were felony warrants to
include; involuntary manslaughter, robbery, weapons offense, and
cocaine possession and sale.
July 21, 2011 - Over
the course of two days beginning on July 19, 2011, the United States
Marshals Hawaii Fugitive Task Force conducted “Operation Lokahi
Sweep”. HPD Officers, Deputy U.S. Marshals, Deputy Sheriffs,
and Federal Agents (ICE, ATF, DEA) conducted a joint fugitive
apprehension sweep encompassing the entire island of Oahu.
Sixty-two wanted fugitives were arrested and 123 warrants cleared.
Those who were apprehended were wanted for various violent crimes to
include robbery, narcotics violation, firearms possession, parole
and probation violation.
July 21, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of California,
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Central Valley Joint Fugitive
Task Force (CVJFTF) arrested Bisente Garcia. This fugitive was
wanted by Madera Police Department for Attempted Homicide, and
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for
violating his conditions of parole.
July 21, 2011 -
On July 19 & 20, U.S. Marshals Operation Intercept (OPIN) fugitive
apprehension task force, Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO),
FBI, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), Lexington
County Sheriff’s Department, Richland County Sheriff’s Department,
Sumter Police Department, and Columbia Police Department joined
forces to “Shine the Light” on Registered Sex Offenders and violent
fugitives. OPIN and agents from all offices represented began
Operation Surefire with 158 sex offenders and 10 violent fugitive
warrants wanted for various felonies to include: Marquel Joel
Gadson AKA: Bushwick for Attempted Murder and Armed Robbery.
July 20, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force from Pensacola
caught up with a fugitive who has been eluding law enforcement in 3
local area counties in the panhandle. Angel Christopher Godinez, 19,
who has outstanding warrants in Okaloosa, Escambia and Jackson
Counties, was arrested at an apartment in Ft. Walton Beach this
evening just after 7 p.m.
July 20, 2011 - On
July 19, 2011 Officers with the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force
arrested Santos Ochoa and Marshals Service Deputies and Detectives
from the Roswell Police Department arrested Tino Rodriguez. Both
Rodriguez and Ochoa were on the U.S. Marshals Service’s “New
Mexico’s Most Wanted’ as Gang affiliated Fugitives. Ochoa has been a
fugitive from justice since May after his probation was revoked for
allegedly stabbing a person in Artesia, NM and Rodriguez was wanted
by New Mexico Probation and Parole since September of 2010.
July 16, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) announces
the arrest of two South Florida fugitives and the recovery of two
abducted children in the early morning hours of July 16. FRFTF
members received an urgent late night call last night from the U.S.
Marshals in West Palm Beach in regards to the possible location of
two missing juveniles.
July 15, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of California,
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Central Valley Joint Fugitive
Task Force arrested 27 year old Dareus Timrell Dawson in Fairfield,
California. Dawson had been sought by the St. Louis County
Police Department in Missouri for murder from March 29th of this
year.
July 15, 2011
- United States Marshals Service Deputies in the District of New
Mexico arrested Anthony Deon Hodge. Hodge is wanted by the
Bakersfield California Police Department on charges of attempted
murder, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, discharge of firearm
from a vehicle at a person, and participating in a street gang.
July 15, 2011 -
Members from the United States Marshals Service South East Regional
Fugitive Task Force arrested Jesse Sosa. Sosa is one of The Marshals
Service District of New Mexico’s Most Wanted Violent Fugitives. On
October 15, 2010, Jesse Sosa was to be sentenced in a New Mexico
District Court for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
July 15, 2011 -
Justin William Durbin was arrested on Trousdale Road in Sulphur
after at least two high-speed chases and a multi-jurisdictional
manhunt. Durbin was Wanted by the following agencies: Pima
County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona, Baton Rouge PD, Mt. Pleasant PD
/ South Carolina, Collier County Sheriff’s Office / Naples, Florida,
Lafayette PD, Virginia Beach PD, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office /
Pensacola, Florida, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office / Noblesville,
Indiana, and Prince Georges County Sheriff’s Office / Maryland.
The charges range from Probation Violation, Grand Theft Auto,
Larceny, Burglary, and Fraud.
July 15, 2011 - The
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force sponsored by the United States
Marshals Service is announcing the arrest of Carlos Mireles Jr.
Mireles has previous arrests for drug possession, resisting and
evading arrest, burglary of a vehicle, family violence, assault
causing bodily injury, injury to a child/elderly/disable with intent
to cause bodily harm. In October 2010, Carlos Mireles was arrested
for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.
July 13, 2011 - Ronny
(or Ronnie) Stutes was arrested this afternoon just before 1:00 p.m.
outside a restaurant in Lafayette by the U.S. Marshals Violent
Offender Task Force (VOTF). Stutes was Wanted by the Ft. Wright
Police Department in Kentucky for a bank robbery (2nd Degree
Robbery) that occurred on June 15, 2011. Also, Stutes was running
from a Parole Violation in Kentucky.
July 13, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) today
announced the arrest of thirty year old Marquez Cornelius Vaughn of
Opelika, Alabama at an apartment complex located in Tallahassee, FL.
Vaughn was currently being sought by the Opelika Police Department
and the US Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force in
Montgomery, Alabama on charges of 1st Degree Robbery and 2nd Degree
Assault.
July 12, 2011 - John
Everett Fitch, III was apprehended last night at a local motel in
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico by the Tamaulipas Ministry of
Public Safety and quickly turned over to Mexican Immigration
authorities. Judicial authorities in Nuevo Laredo determined that
Fitch had no legal status to remain in Mexico and was expelled
shortly after midnight at the Port of Entry to the welcoming
handcuffs of the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force in Laredo,
Texas. Fitch was charged with failing to appear last month after he
fled from his own jury trial in San Marcos, Texas. Fitch was charged
with Indecency with a Child.
July 12, 2011 -
Ernesto Hinojos was arrested yesterday without incident by the Lone
Star Fugitive Task Force. Hinojos was the target of an Organized
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation and was subsequently
indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in a Conspiracy,
alleging his possession with intent to distribute approximately 3000
pounds of marijuana and over 5 kilograms of cocaine.
July 12, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) has found
violent fugitives hiding in every conceivable way; underneath
clothes in the closet, in attic crawl spaces, inside the trunks of
cars, walls, clothes dressers and yes even inside refrigerators.
However, when members of the FRFTF responded to 509 Magnolia Drive
this morning in an attempt to locate Deon Dorsey, Dorsey added a new
wrinkle to what these fugitive investigators have seen. Deon Dorsey,
a 20 year old citizen of Tallahassee, was currently being sought by
the Tallahassee Police Department on charges of Domestic Battery by
Strangulation.
July 11, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals along with Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex
Offender Registry Program, and the Barron, Sawyer, and Rusk County
Sheriff’s Departments conducted a residence verification operation
for registered sex offenders in these three counties. On June 28th
and 29th deputies checked the addresses of 118 registered sex
offenders.
July 08, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The U.S. Marshals
have added a convicted child molester to their 15 Most Wanted
fugitive list. Richard Carl Heeringa is wanted in Colorado by
the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Marshals led
Fugitive Location and Apprehension Group Task Force. Following a
two-week trial in April 2010, a jury found Heeringa guilty of 17
counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of
trust and failure to register as a sex offender. He is facing more
than 500 years in prison.
July 08, 2011 -
Deputy United States Marshals extradited international fugitive
Carlos Alberto Carpio-Morales, to Albuquerque, NM, from Mexico City,
Mexico. Carpio-Morales had been a fugitive from justice since 2007.
Carpio-Morales wanted on outstanding felony warrants for Attempted
Murder, Child Abuse, Kidnapping, Aggravated Assault on a Household
Member (Deadly Weapon), and Battery on a Household Member.
July 08, 2011 -
Wanted fugitive William Neal was arrested this morning at
approximately 11:30 am in Cleveland, Ohio. Neal was wanted by the
Cleveland police Department on charges of two counts of felonious
assault shooting and one count of aggravated robbery. Neal was the
primary suspect in two different shootings that have recently taken
place on Cleveland’s east side.
July 08, 2011 -
Patrick George was arrested last night in Valdosta, Georgia by the
U.S. Marshals in Albany with critical assistance from the Narcotics
section of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office. George was arrested
pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statute 14:130, Obstruction of
Justice. George is a suspect in the homicide investigation that was
initiated after Cory Nicholas Sonnier was found murdered in Lake
Martin on June 24, 2011.
July 07, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The U.S. Marshals
have added a suspected murderer to their 15 Most Wanted fugitive
list. Beacher Ferrel Hackney is wanted in Hot Springs, Va., for the
premeditated murders of two co-workers. Hackney, 61, was employed as
a janitor at the Homestead Resort. Hackney, known to be a loner, was
reportedly upset with two of his supervisors, Dwight Kerr and Ronnie
Stinnett, for taking him off night shift and putting him on the
busier dinner shift.
July 07, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of California,
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Central Valley Joint Fugitive
Task Force (CVJFTF) arrested Charles Hattabaugh and Darren Hamilton.
On July 05, 2011, California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation Parole Agents, long time participants of the U.S.
Marshals CVJFTF, assisted the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Kern
County Auto Theft Taskforce (KERN-CATT) in serving a search warrant
at a location in Bakersfield, CA. The search warrant was the result
of an auto theft investigation.
July 07, 2011 -
Arthur Jeffrey Martinez, of Midland, was arrested last night by the
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force without incident in north Austin.
Martinez was sought by Midland authorities after Martinez was
identified as a shooter in a June 30th incident whereby Martinez was
alleged to have discharged multiple rounds at a vehicle subsequent
to a verbal altercation. Martinez discharged his weapon from within
his vehicle towards the victim sending the vehicle out of control
after the driver was hit.
July 05, 2011 - Major
Adam Benoit was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Violent
Offender Task Force with critical assistance from the Louisiana
State Police, Intelligence Division at a Lake Charles area Casino at
about 12:45 a.m. Saturday. Benoit was arrested on a provisional
arrest warrant seeking his extradition from the United States to
Costa Rica. The warrant was signed in the Western District of
Louisiana on charges stemming from a June 2, 2010, armed robbery
that allegedly occurred in Heredia, Costa Rica.
July 01, 2011 - On
July 1, 2011, a team of law enforcement officers made up of United
States Marshals, NM State Police, and Dona Ana County Sheriffs,
arrested two escaped prisoners in the 900 block of Ella Mae in Vado,
NM. On June 29, 2011, Jesus Loera and Joshua Hernandez escaped from
the custody of the John Paul Taylor Center in Las Cruces, NM.
July 01, 2011
- U.S. Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of
California, announced today that the U.S. Marshals Central Valley
Joint Fugitive Task Force (CVJFTF) arrested Mitchell Dennis Knox.
On June 30, 2011, the Joint Support Operations Center (JSOC), in ATF
Headquarters, received information about the possible whereabouts of
Mitchell Knox who was a fugitive from Operation Woodchuck.
This was a year-long investigation that included an undercover ATF
agent infiltrating a group of criminals who were selling illegal
firearms and narcotics in the San Fernando Valley. During the
course of the investigation, ATF undercover agents purchased stolen
firearms, machine guns and silencers. Other agencies
participating in Operation Woodchuck were the California Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Office of Correctional
Safety-Special Service Unit (CDCR-SSU), and the Los Angeles Police
Department.
