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District News
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July 15,
2008 - U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Task Force (RFTF) members
arrested Jose Ramirez in Hollywood, Florida. On March 4, 2004, a warrant
was issued for Jose Luis Ramirez by Shelby County after Ramirez was
charged with First Degree Murder in the shooting death of Hector Leon.
The Mid-South Fugitive Task Force (MSFTF) began in August 2005 and
adopted this case shortly thereafter.
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April 03, 2008
- U.S. Marshals and other members of the Kansas City Career Criminal
Task Force (KCCCTF) arrested Tennessee
Bureau of Investigations’ Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive Winfred Scott in
Kansas City, Missouri.
On December 15, 2005 the State of Tennessee issued a warrant for Winfred
Scott and his son Akeem Scott after both were indicted for Rape of a Child.
Earlier in 2005, Winfred Scott had arranged a meeting with investigators,
never showed, and promptly fled Memphis, TN with his adult son, Akeem Scott.
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March 03,
2008 -
The United States Marshals Service Mid-South Fugitive Task Force (MSFTF)
wants to send a message to predatory fugitives – your predatory days
are numbered because the MSFTF is looking for you!
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March 03, 2008 - The Mid-South Fugitive Task Force and Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation requests the public’s help in locating father and
son fugitives, Winfred and Akeem-Abou Scott. They are charged in
Memphis with Rape of a Child and have been wanted since July 14,
2004 after they fled Memphis during the investigation.
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February 28, 2008
- U.S. Marshals
Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force (GLRFTF) and Indianapolis
Metro Police (IMPD) arrested Memphis
murder suspect Gary “Little Bud” Bohanon, 20, who was wanted for the
October 17, 2007 first degree murder of Ronald Moore in Memphis
Tennessee.
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January 15, 2008 -
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Most Wanted Arrest - Touted as one of the best places to do business in
Central America, Queretaro, Mexico, proved to be just the opposite
for longtime drug kingpin Craig “Little Dude” Petties. Petties’
“business” in the international drug trade ended there with his
arrest by Mexican authorities this past weekend. The arrest was
announced today by David Kustoff, United States Attorney for the
Western District of Tennessee, Andrew Dimond, Resident Agent in
Charge of the DEA’s Memphis Resident Office, and David G. Jolley,
United States Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee.
- November 08,
2007 - Child pornographer
Steven Yurick was arrested by the United States Marshals Mid South
Fugitive Task Force today after a brief standoff. When U.S. Marshals
Mid South Fugitive Task Force officers, Tennessee Highway Patrol
Officers, and Chester County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived at Yurick
mother’s house on Main Street in Bethel Springs, TN they found
Yurick hiding in an attic with a knife.
- August 03,
2007 - On the evening of Thursday August 2, 2007 members of
the United States Marshals Service Mid South Fugitive Task Force (MSFTF),
arrested Alfred Gasden in Memphis, TN. Gasden is wanted by the
Jefferson County Parish Sheriff’s Office on a warrant dated
3/15/1993 for Attempted Homicide, Aggravated Rape, and False
Imprisonment.
- May 07, 2007
- On June 6, 2006, a federal
warrant was issued for Rickey Evans charging him with Possession
with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance. On June 17, 2006,
Evans picked up his daughter, Rickel Fitch, for a three week
custodial visit. Evans never returned Rickel Fitch to her mother,
Erika Fitch.
- April 30,
2007 - Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Detroit Fugitive
Apprehension Team (DFAT) arrested Lonzo Lenear after receiving a
lead from the U.S. Marshals Service Mid South Fugitive Task Force (MSFTF).
Lenear had been living in the Detroit, MI area for over five years
and was arrested at a Harbor Woods, MI Nursing Home where Lenear was
employed as a Dietician.
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February
28, 2007 - Last night, February 27, 2007, United States Marshals
and the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office found a nine-year-old child who
went missing in Burlington, Iowa in November 2005. The child, Trashanda
Sharday Waytes, was found by authorities at a house near Byhalia,
Mississippi.
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January 18, 2007 - On Wednesday, January
17, 2007, the West Tennessee United States Marshals Service
Mid-South Fugitive Task Force and the Middle North Carolina Fugitive
Task Force captured fugitive Corey Scott in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. Scott was charged in Shelby County Criminal Court on
February 24, 2006 with Rape of a Child.
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