S/TX U.S. MARSHALS GULF COAST VIOLENT OFFENDERS TASK FORCE SPINS NOPD/ CRESCENT STAR FUGITIVE TASK FORCE LEAD INTO ARREST OF TREG EUGENE FOR NEW ORLEANS MURDER

On November 20, 2006, the S/TX U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force arrested Treg EUGENE, 20 years old, in Clear Lake City, Texas. A firearm and narcotics were recovered from the scene where he was arrested. EUGENE, of New Orleans, was wanted by the New Orleans Police Department for a murder that occurred in New Orleans on May 28 of this year.

New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) investigators obtained a warrant for EUGENE for the first-degree murder of Darrell Davis, 20 years old, also of New Orleans. The NOPD investigators allege that Davis was driving in the 2700 block of Monticello St. in New Orleans on May 28 when two gunmen opened fire. Davis’s left arm was hit by a bullet that then entered his body. Davis was able to drive away. After the shooting the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said that two unknown men dropped Davis off at the Ochsner Medical Center at about 4:30 am. Further information by NOPD investigators alleges that EUGENE and Davis were involved in a botched armed robbery attempt of a member of a local rap record label. EUGENE is believed to have shot Davis during this robbery attempt. EUGENE is also believed to be an associate of Ivory “B-Stupid” Harris who was one of the New Orleans area’s most wanted fugitives earlier this year before his capture by Kenner and NOPD officers.

The New Orleans Police Department and the EDLA U.S. Marshals Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (CSFTF) began a joint investigation to locate him. Information was developed that he was living in the Houston, Texas area and the CSFTF sent a collateral lead to the GCVOTF to investigate. The GCVOTF is also the same group that arrested EDLA federal escapee, Donald Tucker in Houston, TX in April of 2006.

With additional resources committed by the U.S. Attorney General, CSFTF has increased it’s number of fugitive arrests in the New Orleans metro area. CSFTF covers the 13 parish area that makes up the Eastern District of Louisiana (EDLA). It also assist other U.S. Marshals Service Task Forces in tracking fugitives that have come to the EDLA to hide. Current CSFTF members include the New Orleans Police Department, Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office, St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana Probation and Parole, and U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Services.