Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force Arrests Chicago Man for Violent Stabbing

Chicago, IL – The U.S. Marshals Service’s (USMS) Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force (GLRFTF) and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) April 8 arrested a man for a stabbing that occurred in the Loop area of downtown Chicago March 18.

Ralwin Galito Perez, 30, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after a verbal altercation turned physical and he stabbed the victim in the chest and arm.

During their search for Galito Perez GLRFTF and CPD investigators developed information that led them to a residence in the 100 block of West 87th Street where they found Galito Perez and took him into custody without incident. He was booked into a local detention facility. 

The U. S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force was created by the Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000. Congress recognized the U. S. Marshals expertise in tracking and apprehending dangerous fugitives and ordered the creation of regional fugitive task forces (RFTFs) in core cities throughout the country. Via this mandate, GLRFTF was created in 2003 and has offices in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin to assist state, county, and local agencies as a central investigative base to identify, locate and apprehend dangerous offenders.