July 01, 2011 - A
Tattnall County man wanted for a 1995 Escape in North Carolina was
arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive
Task Force, the Tattnall County Sheriff’s Department, the Reidsville
Police Department, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on June
30, 2011. Manuel Hrneith, aka Alfredo Arrieta Urieta,
was wanted by the North Carolina Department of Corrections for
Escape. The Escape occurred in May of 1995 from the New
Hanover Correctional Center, in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Hrneith was convicted in August of 1991 for Murder in the Second
Degree, Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury, and
Armed Robbery. Hrneith was sentenced to eighteen years in
prison.
June 30, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Capture - The U.S. Marshals
Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested in Los
Angeles Wednesday morning a suspected drug kingpin wanted on a 2005
open indictment from the New Mexico U.S. District Court for
conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, continuing criminal
enterprise and conspiracy to launder money. Keith Hasson, who was
added June 6 to the “15 Most Wanted” fugitive list, was arrested
without incident.
June 29, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service in the Southern District of Ohio, the
Greene County Sheriff's Office, Ohio Adult Parole Authority, Greene
County Adult Probation Department, Xenia Police Department,
Beavercreek Police Department and the Fairborn Police Department
conducted a joint law enforcement compliance operation designed to
verify the current residences of offenders living in Greene County,
Ohio.
June 29, 2011 - 15
Most Wanted fugitive, Keith Hasson, was arrested in the
22,000 block of Victory in Canoga, California. Starting in 2005, the
United States Marshals Service Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive
Task Force in California has worked with Deputy Marshals from
Albuquerque, N.M. to investigate and apprehend federal fugitive
Keith Hasson. Hasson had a Federal warrant from a 2005 indictment
from the U.S. District Court in New Mexico for conspiracy to
distribute controlled substances, continuing criminal enterprise and
conspiracy to launder money.
June 28, 2011 - The
McClain County Sheriff’s Office contacted the U.S. Marshals to
request immediate assistance following the escape of Shaun Bosse,
who was wanted for triple murder of his girlfriend, her 8-year-old
son and 6-year-old daughter in 2008. Bosse had allegedly
stabbed the girlfriend and son and then set fire to the trailer
where the girl slept. Bosse had overpowered a jailer, stolen a
vehicle, cell phone, and flashlight and had been unaccounted for
several hours. The stolen vehicle was located, abandoned, and
police received a confirmed sighting at a local retail store here
where the subject grew up and still has family in the area.
The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force responded and began
interviewing family members and childhood friends who continued to
discuss a local pond where Bosse would camp and play as a child.
Through the investigation this area was located and a field search
was started by the task force. After walking for approximately
30 minutes, a white male matching the description of Bosse was
observed near a pond. Bosse was taken into custody and
transported to the command post without incident.
June 23, 2011
- William Cook was arrested by Deputy United States Marshals in
Buffalo, Minnesota on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Cook was a
District of New Mexico fugitive who failed to appear for his
sentencing May 23, 2011 after being convicted of 16 counts of Sexual
Exploitation of Children including distribution, manufacturing and
Possession of Child Pornography.
June 23, 2011 - On
June 21, 2011, the US Marshals Service for the District of New
Mexico received Information from Deputy Marshals in Arizona
requesting assistance in locating and apprehending convicted sex
offender Andrew Moore, also know as Andrew Smith. The subject was
wanted for two felony arrest warrants issued out of Maricopa County
Sheriff’s Office for Probation Violations, issued on March 31, 2008
and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, issued on August 13,
2099. Moore pled guilty on February 14, 2001 to Attempted Sexual
Contact with a Minor and received a sentence of 12 months and
Lifetime Probation to follow. Moore is required to register as
a sex offender for the remainder of his life.
June 23, 2011 - On
June 17th, 2011, the United States Marshals Service
(USMS) Central District of California (C/CA) Sex Offender
Investigator Coordinator (SOIC), Sex Offender Investigator Branch
(SOIB), the Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF)
and USMS Special Response Team (SRT) in conjunction with the
California Department of Corrections (Parole), Los Angeles Police
Department (LAPD) REACT K-9 Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and the Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department participated in “Operation Safe
House.”
June 23, 2011 -
Kenneth Andrew Craig was arrested Tuesday by Brazilian Federal
Police at Galeo International Airport. Craig, 42, was being sought
by Florida authorities pursuant to arrest warrants issued in 1999 by
the Broward County Sheriff’s Office on charges of sexual
exploitation of a minor, sex performance with a minor and sexual
assault of a minor.
June 23, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of California,
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service Central Valley Joint
Fugitive Task Force (CVJFTF) arrested Keyon Womack. This fugitive
was wanted by the Bakersfield Police Department for Attempted
Homicide and Gang Participation; bail amount was set at $1,500,000.
Womack was also a California Youth Authority (CYA) Parolee at Large.
June 23, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force from Pensacola
arrested a sexual predator wanted by the Florida State Parole
Commission who cut his monitoring bracelet off and allegedly stole
his employer’s vehicle and fled to the DeFuniak Springs area before
being arrested in Florala, Al late yesterday afternoon. On
June 7, Richard Hudson, who had been on supervised release for his
prior conviction of three counts of sexual battery by threat or
force, cut off his monitoring device and fled Orange County, FL.
June 22, 2011 - Brian
Anthony Engleton was arrested on Friday, June 17, by the El Paso
Police Department (EPPD) and the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force
without incident. Engleton was sought for the alleged murder
of his wife by the EPPD. The previous day, Engleton was engaged in a
physical confrontation with his wife Deidre Engleton outside of her
locally owned beauty salon. Deidre later succumbed to multiple stab
wounds in the chest and neck area at William Beaumont Army Medical
Center.
June 21, 2011 - Two
former strip clubs in Seattle will be sold via a U.S. Marshals
auction June 29 at 2 p.m. The auction for both properties will take
place on site at the former “Rick’s Nightclub,” 11332 Lake City Way
NE, Seattle. Registration may be done online at
www.lpsauctions.com or on site beginning at 11 a.m. June 29.
June 18, 2011 - An
intense manhunt has ended with the capture of John Boulachanis, a
fugitive wanted on an international level. Boulachanis is the
subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice issued at the request of Canadian
authorities for his role in a brutal slaying that occurred in
Quebec, Canada, in 1997. Boulachanis was also being sought by
Canadian law enforcement for criminal charges of fraud, arson,
narcotics trafficking, conspiracy and weapons offenses.
June 16, 2011 - Brian
Stacy, a resident of Los Alamos, NM was arrested Wednesday June 15,
on charges that he allegedly threatened U.S. District Judge John E.
Conway. Stacy allegedly sent a series of threatening e-mails to
Judge Conway and was arrested in a joint operation involving the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals Service
and the United States Attorney’s Office.
June 16, 2011 - On
Wednesday, June 15, 2011, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested
Jeffrey Boop in a remote, wooded location south of Montandon,
Pennsylvania. On April 27, 2011, the United States Attorney’s Office
in the Middle District of Pennsylvania filed criminal charges
against Boop. He was charged in a one-count Information with
possession of child pornography. The information also charged that
Boop has a prior conviction in Florida relating to sexual abuse and
abusive sexual conduct involving a minor.
June 16, 2011 -
Yesterday afternoon, Deputy U.S. Marshals and Task Force Officers
assigned to the Arizona WANTED Violent Offender Task Force arrested
Terrence Cram at a residence in the area of Yuma Rd and Sarival Ave
in Goodyear. Cram was wanted by the Kentucky State Police for
Murder. It is alleged that in January 2011 Cram used a blunt object,
striking the 49 year old female victim in the head, which resulted
in her death.
June
11, 2011 - The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Haywood
Devonne Bolton, III – wanted for the 1996 killing of a Marshals
Service employee – Friday in Spartanburg, South Carolina. On Oct.
15, 1996, Hiram “Bill” Morrical, a U.S. Marshals Service information
technology employee, was killed during an armed robbery attempt
while checking into a Shreveport, La., hotel with his wife during a
business trip.
June
10, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The U.S. Marshals have
added a suspected child killer to their 15 Most Wanted fugitive
list. Simon Lopez is wanted for the murder of a 1-year-old child.
Lopez, 26, has been charged in Tyler, Texas, with capital murder and
assault.
June 10, 2011 - On
June 9th the U.S. Marshals Service, along with partnering agencies,
concluded Operation Sparrow Hawk. The three day operation started
June 7, and resulted in the arrest of 34 state and federal fugitives
with charges including: Murder, Rape, Shooting at a Dwelling,
Burglary, Trafficking Meth, Strong Armed Robbery, Felon in
Possession of a Firearm and Great Bodily harm with a vehicle.
June 10, 2011 - On
Thursday, June 9, 2011, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested
Robert G. Henry in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Henry was being sought by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office on a
bench warrant issued May 18, 2011. Henry was charged with failure to
appear for sentencing in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas
on charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled
Substance, Manufacture of a Controlled Substance, Criminal
Conspiracy, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
June 10, 2011 - On
Wednesday June 8, 2011 Lincoln and Eddy County Sheriff’s Deputies
and U.S. Marshals apprehended two juvenile females suspected of
killing their foster mother. At approximately 5:00 am on Wednesday,
June 8th Deputies were called to a residence in San Patricio where
they discovered the body of Evelyn V. Miranda, 53.
June 09, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, with
assistance from the Mentor Police Department, was able to locate and
arrest fugitive Ronnie Haskins during a vehicle stop on State Route
2 in Mentor, Ohio. Haskins was wanted by the Euclid Police
Department for a robbery that occurred on April 19, 2011 at a
convenience store on Babbitt Road in Euclid in which he was alleged
to viciously beat the store clerk during the robbery.
June
08, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The U.S. Marshals have
added a suspected wife killer to their 15 Most Wanted
fugitive list. Miguel Torres is wanted in Reading, Pa., for
the 2005 execution-style murder of his wife Barbara. Torres has been
charged with 1st degree murder.
June 08, 2011 - On May
31st, 2011 the United States Marshals Service along with
our local, state and federal partners launched “Operation Derby City
Overwatch”.
The operation was one of the largest and most ambitious for the
agency to date and a direct result of the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act. The goals of the
operation were to verify the sex offender registry in Jefferson
County, ensure compliance and track down those deemed non-compliant.
While accomplishing this goal, the U.S. Marshals Service partnered
with eight other agencies. They include: the Louisville
Metro Police Department, the Jefferson Co. Sheriff’s Office,
Kentucky Probation and Parole, the Kentucky State Police, the United
States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Shively Police Department. Without this collaborative effort,
the operation would not have been successful.
June 07, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Service conducted a two-day auction in Miami Beach,
Fla., starting Friday. The first day, which netted $2.7 million,
consisted of 345 lots of fine jewelry, watches, coins and currency
that were seized and forfeited from criminal cases throughout the
country. On day two, the last remaining personal property belonging
to Bernard and Ruth Madoff – 275 lots from the Madoff residences in
New York and Palm Beach, Fla. – netted nearly $500,000.
