New York Fugitive Arrest in Waterbury

New Haven, CT - The U.S. Marshals, working with the Waterbury Police Department, today arrested in Waterbury a man wanted in New York as a fugitive from justice.      

Dimitrius Davis, 34, had been released on bond in September 2023 following an arrest in Buffalo, New York, for criminal possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance. After he failed to appear Aug. 5, 2024, before an Erie County, New York, judge, the judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest.  

After law enforcement attempts to locate Davis were unsuccessful, the U.S. Marshals in New York adopted the case and began working the with the USMS in Connecticut and the Waterbury police after developing information that Davis was at a residence in Waterbury.

Early today the Waterbury police and USMS Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Davis in the 30 block of Wall Street in Waterbury. Recovered from the residence was a Savage Arms 12-gauge shotgun, Cobra Enterprise handgun, 100 rounds of 12-gauge shotgun ammunition and 1,000 rounds of .22 ammunition.

Davis was transported to the Waterbury Police Department and charged as a fugitive from justice and with two counts of felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of  felon in possession of ammunition.

Since the inception of the U.S. Marshals – Connecticut Violent Fugitive Task Force in 1999, these partnerships have resulted in over 11,046 arrests. The task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest violent fugitives and sexual predators. Membership agencies include Hartford, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Naugatuck and Waterbury Police Departments and Homeland Security Investigations. These arrests have ranged in seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses. Nationally the U.S. 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.