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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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  • Atlanta Homicide Suspect Arrested by U.S. Marshals in Euclid

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Cleveland, OH – Late this afternoon, members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF), the Euclid Police Department, EDGE (Eastside Departments Group Enforcement) SWAT and Ohio State Highway Patrol’s SRT arrested Davonte Lavonne Childs, 27. Childs was wanted by Sandy Springs Police Department in Fulton County Georgia for homicide.

  • Woman Wanted for Drug Overdose Death in Solon Arrested in Kentucky

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Cleveland, OH– Late last night, members of the U.S. Marshals Service in Kentucky arrested Angela Miserendino, 42. Miserendino was wanted by the Solon Police Department for involuntary manslaughter, corrupting another with drugs, and endangering children.

  • U.S. Marshals Nab UT Murder Suspect in CA Sandwich Shop

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Los Angeles, CA – On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF), in coordination with the USMS District of Utah Violent Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, located and safely arrested a man wanted by the Salt Lake City Police Department for a murder committed on January 4, 2024. 

  • U.S. Marshals Arrest Murder Suspect in Charlotte

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Charlotte, NC - The United States Marshals Service (USMS) Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force (CRFTF) in coordination with the Cleveland County Sheriffs Office (CCSO) safely arrested a man, on January 23, 2024, wanted by the Cleveland County Sheriffs Office for attempted murder.

  • U.S. Marshals Apprehend Domestic Assault Suspect

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Fairfax, VA – On January 18, 2024, the U.S.

  • U.S. Marshals Arrest Violent Offender

    • For Immediate Release
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    Atlanta, GA – On January 23, 2024, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF), in coordination with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, located and safely arrested a man wanted by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office for armed robbery committed on December 19, 2023.

  • Fugitive on the Run for 34 Years Deported from the Dominican Republic to the United States

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Washington, DC – The Dominican Republic’s Direccion Nacional de Control de Drogas (National Drug Control Directorate) of the U.S. Marshals Dominican Republic Foreign Field Office (DRFFO) Fugitive Investigative Unit on Jan. 25 took into custody a man who absconded and failed to appear for his sentencing hearing in 1989 in El Segundo, California.

  • USMS Tactical K9 Rin and Senior Inspector TK9 Handler both Receive Purple Heart Award

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

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  • U.S. Marshals Arrest Philadelphia Murder Escapee

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Philadelphia, PA - Today, at approximately 6:30 p.m., members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, arrested escapee Shane Pryor, 17, at 3rd street and Roosevelt Boulevard. Pryor was wanted for escaping custody during a transport to the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) on January 24th.

  • U.S. Marshals Capture West TN Murder Fugitive in Middle TN

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Bolivar, TN – On January 24, 2024, U.S. Marshals captured a West Tennessee murder fugitive in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Rodriquez McNeal, 35, of Bolivar, was wanted for First Degree Murder for a 2021 homicide in Bolivar.

  • U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted Fugitive Wanted in Murder of 6-Week-Old Baby Arrested in Mexico

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Washington, DC – A U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted fugitive wanted in connection with the murder of an infant in New York in 2019 has been arrested in Mexico City.

  • U.S. Marshals Task Force Finds Wisconsin Fugitive in West Tennessee

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Dyersburg, TN – On January 24th, 2024, U.S. Marshals (USMS) and the Dyersburg Police Department captured a Wisconsin fugitive in West Tennessee.

  • $5,000 Reward Offered for Philadelphia Murder Escapee

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Philadelphia, PA — The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a murder suspect who escaped custody Jan. 24 during a transport to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

  • U.S. Marshals Apprehend Wisconsin Federal Fugitive at Indiana Motel

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Madison, WI – The Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force (GLRFTF) of Fort Wayne, Indiana captured a Wisconsin fugitive for on warrants from the United States Marshals Service-Madison; Winnebago, Richland, and Adams counties in WI; and Kosciusko and Whitley counties in Indiana.

  • U.S. Marshals Arrest Suspect Wanted in 2020 Murder Outside of Columbus Nightclub

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Columbus, OH – The U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) located and arrested fugitive Gvon Thornton early this morning.

  • U.S. Marshals Arrest East Harlem Child Rapist

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    New York, NY – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force (NY/NJRFTF), with assistance from the New York Police Department's (NYPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU), today apprehended a man wanted for the Jan. 6 rape of a 10-year-old girl he allegedly lured to his apartment in East Harlem.   

  • U.S. Marshals Offer up to $10K for NC Man Charged with Wife’s Murder

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Donald Hodges fugitive of North Carolina

  • U.S. Marshals Capture California Homicide Suspect in Kansas City

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Kansas City, MO – United States Marshal Scott Seeling announced today the capture of fugitive Laron Gilbert in connection with the 2021 murder of a retired police officer in Oakland, CA.

  • U.S. Marshals Operation Boo Dat Concludes with the Recovery of 3 Missing/Endangered Children and 28 Arrests

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    New Orleans, LA –The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force sponsored its annual Operation Boo Dat from October 22, 2023, to January 13, 2024, resulting in 28 arrests, 14 of which were for felony sex offender registration violations.

  • Suspect Wanted for 2016 Manslaughter on Lake Erie Arrested by USMS in Miami

    • For Immediate Release
    Description

    Miami, FL – In the early morning hours of January 14, 2024, members of the United States Marshals Service took Alen Gorishti, 33, into custody.  Gorishti was wanted by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in Ohio for a boating incident that resulted in the death of a local fisherman.