June
06, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The U.S. Marshals have
added a suspected drug kingpin to their 15 Most Wanted fugitive
list. Keith Hasson is wanted on a 2005 open indictment from
the New Mexico U.S. District Court for conspiracy to distribute
controlled substances, continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy
to launder money. Hasson is considered to be the leader of a
criminal enterprise responsible for large- scale distribution of
cocaine and marijuana throughout the United States. His organization
operated from 1999 to 2005, generating more than $20 million in cash
and assets.
June 05, 2011 - The
Lone Star Fugitive Task Force sponsored by the United States
Marshals Service is announcing the arrest of Mark Anthony Gonzalez.
Mark Gonzalez was charged by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
(BCSO) for the capital murder of Bexar County Deputy Sheriff,
Kenneth Vann.
June 03, 2011 - A U.S.
Marshals online auction of the personal effects of Ted Kaczynski,
aka the Unabomber, ended Thursday, raising a total of $232,246.
Those proceeds will be used to compensate Kaczynski’s victims. U.S.
District Judge Garland Burrell of the Eastern District of California
ordered the sale in August 2010.
June 03, 2011 -
United States Marshal Genny May, Eastern District of Louisiana,
proudly announced that on May 19th District Deputy Marshals and Task
Force Officers participated in the 2011 Louisiana Law Enforcement
Torch Run. The group completed a six mile leg of the Torch Run
in Jefferson Parish.
June 2, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 21 year old
Duane Hicks, and his 25 year old sister Shamia Patterson in Hayward,
California. Hicks and Patterson were both wanted in connection
with a carjacking that occurred in Stockton, California in April of
this year. During the incident Hicks had a female acquaintance pick
him and his sister up and drive them around Stockton. At some point
a verbal altercation occurred and Hicks shoved a gun into the
victim’s side ordering her out of the vehicle. The victim in a panic
could not get out because she was wearing her seatbelt, Hicks then
forced her out and stole her 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. Hicks is also
wanted for a 2007 murder in Stockton where Hicks and a associate
were believed to be negotiating a drug deal when an argument broke
out and the victim was shot multiple times and ended up succumbing
to his injuries.
June 02, 2011 - Wanted
fugitive Reginald “Ricky” Smith was arrested this morning at
approximately 10:50 am. Smith was named as the primary suspect in
the shooting incident involving two bail bondsmen in the Collinwood
area on Cleveland’s east side two weeks ago. Smith was the intended
target of the bondsmen due to the fact that he defaulted on his bond
in a state drug case he was charged in.
June 01, 2011 - On
Tuesday, May 31, 2011, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested
Justin Enright as he deplaned from a flight arriving at the
Charlotte, North Carolina International Airport. Based upon a 2001
conviction for Sexual Abuse of Children in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Enright was required to register as a sex offender. While on
parole on this case, and while living in Lower Paxton Township,
Dauphin County, images of child pornography were found in Enright’s
possession. Investigation of the child pornography was referred to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Shortly thereafter, Enright
went on the run.
June 01, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 32 year old
Anatoliy Rudan, a parolee in Cotati, California. On May 12th 2011
Rudan was driving a stolen Audi S5 near the intersection of Elkhorn
Blvd. and Watt Ave. when the California Highway Patrol attempted to
stop Rudan he fled running red lights at speeds of over 100 mph. CHP
lost the suspect vehicle. On May 23rd Rudan led Twin Rivers P.D. in
another high speed pursuit before getting away, and again later that
night led CHP on a pursuit with reckless abandonment and endangering
innocent motorists during his escape.
May 28, 2011 - Early
this morning the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force – Richland County Division tracked down wanted federal
fugitive, Ronnie Carter. Carter was wanted by the FBI and METRICH
(Metro-Richland County) on a September 29, 2010 federal indictment
for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to
distribute 5 kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing
a detectable amount of cocaine, and 280 grams or more of a mixture
or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base (crack).
May 27, 2011 - On May
27, 2011, the United States Marshals Service, District of New
Mexico, arrested Rafael Perez, in Santa Teresa, NM.
Perez was wanted on an outstanding Federal Probation Violation for
Distribution of Marijuana. Perez is a documented gang member
and is known to have ties to the Barrio Azteca Gang in Las Cruces,
NM. Perez has been a fugitive from justice since June
2010.
May 27, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Service will conduct two days of auctions in Miami
Beach, Fla., starting Friday, June 3. The first day will consist of
345 lots of fine jewelry, watches, coins and currency that were
seized and forfeited from criminal cases throughout the country. On
day two, the last remaining personal property belonging to Bernard
and Ruth Madoff – 275 lots from the Madoff residences in New York
and Palm Beach, Fla. – will be sold. Both auctions will also be
simulcast online.
May 27, 2011 - Early
this morning Operation Intercept (OPIN), the U.S. Marshals fugitive
apprehension task force, arrested Travis “Baby” Golston at a gas
station on Greystone Boulevard in Columbia. Golston was wanted
in connection with five warrants for Grand Larceny of Motor Vehicles
and two counts of Criminal Conspiracy stemming from a month long
theft spree of vehicles from Lexington Medical Center.
May 27, 2011 - Federal
prisoner Ruby Seagraves escaped custody from the Bedford Heights
City Jail at approximately 11:45 p.m. last night. Seagraves was
being held on federal charges of heroin possession since January
2011. The U.S. Marshals Service was immediately notified and
responded to the jail to begin the fugitive investigation.
May 26, 2011 - Kevin
A. Carr, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Wisconsin, announced the completion of a four day sweep that
targeted absconders in Milwaukee, Waukesha and
Sheboygan Counties. ‘Operation Repeat Offender’ resulted in twenty
seven arrests. The operation focused on parole
and probation violators that violated supervision and became
fugitives. Offenders with lengthy criminal histories were
prioritized. While some individuals with outstanding federal arrest
warrants were also included, the focus was on individuals wanted by
the
Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Investigators began
working leads in April of this year in preparation for the sweep
that began on May 23rd.
May 25, 2011 - Hector
Rolando Rueda was arrested on May 23, 2011 in Las Cruces for an
outstanding warrant on an indictment charging him with 2 counts of
Criminal Sexual Penetration of a minor under 13 in the First Degree
and 4 counts of Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor under 13 in the
Third Degree.
May 24, 2011 - On May
23, 2011 Richard Thyberg, one of the Marshals Service New Mexico’s
Most Wanted Gang Offenders was arrested. Thyberg was arrested by the
United States Marshals Service Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team
(SWIFT) Task Force and the Roswell Police Department in Roswell
after Task Force Officers observed Thyberg leaving a residence they
had been watching. During Thyberg’s arrest he was found in
Possession of a loaded 9mm handgun.
May 23, 2011 - A
Savannah man wanted for Armed Robbery was arrested by the United
States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force,
Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) Patrol
Officers and Garden City K-9 on May 22, 2011. Terry Spencer Simmons,
27, was wanted by the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police
Department for Armed Robbery.
May 20, 2011 -
The United States Marshals Service arrested Jesus Loya in the early
evening of May 19, 2011. Loya was wanted out of Dona Ana
County for Kidnapping (2nd Degree), Criminal Sexual
Penetration (2nd Degree), Aggravated Battery against
Household Member, Aggravated Assault against Household Member,
Bribery or Intimidation of a Witness, and Misdemeanor Battery on a
Household Member. Loya is a confirmed Sureño 13 gang member
with an extensive criminal record and was added to the New Mexico
Most Wanted list as a Most Wanted Gang Offender only hours before
his arrest.
May 20, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force from Pensacola
arrested an Indiana man yesterday who is wanted as the primary
suspect in a string of burglaries covering at least five counties in
Indiana; where a cache of rifles, handguns electronic equipment
jewelry, safes and various other items worth approximately $25,000
were recovered from his home in Corydon, Indiana. Zachary
Taylor Frey led US Marshals, Task Force Officers from Santa Rosa and
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Offices, Ft. Walton Beach Police
Department, FDLE and patrol deputies from Santa Rosa County in a
lengthy high speed chase leading them through heavy noontime
traffic, through rural streets, conducting numerous u-turns and even
drove into on-coming traffic. During the chase, Frey attempted
to drive head-on with the law enforcement cars and could be seen
smiling taunting the officers as if it were a game.
May 20, 2011 - 15
Most Wanted Capture - The U.S. Marshals Service announced the
capture today in Chicago of a 15 Most Wanted fugitive sought on a
number of violent criminal charges stemming from an incident in Las
Vegas in August 2007. Robert Jackson, a 25-year-old gang
member, was wanted on a warrant out of Clark County, Nevada, for
unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, attempted murder with a deadly
weapon, battery with a deadly weapon with substantial bodily harm,
battery with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, criminal
gang and ex-felon possession of a firearm.
May 20, 2011 -
15 Most Wanted Capture - The U.S. Marshals Service today
announced the capture Thursday of 15 Most Wanted fugitive Sean
Michael Sullivan in Oakland, Calif. U.S. Marshals from the
Northern District of California and members of the Pacific South
West Regional Task Force located and arrested Sullivan at marijuana
grow house in Oakland. The U.S. Marshals worked with the Oakland
Police Department to compile information leading to Sullivan’s
whereabouts. “Given his history of deadly violence, it was
our highest priority to bring this fugitive to justice before he
could claim another victim,” said Director Stacia A. Hylton of the
U.S. Marshals Service. “I am greatly appreciative of the
extraordinary efforts made by our dedicated men and women in
apprehending one of our most wanted fugitives.”
May 19, 2011 - The
Office of the Director of the U.S. Marshals Service is pleased to
announce that the U.S. Marshals Florida Caribbean Regional Fugitive
Task Force (FRFTF), including its Tallahassee Office, received a
Director’s Honorary Award today during a ceremony in Arlington, VA.
The FRFTF was commended for their part in assisting local and state
law enforcement agencies in apprehending Florida’s most violent
felons in 2010.
May 18, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico auctioned
off over 22 seized vehicles. The vehicles were seized by local and
federal agencies and the proceeds will help support law enforcement
activities in the Albuquerque area.
May 18, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 48 year old
Franklin Patrom in Nevada City, California. In February 2002
the Greene County Sheriff’s Office out of Missouri issued an arrest
warrant for Patrom on three counts of First Degree Statutory Sodomy
and one count of Child Molestation of a 9 year old Minor.
Patrom fled Missouri before his warrant was issued. On May 16th
2011 the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Southern
Missouri Fugitive Task Force (SMFT) with information regarding
Patrom. The SMFT contacted Deputy U.S. Marshals in Sacramento
for assistance in locating Patrom. Investigation by the
Central Valley Fugitive Task Force (CVJFTF) placed Patrom at a
residence in Nevada City.
May 18, 2011 -
Calvin Henderson of Winona, TX was arrested early this morning
without incident by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force.
Henderson was arrested at approximately 6:30 a.m., in Caldwell,
Texas in rural Burleson County. Task Forces officers were made aware
of Henderson’s presence by the Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force
in Tyler after information received in Tyler indicated Henderson had
fled the Tyler area after he became aware of recent warrants for
violating his requirement to register as a sex offender.
Henderson’s failure to comply with his registration requirement, a
condition of parole after he was released from the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice, subsequently caused state authorities to issue
the parole warrant.
