News Releases

Boston, MA – A suspected serial rapist who was a U.S. Marshals (USMS) major case fugitive in the District of Massachusetts was arrested in California Thursday afternoon. 

Stephen Paul Gale, 71, was taken into custody in Los Angeles following a 1 ½-hour pursuit with the Los Angeles Police Department. 

Cleveland, OH – Earlier this afternoon, members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Dante Freeman, 20. Freeman was wanted by the Warrensville Heights Police Department for homicide.

San Juan, PR – On the night of Aug. 5, police officers from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau (PRPB) investigated a shooting in the Municipality of Carolina involving three men, two of whom were federal fugitives.

Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service (USMS), District of New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force (NHJFTF) and Belknap County Sheriff’s Office are pleased to announce the arrest of the Belknap County fugitive that fled from the Concord Hospital - Laconia early Sunday morning. 

Cincinnati, OH – The U.S. Marshals Service and Butler County Prosecutor’s Office are pleased to announce the arrest of Antonio Riano in his hometown of Zapotitlan Palmas, State of Oaxaca, Mexico.

San Juan, PR – The U.S. Marshals Service Puerto Rico Violent Offenders Task Force (PRVOTF) and Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), arrested in Caguas and Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, two men wanted in West Virginia on charges of conspiracy to produce and distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.

Jackson, TN – On July 31, 2024, U.S. Marshals captured Richard Perkins, 56, of Bells, TN, who was wanted by the United States Army for parole violation.

Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service (USMS), District of New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force and Belknap County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s assistance in locating an escaped Belknap County prisoner that fled from the Concord Hospital - Laconia early Sunday morning. 

Cleveland, OH – The U.S. Marshals in Cleveland, OH recovered a five-year-old child yesterday who was missing from Yorktown, VA. The child was taken by a non-custodial parent and never returned on May 1, 2024. 

Memphis, TN – On July 31, 2024, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), Memphis Police Department (MPD), and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Teams captured Alfred Draper, 31, of Memphis, who was wanted for a murder where a man was beaten with a pole and left in a field last year.

Canton, OH – This afternoon, the U.S. Marshals led Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) in Canton, OH arrested Jermaine Taylor, Cassandra Cheek, and Tyson Dean. Taylor, Cheek, and Dean were wanted by the Canton Police Department and United States Marshals Service for kidnapping and felonious assault.

Denver, CO – A multi-agency manhunt for the fugitive homicide suspect wanted in connection to the disappearance and death of Britani Meek in Yuma, Colorado concluded Monday afternoon in Lake Placid, Florida. 

Memphis, TN – Roland Robinson, 27, was captured today by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) for charges related to a Memphis homicide.

Hartford, CT – The Connecticut U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force and Newington Police Department today arrested a Connecticut man wanted in Arizona on charges of voyeurism.

Concord, NH – The U.S. Marshals Service – NH Joint Fugitive Task Force (NHJFTF) and the Bow Police Department safely apprehended Demiko A. Fox, 22, at an establishment near Bow Junction this morning.

New Orleans, LA - United States Marshals will escort the casket of the late Tessie Prevost-Williams on July 26, 2024, when it lies in state at Gallier Hall and leaves for its final resting place on July 27, 2024, from the Branch Bell Baptist Church.

Fremont County, CO – One of Fremont County’s most-wanted violent fugitives is behind bars after a multi-agency tactical operation which took place Tuesday evening near Penrose, Colorado.

Cleveland, OH – Earlier this afternoon, members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Trevonne Clemons, 31. Clemons was wanted by the Cleveland Division of Police for aggravated murder. 

Hartford, CT – The Connecticut U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force and Waterbury Police Department today arrested a Connecticut man wanted in West Virginia on sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in May 2000.

Tyron Jermaine Walker, 50, of Waterbury, is charged in Westover, West Virginia, with second-degree sexual assault.

Clarksburg, WV – Members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force, working with the Clarksburg Police Department and the West Virginia Department of Corrections July 19, arrested in Clarksburg a federal fugitive who failed to report to a halfway house to complete his 2022 federal sentence for firearms trafficking without a license.