U.S. Marshals in CT Make Arrest in 24-Year-Old WV Sexual Assault Case

Hartford, CT – The Connecticut U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force and Waterbury Police Department today arrested a Connecticut man wanted in West Virginia on sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in May 2000.

Tyron Jermaine Walker, 50, of Waterbury, is charged in Westover, West Virginia, with second-degree sexual assault.

May 23, 2000, a victim reported an incident of a sexual assault to the Westover Police Department, but investigators were not able to locate or identify the assailant. However, on Jan. 26, 2021, California authorities notified the Westover Police Department that their DNA evidence was associated with an offender in their database who was also a suspect from a sexual assault case in Montana, naming Walker as the suspect.

On June 30, 2023, a magistrate court in Monongalia County, West Virginia, issued an arrest warrant for Walker. Following the issuance of the arrest warrant the assistance of the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force was requested.

The U.S Marshals’ investigation led them to a residence in the 2600 block of South Main Street in Waterbury, where Walker was apprehended this morning.

Walker was taken into custody, charged as a fugitive from justice, and is being held pending extradition to West Virginia to face the charges against him.

Since the inception of the U.S. Marshals – Connecticut Violent Fugitive Task Force in 1999, these partnerships have resulted in over 11,046 arrests (Updated as of 9/08/2022). The task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest violent fugitives and sexual predators. Membership agencies include Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Waterbury Police Departments and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. These arrests have ranged in seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses. Nationally the United States Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive task forces, eight regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.