May 18, 2011 -
Operation Intercept (OPIN) the U.S. Marshals led fugitive
apprehension task force arrested three fugitives within the last 24
hours stemming from requests from the Southeast Regional Fugitive
Task Force (SRFTF) in GA, Capital Area Task Force (CARTF) in
Washington, DC, and the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF)
in Gainesville, FL.
May 16, 2011 -
Domoneik Antwan Washington was arrested today by a coalition of law
enforcement officials in Charleston and Virginia alike. Washington
is charged by the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office with one count
of murder and two counts of attempted murder. Washington is charged
with having shot several individuals, who were alleged to have been
in a rival gang, at a Folly Road gas station in March, where one
victim perished as a result of the shooting.
May 16, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Service will be auctioning 22 vehicles, all of which
were used in the facilitation of illegal activities or purchased
with proceeds from illegal activities, on Wednesday at 10 a.m. in
Albuquerque. Vehicles offered for sale are a 2001 Freightliner
Tractor, 2007 Jeep Compass, 2007 Pontiac G6, and a 2003 Chevrolet
Avalanche. Detailed photos of the vehicles are available at
www.appletowing.com.
May 13, 2011 -
Students from McDonough City Park Academy, who expressed careers in
law or law enforcement, visited the Eastern District of Louisiana
United States Marshals Office in New Orleans, LA. The students
spent the morning with District Deputies learning about a typical
day in the life of a Deputy U.S. Marshal and attorneys who practice
within the Federal courthouse. The students were welcomed to the
District and given an overview of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS)
by Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Steven Hartman.
May 13, 2011 - Vern
E. Houston, of Corpus Christi, was arrested last night without
incident by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin, TX.
Houston, a registered sex offender and transient was recently placed
on the Nueces County Sheriff’s Office, Top 10 Most Wanted. Houston
was wanted for a series of burglaries in the Nueces County area.
Information provided to the Austin based task force indicated
Houston was traveling with a carnival that recently arrived in
Austin.
May 13, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals located and apprehended Carlos Luis Pinelas-Mejia in
San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic. Pinelas-Mejia has
been wanted in connection for the alleged homicide of Amber Marie
Schiavone since January 2008. Pinelas-Mejia lived in the
Cherry Grove Apartments in Rock Hill where the victim’s body was
discovered.
May 12, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Alexander Aquilino
Alvalle – formerly of Steelton, Dauphin County – in Staten Island,
New York. On March 29, 2005, Alvalle was convicted of Aggravated
Indecent Assault against a minor victim in Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania.
May 12, 2011 - The
personal effects of Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, will be sold
via an online auction by the U.S. Marshals beginning May 18. U.S.
District Judge Garland Burrell of the Eastern District of California
ordered the sale in August 2010. Proceeds from the auction will be
used to compensate Kaczynski’s victims.
May 11, 2011 - U.S.
Marshals Service Deputies and the Taos Police Department arrested
Brad A. DeJesus. On 6/21/2005, in the U.S. District Court of New
Mexico, DeJesus pled guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor (Crime on
Indian Country) after having sexual intercourse with a 13 year old
girl, and was sentenced to serve 2 years probation.
May 10, 2011 - On May
7, 2011, leads came in from Orlando, Florida to the United States
Marshals in Southern Ohio concerning the possible whereabouts of a
wanted non-compliant sex offender. The sex offender, Jaime
Lebel (aka Jamie Lebel), age 41, a sex offender who in 2001, pled
guilty to two counts of Lewd or Lascivious Molestation of a minor
and served six years in prison and additional time in jail for
probation violation, had fled Florida in violation of his
registration requirements and was believed to be hiding out in
Southern Ohio.
May 09, 2011 - Nearly
five tons of bulk gold and silver jewelry, valued at approximately
$50 million, will be sold via sealed bid by the U.S. Marshals May
17. The bulk lot of jewelry consists of more than 40,000 troy ounces
of mixed-karat gold jewelry and more than 100,000 troy ounces of
silver jewelry. Registration for the auction is open until Friday
and requires a $100,000 refundable deposit. Previews of the bulk lot
will take place in Texas on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, by
appointment only, for registered bidders.
May 06, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service has added a new Asset Forfeiture
Criminal Investigator to the District of New Mexico’s ability to
interrupt financial gains achieved through illegal activity. The new
Asset Forfeiture Criminal Investigator will work in the District of
New Mexico under the direction of the United States Marshals
Service’s Asset Forfeiture Division.
May 04, 2011 -
May 02, 20111 -
April 30, 20111 - On
Friday, April 29, 2011, the United States Marshals Service arrested
Arthur James Wire III in York, PA for violating the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006. On July 6, 1984, Wire was
convicted of Indecent Assault in York County, PA. And, on November
12, 1985 Wire was convicted of Indecent Assault and Corruption of
Minors in York County, PA.
April 29, 2011
April 28, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Genny May proudly announced that the United States Marshals
Service, Eastern District of Louisiana, participated in the Friends
of Scott “Unforgettable Prom” on April 22, 2011 in New Orleans, LA.
The prom was attended by approximately one hundred children who are
being treated for cancer at the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans.
April 28, 2011 -
Kevin Lee Sam was arrested inside an apartment located Lafayette,
LA. Sam is Wanted by the Sunset Police Department and St. Landry
Parish Sheriff’s Office for 1st Degree Murder. The murder occurred
on March 27th; in early April St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office
requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task
Force (VOTF).
April 28, 20111
April 28, 2011 -
United States Marshal Cathy J. Jones announces the arrest of Thomas
Grantham and James Cross Jr. by the Southern Ohio Fugitive
Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST). Grantham, 35 years of age,
and Cross Jr., 32 years of age, are wanted for Murder and Attempted
Murder based on charges in West Virginia.
April 27, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force is pleased to
announce the arrest of Brandon Legere, 29, of Manchester, NH.
Members of the taskforce, Manchester Police Department, and the
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department participated in the arrest.
Legere was wanted for violating the conditions of his supervised
release while on probation.
April 27, 2011 -
Henry Martin Gunnells, Jr. was arrested by the U.S. Marshals led
fugitive task force, Operation Intercept (OPIN), before sunrise off
of Pooles Mill Road in Swansea, SC. Gunnells was sought by the
Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office for Assault & Battery High &
Aggravated Nature.
April 27, 20111
April 26, 20111 -
Deputy United States Marshals returned from Mexico City with Jesus
Joaquin Arredondo-Soto a suspect in the murder of a woman and her
infant child, demonstrating that the long arm of the United States
Marshals Service Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT)
reaches to international hiding places.. He was retrieved by the
United States Marshals Service under a federal crime-fighting
initiative.
April 22, 2011 - The
last of three escapees from the Luna County Detention Center, Mario
Martinez-Rios, was arrested this evening in Deming, NM. "This
intensive investigation spanned three states, until Deputy U.S.
Marshals in Denver Colorado developed information that led our
Deputy Marshals and SWIFT Task Force Officers right to a residence
in Deming, NM" said, Conrad Candelaria, United States Marshal for
the District of New Mexico.
April 22, 2011 -
On April 20, 2011, convicted sex offender Bruce Crousser was
arrested at the American Legion Restaurant, located in Los Alamos,
NM, by the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Department and members of the
Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) Task Force.
Crousser was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service, for Failing to
Register as a Sex Offender.
April 21, 2011 - The
Hawaii Adam Walsh Task Force led by U.S. Marshal Deputies along with
Hawaii State Sheriff Deputies located and apprehended 52 year-old
Celso Rodriguez-Huerta without incident at a residence in Honolulu.
Rodriguez-Huerta was wanted pursuant to a Tarrant County Texas
arrest warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child.
April 20, 2011 - A
fugitive wanted on an outstanding federal charge for drug conspiracy
has been arrested by a team of law enforcement officers led by U.S.
Marshals. On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, U.S. Marshal Deputies along
with Maui Police Department Officers, Maui Sheriff Deputies
apprehended Brackston W. Moores without incident at Sprecklesville
Beach in Paia.
April 20, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force captured a
Pensacola man who walked out of a hospital in late November last
year right before he was to be arrested by Pensacola Police
Department on charges of Assault on an Officer, Carrying a Concealed
Weapon, Resisting an Officer with Violence and Possession of
Marijuana over 20 Grams. Anthony Michael Smith was arrested without
incident at the Fairway Villas Apartment Complex off of Michigan
Avenue.
April 20, 2011 -
Wanted fugitive Thomas Allen, age 38, was arrested last evening at
approximately 9:50 p.m. in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Allen, who is
no stranger to the justice system, was wanted by the U.S. Marshals,
and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office on charges of 2 counts
attempted murder, 2 counts aggravated burglary, 2 counts felonious
assault and tampering with evidence.
April 19, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service in still actively seeking the
apprehension of the third federal inmate who escaped from the Luna
County Detention Center on April 17, 2011. Escapee Mario
Martinez-Rios, 12/21/1980 is still at large and wanted in connection
with his escape and to appear in Federal Court on his original
Illegal entry into the United States Charge.
April 18, 2011 - On
April 17 at approximately 8:30pm the United States Marshals Service
was advised by the Luna County Detention Center that 3 federal
inmates had escaped. The three inmates were Alberto
Grijalba-Murillo, 09/09/1971, Julio Mendoza-Acosta, 05/30/1960 and
Mario Martinez-Rios, 12/21/1980. Initial reports say the three
inmates escaped through a hole in a perimeter fence at the facility.
April 14, 2011 -
Alfonda Jamison, AKA: “Big Al” of Orangeburg, SC was arrested by
Operation Intercept, the U.S. Marshals fugitive led task force at
788 Sprinkle Avenue on Wednesday April 13. Jamison was sought on a
Federal Arrest Warrant for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and
Marijuana.
April 14, 2011 -
Anthony Joseph Jennings AKA: “Tony” was taken into custody on
Wednesday April 13, 2011 by Operation Intercept, the U.S. Marshals
fugitive led task force at a Tire Shop located on North Kings Hwy.
Jennings is a suspect in four bank robberies that have occurred in
the Myrtle Beach area since February. The most recent bank
robbery occurred at the BB&T on Hwy. 501 in Conway, SC on April 4.
April 14, 2011 - A
luxury estate in Tulsa, Okla., that belonged to convicted fraudster
George David Gordon will be auctioned by a U.S. Marshals contractor
April 20 at 5 p.m. EDT. The auction will take place “on the lawn”
and simultaneously on the Web. The 19-room property at 10726 S.
Lakewood Ave., Tulsa, Okla., is valued in the millions and has a
starting bid of $250,000.
April 13, 2011 –
Earlier this week, U.S. Marshals were notified that 2 of the
fugitives on New Mexico’s Most Wanted were apprehended. Jose
Arriola-Tirado, 30, has been a fugitive from justice for over a
year. Arriola-Tirado was indicted after the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) served a warrant on his Farmington home.
Throughout the investigation agents confiscated over 300 grams of
methamphetamine, a hand gun, and over $5,000 in cash from
Arriola-Tirado. After the indictment, Arriola-Tirado fled the
country before he could be arrested. Jose Arriola-Tirado was
added as one of the U. S. Marshals Service, District of New Mexico’s
Most Wanted for the Farmington area.
