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News Release

The U.S. Marshals serves as the enforcement arm of the federal courts and is involved in virtually every federal law enforcement initiative.

Below are the news releases shared across the U.S. Marshals Service’s 94 districts informing the public of the day-to-day activities ranging from fugitive arrests, asset forfeitures, prisoner operations, judicial security measures as well as highlighting individual achievements and success stories within the agency.

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  • Fugitive Task Force Arrests Columbus Murder Suspect in Houston, Texas

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Columbus, OH – The U.S. Marshals in the Southern District of Texas arrested fugitive Evan Jones on June 1, 2023, on an outstanding arrest warrant from Franklin County, Ohio. Jones also had a supervised release violation arrest warrant from the United States District Court in the Southern District of Ohio.

  • U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Apprehends Double Homicide Suspect Sought in the Capitol Region

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    Austin, TX – On May 29, 2023, members of the U.S. Marshals-led Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) arrested a man sought on two homicides and an additional warrant for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle with Pflugerville and Austin Police Department’s on May 25.

  • U.S. Marshals Task Force Capture Hardeman County Violent Fugitive

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    Jackson, TN – The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force in Jackson captured Edtavius Gray, 20, on warrants for Attempted First-Degree Murder and Possession of a Firearm During Commission of a Dangerous Felony.

  • Escaped Inmate From Akron Arrested by U.S. Marshals Task Force

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    Akron, OH – Jason Conrad, the inmate that escaped custody yesterday afternoon has been arrested.  

  • Suspect Wanted in Broad Daylight Road Rage Homicide Arrested in Columbus

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    Columbus, OH – This afternoon, members of the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) and the Columbus Police Department’s SWAT Team arrested Dacarrei Tovon Kinard, 30.  

  • U.S. Marshals Operation Recovers 14 Missing Children From Eastern Virginia

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    Alexandria, VA – The U.S.

  • Fugitive Wanted for Sex Crimes in Peoria Returned to the United States After Apprehension in Mexico

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    Phoenix, AZ – This evening, Gilberto Buitimea Bacasegua, 52, was extradited back to the United States after his arrest in Sinaloa, Mexico. Bacasegua was wanted by the Peoria Police Department for Sexual Conduct with a Minor, Sexual Abuse and Kidnapping.

  • U.S. Marshals Arrest Escaped Inmate From Alabama Department of Corrections

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    Montgomery, AL - The U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force (GCRFTF) arrested an Alabama Department of Corrections escapee May 26.

    Tandion Stoudemire, 21, was serving a 23-year sentence for attempted murder out of Montgomery County when he escaped from Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County around 2 a.m., May 25.

  • U.S. Marshals Find 225 Missing Children in 16 Locations Across Nation During Operation We Will Find You

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    Washington, DC – The United States Marshals Service (USMS), along with state and local agencies in 16 federal judicial districts and geographical locations across the U.S., led a 10-week national operation that resulted in the recovery or safe location of 225 endangered missing children, which includes runaways and those abducted by non-custodial persons.

  • U.S. Marshals Service Missing Child Unit National Operation ‘We Will Find You’ Leads to Recovery of 14 Missing Endangered Children, Multiple Arrests During Eastern District of Louisiana Segment

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    New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service New Orleans Task Force phase of the national missing children Operation We Will Find You resulted in the recovery of 14 missing or endangered children from either Orleans, Jefferson, or St. Tammany Parish.  

  • U.S. Marshals in Western Texas Recover 30 Children During Missing Child Operation

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    San Antonio, TX – The United States Marshals Service (USMS), along with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and state and local agencies in 16 federal judicial districts and 15 geographical locations across the U.S., led a 10-week national operation that resulted in the recovery or safe location of 225 endangered missing children, which includes runaw

  • UPDATE: Reward Offered For Information On Escaped Inmates

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    Toledo, OH – The United States Marshals Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF), along with the Ohio State Highway Patrol are offering reward for information that directly leads to the arrest of two escaped inmates from Allen Correctional Institution.  

  • U.S. Marshals Task Forces Apprehends 14 Fugitives in Wisconsin

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    Wausau, WI – The Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force for the Western District of Wisconsin arrested 14 fugitives, including two sex offenders, during a five-day warrant sweep named “Operation Capture Hodag” from May 1-May 5.

  • U.S. Marshals Operation Recovers Thirty-Five Critically Missing Children From Northern Ohio

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    Cleveland, OH – The U.S. Marshals Service conducted Operation We Will Find You (OWWFY), a national missing child operation worked in conjunction with federal, state, and local agencies to recover endangered missing children. The Northern District of Ohio (N/OH) was one of sixteen selected regions to take part in this operation due to past success carrying out such operations.

  • U.S. Marshals Operation We Will Find You Recovers Missing Children From Central California

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    Los Angeles, CA – The U.S.

  • U.S. Marshals Arrest Philadelphia Crime Spree Fugitive

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    Philadelphia, PA - Today, at approximately 11:30am, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Brian Amerman, 19, in the 2000 block of East Rush Street in Philadelphia, PA. Amerman was wanted on 2 carjacking warrants and 1 attempted murder warrant. These warrants were issued late in the evening on May 23rd and immediately delegated to the U.S.

  • Reward Offered for Information on Escaped Inmates

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    **UPDATE: James Lee was Apprehended on May 24, 2023 in Kentucky**

    **UPDATE: Bradley Gillespie was Found Deceased on May 28, 2023 in Ohio**

  • U.S. Marshals Arrest Ohio Man Accused of Sex Crimes Against Children After Locating Him in Florida

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    Dayton, OH – The U.S. Marshals’ Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) with the assistance of the Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested fugitive James Tucker II in Sarasota County, Florida at approximately 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

  • U.S. Marshals Arrest Fugitive Sex Offender

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    Albuquerque, NM – U.S. Marshals in Texas today arrested a convicted New Mexico sex offender on the run nearly 10 months.

  • U.S. Marshals Safely Recover Missing/Endangered Juvenile

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    Gallup, NM – In April the U.S. Marshals began to aid state and local law enforcement with efforts to locate this missing/endangered juvenile, and on May 19, U.S. Marshals in the Farmington and Santa Fe offices developed information that the juvenile was still in Gallup and responded to the location.