|
District News
|
|
-
July 9, 2009 -
Following a five-year tradition of success in its national efforts,
the U.S. Marshals Service locally conducted another successful
Operation FALCON – (Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally) in
Clark, King and Pierce counties. Led by the U.S. Marshals, Operation
FALCON 2009 netted 140 arrests within the Western District of
Washington in June.
-
April 2, 2009
- A level 3 Sex Offender wanted by The Washington State Department
of Corrections and by the Snohomish County, Washington Sheriff’s
Office has been arrested. Eric Eugene Hartwell, 46, was wanted for
Escape Community Custody and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
Hartwell was arrested in Carrollton, Texas by Deputy U.S. Marshals
from the Dallas/Fort Worth Fugitive Apprehension Task Force based on
information provided by Deputy U.S. Marshals working for the newly
created Sex Offender Investigations Branch in Seattle, WA.
-
December 5, 2008 - A woman the Kirkland
Police Department (KPD) believe may have killed her former boyfriend, and
injured another female in October 2006 with poisoned Jagermeister was
arrested yesterday in London, England after arriving on a flight from
Geneva, Switzerland.
-
November 21, 2008
- "Operation 5 County Clean Up” Captures Close To
100 Fugitives In Western Washington.
-
June 3, 2008 -
A man Seattle Police Detectives believe shot his own uncle to death
in South Seattle was arrested Monday evening at a residence in
Miami, Florida, by Deputy U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement
officers from the Southern Florida Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team
(FAST).
-
May 09, 2008
- The U.S. Marshals Service is please to announce
that Washington State fugitive, and Level
III Sex Offender, David J. Torrence, self-surrendered earlier today in
Camden, Arkansas. On April 23, 2008,
convicted rapist and Level III Sex Offender David J. Torrence absconded
from Washington State Department of Corrections supervision and became a
fugitive. Torrence, a man with a history of Failing to Register as a Sex
Offender, decided that 3 days of supervision was enough and fled after being
released from prison on April 20, 2008.
-
March 06, 2008
- Roger Alan Scherner, of Carmel, Calif., was tracked to
Panama City, Florida, on information provided by the Pacific
Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force (PNWFAT) in Seattle.
Scherner was arrested and is currently being held at the Bay County
Jail facing extradition back to Washington State. King County,
Washington prosecutors believe Scherner may have molested multiple
members of his own extended family as far back as 1966.
|