April 08, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Genny May announced that a graduation ceremony was held on
Friday, April 08, 2011, for 3rd and 5th grade students from the
Arthur Ashe Charter School in uptown New Orleans. The students
recently completed the Eastern District of Louisiana United States
Marshals Service sponsored Gang Resistance Education and Training
(G.R.E.A.T) Program. The 3rd and 5th graders completed structured
six and thirteen week curriculums, respectively.
April 8, 2011 - Kevin
A. Carr, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Wisconsin, and Brad Gehring, Outagamie County Sheriff, announced the
completion of a multi-jurisdictional operation that targeted
non-compliant sex offenders. "Operation Out in the Cold’
started in late January of this year when deputy U.S. marshals,
Outagamie County detectives and Wisconsin sex offender registry
specialists conducted a 100 percent compliance check of all
registered sex offenders residing in Outagamie County. These
compliance checks were conducted with the Wisconsin Sex Offender
Registry to ensure that offenders were actually residing where they
were registered. The operation culminated over the last
several days with the arrests of seven registrants who were not
residing where they were supposed to be, or had outstanding warrants
charging them with Failure to Register.
April 07, 2011 - A
Savannah man wanted on multiple state warrants to include Contempt
of Court and Aggravated Assault, and a Federal warrant for
Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine was arrested by
the United States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task
Force and the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
(SCMPD) K-9. Marion Maurice Fields was wanted by the Chatham County
Sheriff’s Department for Contempt of Court on various traffic
related charges including no insurance.
April 01, 2011 - In
the last three months the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive
Task Force Task Force has located and arrested about a half dozen
Escambia County Sex Offenders locally and in numerous other states.
Recently, the Escambia County Sheriff's Department requested
assistance from the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force in locating
wanted absconded sex offenders from the Pensacola area. These
offenders had not registered and had been on the run for several
years.
April 01, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Cecil
Clarence Billings in Brownsville, Yuba County, California. Billings
had been sought by the Department of Homeland Security on a Federal
warrant in January 2011 for possession with intent to distribute
marijuana and hashish.
March 30, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service (USMS) announces the arrest of Steven
M. James (AKA Steven Mell), a fugitive wanted in Spokane, Washington
on an outstanding probation warrant issued in 1983. James, 59, was
sentenced to probation as the result of a 1983 conviction for
attempted indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14.
March 30, 2011 - A
Savannah man wanted on multiple warrants to include Probation
Violation and Sex Offender Registration Violation was arrested by
the Macon Office of the United States Marshals Service Southeast
Regional Fugitive Task Force. Roy Steven Smith, 52, was wanted
by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department as their Most Wanted Sex
Offender.
March 29, 2011 - The
United States Marshals Service South West Investigative Fugitive
Team (SWIFT Taskforce) in Albuquerque arrested Tommy “TJ” McIlvain
Jr. McIlvain has been a fugitive from justice since October 2006.
McIlvain was arrested in 2006 after a robbery investigation led the
Torrance County Sheriff’s office to a location where
Methamphetamines were being manufactured. McIlvain was placed under
arrest but was able to escape from the back of a Torrance County
Sheriff Deputy’s patrol car. McIlvain is believed to have fled New
Mexico and hid out in Arizona, Illinois and Michigan. McIlvain’s
criminal charges include Escape from the custody of a Peace Officer,
Aggravated Fleeing a Law Enforcement Officer, Trafficking a
Controlled Substance (Meth), Aggravated Burglary, Breaking and
Entering, Larceny of Firearm (5 counts) and Contributing to the
delinquency of a minor.
March 26, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Cathy Jones announces the arrest of David Conrad
Buelow , a sex offender from Dayton, Ohio who was wanted on
outstanding warrants for federal violations of the Adam Walsh Act.
Buelow, age 62, was being sought on a warrant issued by the Federal
Court in San Diego for a violation of the Adam Walsh Act after he
fled Dayton, Ohio area in violation of his state sex offender
registration requirements.
March 25, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Cathy Jones of the Southern District of Ohio announces the
arrest of Ryan Hubbard, 32, of Miramar, Florida. Hubbard was wanted
by the Bal Harbour, Florida Police Department for his alleged
involvement in the attempted murder of two patrons of Carpaccio’s
Restaurant that occurred in the affluent community of Bal Harbour,
Florida on March 22, 2011.
March 25, 2011 - U.S.
Marshal Cathy Jones and Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer
announce the arrest of Kenneth Wade Rachal, a sex offender
wanted on outstanding warrants for federal violations of the Adam
Walsh Act. Rachal was arrested in Cancun Mexico after getting off a
plane flight from France by Mexican Federal Police and U.S. Marshals
assigned to the Mexico field office.
March 24, 2011 -
Officers of the Cambridge Police Department arrested Justin
Blachowski at a residence in Cambridge, Ohio. Blachowski was wanted
for aggravated robbery by the Mansfield Police Department.
Just this week, Blachowski was placed on the Northern Ohio Violent
Fugitive Task Force’s most wanted “Dangerous Dozen” and yesterday
the Mansfield News Journal ran an article on Blachowski. As a result
of the wanted article the Task Force received numerous tips
concerning Blachowski’s whereabouts.
March 24, 2011 -
United States Marshal Mark Ericks announces the arrest of Carlos
Vidal Guiterrez for homicide. Deputy United States Marshals
from the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force (PNWFAT)
from the Western District of Washington, along with US Marshals
Service task force personnel from the Eastern District of California
and the Northern District of California arrested Guiterrez this
afternoon near the city of Hollister, Calif. He was taken into
custody without incident and booked into jail. Guiterrez is
believed responsible for the shooting which resulted in the death of
a person outside of a business in Centralia, Washington, in 1986.
March 23, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force today announced
the arrest of Lyndell Davis, 48, of Tallahassee, Florida for the
offenses of Armed Kidnapping, Armed Sexual Assault, and Armed
Robbery on a Miami Police Department case dating back to 1988. Miami
Dade Police Detectives made the connection on the unsolved case
involving the kidnapping, rape, and robbery of a 16 year old female
after receiving a DNA match for Davis through the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s Combined DNA Index System.
March 22, 2011 -
Acting U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today the U.S. Marshals
Service (USMS) arrested Harold Hoskins in Williamsport. Hoskins was
being sought on a bench warrant issued February 21, 2007 by Lycoming
County Court of Common Pleas Judge William S. Kieser. The warrant,
held by the Lycoming County Sheriffs Office, charged Hoskins with
Failure to Appear for sentencing in the Lycoming County Courthouse.
March 22, 2011 - One
day after the United States Marshals Service in Albuquerque added
Lorenzo Coriz to their New Mexico’s Most Wanted List, Coriz turned
himself in. Coriz a convicted sex offender turned himself in at the
Sandoval County Detention Center just hours after seeing himself on
the news. “This is a prime example of how the
Marshals Service, Local law enforcement and the media working
together on the New Mexico’s Most Wanted Program allows us to
apprehend fugitives quickly and effectively” said United States
Marshal Conrad Candelaria.
March 21, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Capture - Jessica
Tata, a U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted Fugitive, arrived at
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta shortly after
5:00 a.m. on a flight from Lagos International Airport in Lagos,
Nigeria. Tata was captured Saturday in Port Harcourt, Nigeria by
Interpol and U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security agents. In
February, Tata, who owned and operated Jackie’s Day Care in Houston,
allegedly left the premises leaving seven children alone in the
house with a pot of oil on a burning stove resulting in a deadly
fire.
March 21, 2011- The
United States Marshals Service in New Mexico adds a new sexual
offender to their Most Wanted List. Lorenzo Coriz (37) is wanted on
a Federal Probation Violation. Coriz was convicted in 2007 for
abusive sexual contact on Indian country after touching a minor
under the age of fifteen in a sexual manner.
March 17,
2011
- Acting U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced that the U.S.
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Anthony McClinton and his brother
Alonzo McClinton in Nanticoke. Anthony McClinton
was being sought by the New York City Police Department’s Violent
Felony Squad in the Bronx for a shooting that occurred on March 13,
2011. The victim was shot in the upper torso. Anthony
McClinton was also wanted for a robbery that occurred in December
2010 in Nanticoke. Alonzo McClinton was being sought by the
New York state parole authorities on a parole violation warrant
dated July 19, 2010. He had been convicted on drug charges,
served a New York state prison sentence, and then released on state
parole supervision. Alonzo McClinton, like his brother, was
also wanted for his role in the December 2010 robbery in Nanticoke.
March 17, 2011 - Two
N.Y. properties that belonged to convicted fraudster Hassan Nemazee
have been listed for sale by a U.S. Marshals contractor. One of the
properties, a New York City duplex, is listed at $28 million and is
the highest-priced forfeited asset that the U.S. Marshals have ever
listed for sale. Nemazee was convicted for a $292 million fraud
scheme and is currently serving 12 years in a federal prison.
March 16, 2011 - The
U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF)
apprehended a fugitive yesterday that is wanted by the Jacksonville
Sheriff’s Office for Armed Robbery, Aggravated Battery and for being
a Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The U.S.
Marshals Pensacola Division of the FRFTF caught up with Jay Anthony
Middelton while he was fishing behind a friend’s house in south
Walton County.
March 16, 2011 -
Wanted fugitive Gregory Johnson was added to the Northern Ohio
Violent Fugitive Task Force’s Fugitive of the Week on Monday after
allegedly taking the 7 year old son of his girlfriend without
permission from her home on Bell Avenue in Elyria. Johnson snatched
the child as he was sleeping while his mother was returning home
late that evening. Johnson refused to return the child to his mother
and eventually left the child unattended in the Greyhound Bus
station in Cleveland in the early morning hours after he found out
police were searching for him. The child was safely recovered but
Johnson was on the run.
March 11, 2011 - Acting U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane
announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Tony
Ray Ford in Warren Center, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Ford
had been sought by West Virginia authorities for an incident in
November 2009. It is alleged Ford engaged in the sexual abuse
of a four-year old female. The West Virginia State Police
conducted the investigation.
March 11, 2011 -
U.S. Marshal Cathy Jones of the Southern District of Ohio and
Chief John Sedlak of the Miamisburg Police Department announce the
arrest of Ronald Preston of Ontario County, New York. Preston was
wanted by the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office for his alleged
involvement in the rape of a former neighbor that occurred in
Canandaigua, New York on February 23, 2011.
March 11, 2011 -
Deputy U.S. Marshal John Brookman Perry, 48, died in the
line-of-duty Tuesday, March 8, 2011, from gunshot wounds received
while serving an arrest warrant on a residence in St. Louis, Mo.
Deputy Perry was born in Glen Ellyn, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. As
the son of a bankruptcy court judge and grandson of a district court
judge in Chicago, Deputy Perry literally grew up in the federal
courts and as a young child often associated with the Deputy U.S.
Marshals assigned to protecting the judiciary.
March 10, 2011 -
Peter J. Elliott, U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of
Ohio, is pleased to announce the arrest of fugitive Christopher
Williams. The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force had been
looking for Williams since January 2010 when he was indicted by a
federal grand jury on a charge of being a felon in possession of a
firearm. In May 2010, Williams was featured as one of the Task
Forces original “Dangerous Dozen” and had also been named as one of
the most wanted fugitives in Warren during last summer’s V-GRIP
Operation.
