U.S. Marshals and Memphis Police Arrest Fugitive Wanted for 2018 Murder

Memphis, TN – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), assisted by the Memphis Police Department’s Fugitive Apprehension Team and TACT Unit, captured Dakarin Arnett, 23, who was wanted for First-Degree Murder.

On September 23, 2018, Jerald Holiday, Jr., was found shot to death at the intersection of Kaye Road and White Station in Memphis, TN. After an investigation by MPD Detectives, on March 16, 2022, a First-Degree Murder warrant was issued for Arnett’s arrest, who was then 16 years old.

Arnett also had outstanding warrants for Aggravated Assault and Domestic Assault. The fugitive case was adopted for investigation by the USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Memphis.

On July 24, 2025, the TRVFTF developed information that Arnett was at a residence in the 1800 block of Wessex in Memphis. Deputy marshals, task force officers, MPD’s Fugitive and TACT Unit went to the residence and took Arnett into custody without incident.

The U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force within Western Tennessee. The TRVFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby, Fayette, Tipton, and Gibson County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis and Jackson Police Officers, Tennessee Department of Correction Special Agents and the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Since 2021, the TRVFTF has captured over 3,000 violent offenders and sexual predators.