March 10, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force – Richland County Division and Officers from the Mansfield
Police Department arrested Shawn Kouns in an apartment on South Home
Road in Mansfield. Yesterday morning, members of the U.S. Marshals
Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force – Richland County Division
and Officers from the Marion Police Department arrested Shawn
Stansberry at a residence in Marion, Ohio.
March 09, 2011 -
On February 25, the U.S. Marshals Service concluded a month long
operation in upstate South Carolina targeting sex offenders.
Operation Shadow was a U.S. Marshals sponsored fugitive initiative
to apprehend fugitives wanted for Sexually Based Offenses.
Operation Shadow utilized the expertise of the U.S. Marshals
specially trained Sex Offender Investigators who aided state and
local agencies in locating and apprehending these wanted
individuals.
March 08, 2011 -
Deputy U.S. Marshal John Perry died at 7 p.m. CST at Saint Louis
University Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., from gunshot wounds received
earlier today. Perry, 48, had been with the U.S. Marshals for almost
10 years. Perry, along with other Deputy U.S. Marshals and task
force officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department,
was attempting to apprehend Carlos Boles, who was wanted on a state
warrant for felony assault on a police officer and possession of a
controlled substance.
Obituary
March 08, 2011 -
Child Predator Anthony Lovato was arrested in downtown
Albuquerque. Albuquerque Police Department Violent Crimes Unit
working with investigators from the United States Marshals Service
South West Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) arrested Lovato for a
felony warrant charging Lovato with criminal sexual contact of a
minor under 13 years old (two counts).
March 08, 2011 -
A fugitive wanted in Savannah, Georgia was arrested by the
United States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task
Force. Gary Michael Johnson was wanted by the Savannah Chatham Metro
Police Department on various charges including Aggravated Assault,
Armed Robbery, Theft by Receiving Stolen Property, Carrying a
concealed weapon, Possession of a Controlled Substance, False Name
and Escape.
March 07, 2011 - Jonathan Chavez, one of New Mexico’s Most
Wanted sex offenders, was arrested last night (March 6, 2011) at a
Motel 6 in Santa Fe, NM. On March 4, 2010, a tip came in that
another fugitive, Jeremy Martinez, was residing at the Motel 6.
Santa Fe Police Department Detectives and U.S. Marshal South West
Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) task force officers responded to
the tip and located Chavez.
March 6, 2011 - United
States Marshal Genny May announced that on March 6, 2011, for the
second consecutive year , elementary and middle school students from
the United States Marshals’ Gang Resistance Education and Training
(GREAT) and Badges for Baseball Programs in New Orleans were proudly
featured in the 2011 Bacchus Mardi Gras Parade. Twenty outstanding
students were selected to participate based on their accomplishments
achieved during the GREAT lessons taught at Arthur Ashe Charter
School and Emily C. Watkins Elementary School and the District’s
Badges for Baseball Camp. These students’ best exemplify the lessons
taught to them by the DUSMs during the facilitation of the programs,
which included leadership, conflict resolution, anger management,
teamwork, sportsmanship, and respect. They rode on a float
graciously provided to the schools by Blaine Kern Studios and were
giving an opportunity that they may never get the chance to
experience again. Prior to their ride on the float, the DUSMs hosted
a reception for the students and chaperones at the beginning of the
Bacchus parade route.
March 04, 2011 -
15 Most Wanted Addition - The U.S. Marshals have added a
Texas daycare provider to their 15 Most Wanted fugitive list.
Jessica Renee Tata is wanted on four counts of manslaughter, six
counts of reckless injury to a child, three counts of abandoning a
child under 15 and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. On Feb. 24,
Tata who owned and operated Jackie’s Day Care in Houston allegedly
left the premises leaving seven children alone in the house with a
pot of oil on a burning stove.
March 04, 2011 -
United States Marshal Genny May announced that on Thursday,
March 3rd and Friday March 4th, 2011 Deputy United States Marshals
(DUSMs) and Task Force Officers (TFOs) from the Eastern District of
Louisiana in New Orleans teamed up with the Cal Ripken, Sr.
Foundation to host a Badges for Baseball camp for over 200 local
middle school students from four schools.
March 04, 2011 -
Peter J. Elliott, U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of
Ohio, along with Wood County Prosecutor Paul Dobson and Wood County
Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn are pleased to announce the arrest of
fugitive Fatjon Kazazi. Kazazi, a native of Albania, was arrested by
the Toronto Police Fugitive Squad on February 25, 2011 as he was
leaving a residence in Toronto. Kazazi had been wanted by Wood
County authorities since 2003 for failing to appear to serve an 8
year sentence for possession of marijuana.
March 04, 2011 -
The United States Marshals Service, District of New Mexico, will
accept applications for student intern positions for the fall 2011
semester from March 1st to April 15th, 2011. The internship
program provides students interested in federal law enforcement an
opportunity to obtain educational work experience and an
understanding of the role of the U.S. Marshals Service in the
justice system.
March 03, 2011 -
More than 300 lots of diamonds, watches and fine jewelry
belonging to convicted embezzler Sujata “Sue” Sachdeva will be sold
during a live and online simulcast auction in Milwaukee on March 19,
2011, by the U.S. Marshals Service Asset Forfeiture Division and the
Eastern District of Wisconsin. The property was seized and forfeited
in connection with the criminal prosecution of Sachdeva, who was
convicted of embezzling $34 million from the Milwaukee-based
company, Koss Corp.
March 03, 2011 - Kevin A. Carr, United States Marshal for
the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced the arrest of fugitive
Donald Franklin Jr.. Investigations in the Southern District of
Indiana and in the Northern District of Georgia placed Franklin at
his grandmother’s residence in Milwaukee. Surveillance by the
Fugitive Task Force confirmed Franklin’s presence today at the
residence. As a result, investigators made entry and took him into
custody. Franklin was wanted out of Fulton County, Gerogia on 16
counts of 1st Degree Attempted Homicide, 1st Degree Cruelty to
Children, Aggravated Assault and Aggravated Battery. The charges
stem from an incident in which Franklin allegedly beat a young
child. The victim of the alleged offense is Franklin’s 3 year old
daughter, who is still in a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Franklin
is currently housed in the Milwaukee County jail awaiting
extradition to Georgia.
March 02, 2011 -
U.S. Marshals Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) task
force members arrested convicted felon and fugitive Michael Rupert
Zamora, also known as “Oso”, for parole violations. Zamora is a high
ranking member and enforcer for the Syndicato Nuevo Mexico (SNM)
prison gang, as well as a member of the Barelas neighborhood street
gang. Zamora is on parole and has convictions for Robbery,
Residential Burglary, Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Prisoner,
Aggravated Battery Resulting in Great Bodily Harm or Death, Forgery,
and Theft of Credit Cards.
March 02, 2011 -
The Albuquerque office of the United States Marshals Service
hosted students from local high schools in conjunction with the
Junior Achievement Worldwide. Junior Achievement Worldwide is the
world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about
work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through
experiential, hands-on programs.
March 02, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service led Fugitive Task Force, with the
assistance of the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, arrested Warren
Frank Tuer in Yerington, Nevada. Tuer is wanted on an outstanding
arrest warrant from Allegan, Michigan alleging 4 counts of criminal
sexual conduct with a person under the age of 13. The investigation
to locate Warren Tuer led Deputy U.S. Marshals to Yerington, Nevada.
The subject was apprehended without incident and booked into the
Lyon County jail.
March 02, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force – Richland County Division and Officers from the Mansfield
Police Department arrested David Murray at a residence in Mansfield.
Murray was wanted by the Richland County Sheriff’s Office after he
failed to appear for sentencing on an escape case in Richland County
Common Pleas Court on May 6, 2002. Murray was also wanted on
misdemeanor charges by the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office and
Mansfield Police Department since August 2002.
March 01, 2011 -
Buddy and Sharon Anderson, a couple wanted on state charges
stemming out of Texas, were arrested Tuesday afternoon by members of
the U.S. Marshals led fugitive task force Nevada FIST (Fugitive
Investigative Strike Team) and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Department. Buddy and Sharon Anderson were being sought on warrants
issued by the Ennis (TX) Police Department on charges of possession
of child pornography.
March 01, 2011
- The United States Marshals Service in Albuquerque has added a
new sex offender to its New Mexico’s Most Wanted list. Raymond
Vigil was convicted on May 29, 2002, in the State of New Mexico for
2 counts of Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor, after he sexually
assaulted two 9 and 12 year old girls. Vigil is a Federal Tier
III and New Mexico Tier II sex offender, required to register every
90 days for the rest of his life. Vigil has been out of
compliance with his sex offender registry since December 1, 2009. A
warrant was issued for Vigil on December 7, 2009, by Sandoval County
Sheriff’s Office for Failure to Register and Failure to Appear on
previous Failure to Register charges.
February 28, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested
a man suspected of robbing a local supermarket liquor store at
gunpoint at a motel located in Pensacola this afternoon. Clifford J.
Faust, 50, is thought to be the gunman in a video using what is
believed to be a handgun robbing the Publix store located on Mobile
Highway in Pensacola.
February 28, 2011 -
Wanted fugitive Roberto Rivera-Amezquita was arrested early this
morning on Cleveland’s west side. Rivera-Amezquita had been on the
run and eluding law enforcement since December 2007.
Rivera-Amezquita was wanted out of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
on charges of murder and weapons law violations.
February 28, 2011 -
Long sought after fugitive Gary Wilson was arrested in Oklahoma
on Friday, February 25, 2011, by local authorities. Wilson was
arrested at a residence located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, which is
located in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Members of the Cherokee County
Sheriff’s Office and the Eastern Oklahoma U.S. Marshals Service
Fugitive Task Force arrested Wilson. Wilson was wanted on rape
charges stemming from an investigation conducted by the Arkansas
State Police.
February 25, 2011 -
From February 22-24, the U.S. Marshals Service Southwest
Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) task force conducted operation
“COPPER DUCK” in the Silver City and Deming areas. The Southern New
Mexico operation was a success with 97 arrests. Combined the
agencies cleared 134 warrants and confiscated various amounts of
narcotics. In addition to the arrests, the teams were able to
complete 62 sex offender address verifications.
February 25, 2011 -
Jeffrey Merculief, one of New Mexico’s Most Wanted Sex
Offenders, was arrested at 5517 Lomas Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM.
Merculief was at Labor Ready waiting for a job when he was overheard
telling a crowd of people how he was a fugitive on the run and
hadn’t registered as a sex offender. The concerned citizen that
overheard Merculief immediately called the Albuquerque Police
Department.
February 25, 2011 - The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional
Fugitive Task Force in Pensacola had a busy week capturing fugitives
in several different counties in the local area including Baldwin
County in AL. This morning, the Task Force assisted the Escambia
County Gang Unit and a K9 Officer to apprehend two men wanted by
Escambia County in a Pensacola motel. Darius Louis Hunter, 23,
is wanted for Armed Robbery and Deangelo Deon Bender, 21, wanted for
Violation of Probation and Failure to Appear on Cocaine charges.
Yesterday the FRFTF teamed up with the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive
Task Force from Mobile to arrest 39 year old Dennis Ray Burkhart in
the parking lot of the Bass Pro Shop in Spanish Fort, AL. Burkhart
is wanted in Escambia County, FL for Failing to Register as a Sex
Offender and by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office for Dangerous
Drugs and Probation Violation. Also arrested by the FRFTF yesterday
was Daniel Lamar Sanders, 27, wanted in Okaloosa County for Cruelty
Toward a Child/Abuse Causing Great Bodily Harm when he allegedly
burned a small child with cigarette and held it to the child’s skin.
Sanders was captured by the Task Force after trying to flee out of a
window at home on the 7800 block of Red Barrow road in the Blackmon
Community in north Okaloosa County.
February 24, 2011 - As part of Operation Fallen
Hero-Operation Bombardier, Houston area Federal, State, and local
law enforcement officials have joined forces in a series of
coordinated strikes against Mexican drug cartels and their
associates who operate across the United States. Operations in
Central America, Colombia, and Brazil are also ongoing. Law
enforcement counterparts have mobilized to increase pressure on
these organizations at every level. This series of operations
illustrate the continued resolve and commitment to attack these
brutal Mexican cartels and trafficking associates with a unified
front. These efforts have proven successful as illustrated by
seizures today in the Houston area of approximately $750,000 in U.S.
Currency, 322 pounds of marijuana, 13 kilograms of cocaine, 37
weapons, 10 vehicles, and the arrest of 33 individuals.
February 24, 2011 - Kevin A. Carr, United States Marshal for
the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced the arrest of Roland
Flath. Flath, a retired US National living abroad, was
arrested by authorities in Gulan, Guatemala. The US Marshals, the US
Department of State, and the Department of Homeland Security worked
closely with Belizean and Guatemalan Immigration agents over the
past several months. Flath was expelled by Guatemalan
Immigration Officials, and arrested by Deputy US Marshals once he
arrived in Houston, Texas.
February 23, 2011 -
On February 22, 2011, two teenage murder suspects from El Paso,
Texas were arrested by the United States Marshals Service, South
West Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) in Las Cruces, NM. The
suspects Hugo Gonzalez (17) and Brian Johnson (18) are accused of
stabbing a 15 year old boy to death 3 weeks ago while robbing him of
a cell phone and an iPod in El Paso, Texas.
February 23, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested
a Pensacola man yesterday after they found him hiding in the trunk
of a car. Henry Dewayne Watson was wanted by the U.S. Marshals in
Pensacola on a federal warrant for Failure to Appear on a Convicted
Felon in Possession of a Firearm charge. Watson also has a Santa
Rosa County warrant for Aggravated Stalking.
February 22, 2011 -
United States Marshals Service in New Mexico is taking one of
the New Mexico’s Most Wanted off the list today and adding a new
fugitive. Martin Duran, a Roswell “CRAZY TOWN” gang member, was
located in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in
Bernalillo County where he is awaiting trial. Once Duran faces his
charges from the state he will be transferred to United States
Marshals Service custody.
February 18, 2011 -
After eight long years on the run two men wanted on charges of
Sexual Assault on a Physically Helpless Victim will finally face
justice in a Leon County courtroom. The case began back in August
2001 when the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) received a call
from the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Emergency Room in regards to
a Sexual Battery.
February 17, 2011 -
U.S. Marshals and Derby Police Department found a way to catch
Patrick Stewart in Missouri before he could strike again. Stewart
was wanted by the Derby Police Department for a violent sexual
attack and kidnapping which occurred earlier this month. Stewart
allegedly beat, tied up and sexually assaulted two women after a
super-bowl party.
February 17, 2011 -
Wanted fugitive Derek Woods was arrested Monday morning,
February 14th, on Cleveland’s east side. Instead of a dozen roses
for Valentine’s Day, fugitive Derek Woods received a dozen federal
agents knocking at his door earlier that morning. Woods, who was at
the top of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force’s Dangerous Dozen wanted list, was finally apprehended after
alluding police for the past four years.
February 17, 2011 -
Andre Colvin was wanted by the Akron Police Department in the
October 2007 shooting death of Anthony Jackson. The Akron Police
Department, through the course of their investigation, identified
Colvin as a suspect for the homicide, and charged him with murder.
In November of 2007, the Akron Police Department referred the case
to the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) for
assistance with locating and apprehending Colvin.
February 16, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service in New Mexico adds two sexual
offenders to the Marshals Service, New Mexico Most Wanted List. The
Marshals Service have set its sights on the two fugitives and will
work with its law enforcement partners, local, county, state and
federal to locate and apprehend these fugitives.
Jeffrey Merculief is wanted in the state of New Mexico for
failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.
Aaron Garcia-Treviso is wanted out of Farmington, New Mexico for
Sexual Assault.
February 16, 2011 -
Cathy Jones, United States Marshal for the Southern District of
Ohio, today announced the arrest of Michael Y. Miller by the
Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) in
Columbus, Ohio. Miller is charged with murder in Columbus, Georgia.
The charges stem from the April 12, 1999 murder of Shawnita Campbell
whose body was found with a gunshot wound to the head on a dirt road
in Columbus, Georgia.
February 16, 2011 -
U.S. Marshals announce the capture of Jonique Diguel
Merriweather, who was wanted in connection with a homicide that
occurred earlier in the week. According to investigators with the
Jackson Police Department the victim, Michael Bates, was killed on
Sunday when he sustained a single gunshot wound while driving his
car on a local Jackson street. An Arrest Warrant was issued on
February 14, 2011 charging Merriweather with First Degree Murder in
connection with the shooting.
February 16, 2011 -
Randy P. Ely, United States Marshal for the Northern District of
Texas, announced today that the United States Marshals sponsored
multi-agency fugitive task force, known as the Dallas Fort-Worth
Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (DFW FAST), surpassed its 10,000th
arrest. The strike team, which focuses on arresting violent
offenders, officially began operations January 1st of 2004.
February 15, 2011 -
The United States Marshals Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico
auctioned off over 20 seized vehicles. The vehicles were seized by
local and federal agencies and the proceeds will help support law
enforcement activities in the Albuquerque area. Over 200 private
citizens registered for the auction and a total of $114,825.00 was
raised.
February 14, 2011 -
U.S. Marshals led Operation Intercept Fugitive Task Force,
Marion County Sheriff’s Office, and Mullins Police Department
officers arrested Barbara Edwards AKA: Barbara Longwell and Leonard
Hamrick in Mullins, SC. Edwards and Hamrick are wanted on
Fugitive Warrants from the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Office in
Summersville, WV for Child Concealment Charges stemming from a
missing child case on December 21st, 2009.
February 11, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force – Richland County Division arrested Anthony Primm at a motel
in Wooster, Ohio. Primm was wanted by the Ashland County Sheriff’s
Office on a bench warrant for violating the terms of his bond after
he did not show up for sentencing on January 07, 2011 in Ashland
County Common Pleas Court. Primm had previously pled guilty to
illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for manufacture of
drugs, a felony of the third degree.
February 11, 2011 - Cuba Police arrested one of New Mexico’s
Most Wanted Sex Offenders Delvin Yazzie. Yazzie was convicted on
November 16, 1996, for Rape in the 1st Degree after he went to a gas
station in Oregon and forced the female clerk into the back bathroom
and raped her. Yazzie was sentenced and served a total of 100 months
before moving to New Mexico.
February 11, 2011
- Convicted sex offender George Shoogukuwrkk, was arrested by
New Mexico State Police, in Gallup, NM based on information provided
by the United States Marshal Service South West Investigative
Fugitive Team (SWIFT) Task Force.
February 11, 2011 - Gerald Johnson was arrested by members
of the U.S. Marshal Service, South West Investigative Fugitive Team
(SWIFT) task force. Johnson was arrested on charges of
Criminal Sexual Penetration of a Minor (1st degree),
Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor (2nd degree), Kidnapping and
Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor. Johnson was
arrested in downtown Albuquerque at 8:45am this morning when Deputy
Marshals after extensive surveillance of the suspect was seen
entering a vehicle driven by his girlfriend. A short time
later the vehicle was stopped and Gerald Johnson was taken into
custody. The charges have a $200,000 cash or surety bond
attached to them.
February 10, 2011 -
The United States Marshals Service (USMS) led Fugitive Task
Force arrested Anthony Gililland this afternoon at the Baymont Inn
and Suites located in Reno, Nevada. Gilillland is wanted on an
outstanding arrest warrant from Yuba County, CA. He was the last
subject wanted in connection of a January home invasion armed
robbery.
February 10, 2011 -
Acting U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that U.S.
Marshals in Williamsport have successfully brought closure to the
oldest escape case in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mitlean
Wright, a fugitive who was on the run for almost four decades, had
been sought for escaping from the State Correctional Institution at
Muncy on the evening of August 12, 1972.
February 10, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Service will be auctioning off 23 vehicles,
all of which were ill-gotten gains from illegal activities, on
Tuesday February 15, 2011 at 10 a.m. in Albuquerque. The total value
of the vehicles to be sold is $149,607.00. Detailed photos of the
vehicles are available at
www.appletowing.com.
February 09, 2011 -
Senior United States District Judge John E. Conway sentenced
Albuquerque resident Gilbert J. Turrieta, 45, to a 100-month term of
imprisonment to be followed by three-years supervised release based
on his conviction for assaulting a Deputy United States Marshal.
February 09, 2011 -
United States Marshal Cathy J. Jones announces the 100th
homicide arrest since the inception of the Southern Ohio Fugitive
Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) in May of 2006. SOFAST
arrested 33 year-old Anton Denson of Cincinnati, Ohio. Denson is
accused in the shooting death of Devon Heard during a home invasion
robbery on December 14 of 2010.
February 08, 2011 -
United States Marshal Cathy J. Jones announces the arrest of
Michael Hesson. In the evening hours of February 08, 2011, the
Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) arrested 25
year-old Michael Hesson in Hamilton, Ohio. Hesson is accused
of stomping the head of John Johnson, an elderly homeless man, in
early January of 2010. Hesson has been evading authorities
ever since the assault.
February 08, 2011 - Early this morning, Deputy U.S. Marshals
and Task Force Officers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania captured Harry
Hayman, 42, at a residence in Philadelphia. Hayman was wanted
by the Glendale Police Department for numerous charges including
three (3) counts of Sexual Abuse, Six (6) counts of Indecent
Exposure, three (3) counts of Public Sexual Indecency, and eight (8)
counts of Assault.
February 07, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The
U.S. Marshals have added a 25-year-old gang member wanted on a
number of violent criminal charges to their 15 Most Wanted fugitive
list. In August 2007, a fistfight broke out between rival gangs
“Squad Up” and “Wood” in front of a bar on the Las Vegas Strip. A
Squad Up gang member, identified as
Robert Jackson, allegedly fired five rounds from a 9 mm handgun
at Wood gang members. The gunfire missed the rival gang members and
instead struck four innocent tourists.
February 04, 2011 - 15 Most Wanted Addition - The
U.S. Marshals have added California fugitive
Sean Michael Sullivan to their 15 Most Wanted fugitive list.
During an altercation in November 2010 over an outstanding debt,
Sullivan allegedly brandished a firearm and shot two individuals
multiple times, fatally wounding one man and paralyzing the other
from the waist down.
February 04, 2011 - The University of New Mexico has been
participating in the internship program with the Marshals Service in
Albuquerque for over 6 years and more than 20 students. Starting in
the fall semester of 2011 the Las Cruces office of the United States
Marshals Service will provide internship opportunities for students
at the New Mexico State University. The internship program provides
students interested in federal law enforcement an opportunity to
obtain educational work experience and an understanding of the role
of the U.S. Marshals Service in the justice system. Program areas
include: Investigative & Fugitive Operations, Court Security,
Judicial Security, Prisoner Operations, Administrative Services, and
Agency Management.
February 03, 2011 -
15 Most Wanted Capture - Paul Merle Eischeid, one of the U.S.
Marshals 15 Most Wanted Fugitives, was captured today in Buenos
Aires by Argentinean authorities. Investigations by the U.S.
Marshals Service and Diplomatic Security Service in Argentina
developed specific information with regard to his possible location,
at which time authorities contacted Interpol and local Argentinean
authorities in an effort to locate and arrest Eischeid. Eischeid was
sought in connection with the brutal murder of a Phoenix area woman.
February 02, 2011 -
Super Bowl brings together the best teams in football, and the
United States Marshals Service (USMS) and Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has brought its best K-9
teams to North Texas. Deputy United States Marshal Todd Kozuszko and
K-9 Hope, one of 25 K9 teams, are there to provide security for
Super Bowl XLV on Feb. 6.
February 02, 2011 - After 22 years on the run, Adam Zachs
was apprehended by Mexican authorities Tuesday in Leon Guanajuato,
Mexico. The arrest is the culmination of an exhaustive investigation
by the U.S. Marshals Service, West Hartford Police Department and
the FBI. “The U.S. Marshals has a long, successful history of
bringing fugitives to justice. The arrest of Adam Zachs is a
testament to our continued dedication to our fugitive mission,” said
U.S. Marshal Joseph P. Faughnan. “In 1896, Judge Isaac Parker said
it best, ‘permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty
man escape.’”
February 02, 2011 -
Works of art once belonging to convicted fraudster Marc Dreier
will be sold online by Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers in a U.S.
Marshals Service Web auction Feb. 8-22. Online bidding will take
place on the Web at
www.txauction.com.
February 01, 2011 -
The United States Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force
announced the arrest today of Gary John Butler, 27, of Riviera
Beach, Florida for the offense of 1st Degree Murder with a Firearm.
Butler was currently being sought by the Riviera Beach Police
Department after law enforcement officers developed probable cause
that Butler shot and killed a female during an altercation at a
house party last month.
January 31, 2011 -
On Friday, January 28th, the Midland Crime Stoppers hosted its
annual award luncheon at the Petroleum Club for local law
enforcement officers who have made significant contributions toward
the safety of the community. Officers receiving awards this year
represent the Midland Police Department, Midland Sheriff’s Office,
Midland Fire Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, and the
U.S. Marshals Service.
January 27, 2011 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals assigned to the “Cold Case Squad” in Miami
have tracked down another Federal fugitive who has been on the run
for the past 31 years. 62-year old Mark Steven Phillips was arrested
today at an apartment complex in West Palm Beach after Deputy
Marshals developed information he had recently rented an apartment
in a 55 and older senior living community.
January 27, 2011 -
Cathy J. Jones, U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio,
announced today that John Fitzgerald Cannada has been arrested in
Lexington, KY. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office issued an arrest
warrant for Cannada, charging him with Failure to Register as a Sex
Offender on 03/15/2007, stemming from a 1997 conviction for Gross
Sexual Imposition of a Minor.
January 25, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force from
Pensacola arrested a Niceville man in the early morning hours today
after he escaped from authorities Monday evening. Bryant Gafford,
19, was in custody at about 5:30 p.m. last night at the Niceville
Police Department after being arrested for Trafficking in Oxycodone
and Possession of a Controlled Substance.
January 25, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force - Toledo Division arrested Jon Jefferson, age 34, at a family
member’s home in Toledo, Ohio. Jefferson was wanted by the Richland
County Sheriff’s Office on indictment for trafficking in drugs, by
the Ohio State Highway Patrol for flight to avoid prosecution, and
the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for dangerous drugs.
January 25, 2011 -
Cathy Jones, United States Marshal for the Southern District of
Ohio, announced today information about the success of the Southern
Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) in making the
streets of southern Ohio safer for everyone. From January 3rd
through January 21st of this year, the SOFAST units in all three
core cities have arrested a multitude of violent offenders who have
been preying on the public.
January 21, 2011 - Law enforcement agencies in Otero County,
Lincoln County and on the Mescalero Indian Reservation concluded a
large scale warrant round up today. The weeklong roundup
resulted in 93 arrests and cleared 127 local, state and federal
warrants. “This collaborative law enforcement effort is
another example of success when law enforcement joins forces to make
all of our New Mexico communities a safer place,” said U.S. Marshal
for the District of New Mexico Conrad Candelaria.
January 20, 2011 -
Acting U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S.
Marshals Service (USMS) arrested fugitive Joseph P. Donahue in Las
Cruces, New Mexico. On January 5, 2011, the U.S. District Court in
Scranton issued an arrest warrant for Donahue, of Clarks Summit,
Pennsylvania, after he failed to report the previous day to the
Federal Correctional Institution at Ft. Dix, New Jersey, to begin
serving his 121-month federal prison sentence.
January 20, 2011 -
John Hamilton, one of the most wanted child sex offenders in the
country and abroad, is back on U.S. soil to face the sentencing he
fled the country to avoid in 2009. Deputy U.S. Marshals and a
representative from the Fairfax County (Va.) Police Department
escorted Hamilton from Poland to the United States today. Upon
arrival in Virginia, the U.S. Marshals handed Hamilton over to the
Fairfax County Police Department.
January 19, 2011 -
The United States Marshals Service District of New Mexico has
implemented a new initiative to capture some of the most wanted
fugitives in the state of New Mexico. The New Mexico’s Most Wanted
program targets offenders at the local, state and federal levels in
three distinct categories in which offenders are classified, Sexual
offenders, Gang Offenders, and Violent offenders.
January 19, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force
(NOVFTF) Akron Division arrested their second “Dangerous Dozen”
homicide suspect in less than two weeks. Daniel Lanier Travis, age
27, was wanted by the Akron Police Department in the April 2010
shooting death of J’Suan E. Slayton, age 32, of Lawton St. in Akron.
January 18, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested
a Pensacola man this afternoon who reportedly is the lone suspect in
a home invasion robbery that took place in Escambia County last
August. Jarvis Lamar Jesse, 25, is said to have broke into the front
door of a house in the southwest end of the county.
January 16, 2011 -
Yesterday afternoon U.S. Marshals from Houston with assistance
from Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office patrol arrested twenty-three
year old Napoleon Lopez in Conroe, Texas. Lopez was Wanted by
the Lafayette Police Department for Aggravated Rape. In
December, Lopez allegedly raped a fifteen year old girl.
January 14, 2011 -
U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle sentenced Keith David Hall,
54, to 25 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex
offender, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern
District of Texas. Hall, who most recently resided in Kaufmann
County, Texas, has been in federal custody since his arrest this
past summer in Dallas.
January 13, 2011 -
The Violence and Gun Reduction and Interdiction Program (V-GRIP)
that brought together federal, state and local officers to combat
violence over the summer has yielded another arrest. Jimmy Stella of
Warren had been stopped by an Ohio State Patrol Trooper during
Operation V-GRIP and was found to be in possession of suspected
crack cocaine. The suspected drugs were submitted to the lab for
testing, and when the lab results confirmed the presence of cocaine
a warrant was issued for Stella’s arrest.
January 12, 2011 - The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional
Fugitive Task Force apprehended a fugitive from Massachusetts who
reportedly sexually assaulted and battered two girls, one over the
age of 14 and the other girl under 14 years old. Matthew Robert
Brennan, 24, originally from Chicopee, MA was nabbed by the Task
Force early this afternoon.
January 11, 2011 -
Deputy U.S. Marshals in Miami have tracked down a federal
fugitive who escaped from custody 30 years ago and was living in a
small rural town in Central Florida. 71-year old Ian Jackson
MacDonald was arrested at a house in Homosassa, Florida this
afternoon by the U.S. Marshals assigned to the Florida Regional
Fugitive Task Force in Gainesville.
January 11, 2011 -
A fugitive wanted by the New York Police Department was arrested
by the United States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive
Task Force, and the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
(SCMPD) K-9. Gregory Brooks, 29, was wanted by the New York Police
Department for the offenses of aggravated assault and bail jumping
for an incident that occurred in April of 2010.
January 07, 2011 -
Tyrone Haynes was arrested by U.S. Marshals and the Florence
County Sheriff’s Office, after almost a year on the run. Haynes is
charged by the Commonwealth of Philadelphia with 10 different
allegations, which include rape, burglary, sexual assault, and false
imprisonment. The charges arise from a January 2010 incident where
Haynes allegedly broke into an apartment off of Jackson Street in
Philadelphia, then beat and raped the occupant, leaving her in
critical condition for several days.
January 06, 2011 -
The New Year was no vacation for the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio
Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF). Elohim El-Jones, age 25, was
wanted by the Akron Police Department in the August 2009 shooting
death of Michael L. Kirksey, age 31, of Spaulding St. in Akron.
January 06, 2011 -
A fugitive wanted by three local agencies was arrested by the
U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, and
the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) K-9.
Deontray Rashard “Rocky” Bryant was wanted for the offense of
kidnapping. Bryant was also wanted by the Garden City Police
Department on multiple warrants for Aggravated Assault with a gun,
Possession of a Firearm by a convicted felon, Possession of a
Firearm during the commission of a crime and Criminal Trespass.
January 06, 2011 - On December 25, 2010 Albuquerque police
arrested Gilbert Lovato during a trafiic stop in Albuquerque for
Driving While Intoxicated. Albuquerque Police also charged Lovato
with child abuse because at the time of arrest there was a minor in
the vehicle.
January 05, 2011 -
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested
an escapee today from Chicago, who reportedly arrived in Pensacola
on New Year’s Eve. Fred Hoye, 40, who was originally arrested under
the alias “Theodore Usher” was out on bail in Cook County, IL on
drug charges and placed on GPS monitoring.
January 05, 2011 -
Ashley Patterson, 24, and Cortney Leach, 22, of Greensboro,
North Carolina, were arrested in a collaborative effort amongst
North Carolina, South Carolina, and local partnered agencies on
Monday and Tuesday, respectively. Both Patterson and Leach are
charged by the Greensboro Police Department with attempted murder,
robbery with a deadly weapon, and assault with a deadly weapon.
January 04, 2011 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task
Force and the Cleveland Police Department arrested Jonathan
Rodriguez, age 23, after he attempted to flee in a vehicle.
Rodriguez was wanted by the Cleveland Police Department for rape and
by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office for failing to register his
change of address and violating his probation. It is alleged that
Rodriguez and his father, who is already in custody, brutally raped
a female in November of last year.
January 02, 2011 -
Members of the United States Marshals Violent Offender Task
Force captured Walter Furrh, 51, in Phoenix, AZ. Walter Furrh was
wanted by the Tucson Police Department for Robbery. Furrh, whom
authorities dubbed the “Manila Bandit”, is alleged to have robbed
numerous banks around the Tucson area from July 2010 to December
2010. Furrh was called the “Manila Bandit” because it is alleged
that he would present the teller a manila envelope and demand that
the money be placed in the envelope during some of the robberies.
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