• 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.

• August 29, 2007   U.S. Marshals conducted another successful Operation FALCON (Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally) in Clark, King, Pierce and Snohomish counties from August 20 - 24. Led by the U.S. Marshals, Operation FALCON 2007 netted 249 arrests and cleared 311 warrants. 

• August 1, 2007 - A man accused of a shooting and killing another man in a dispute over fireworks on the 4th of July was arrested yesterday afternoon in Anchorage, Alaska by deputy U.S. marshals and local law enforcement
  members from the U.S. Marshals Service sponsored Alaska Fugitive Task Force.

• April 5, 2007 -  A major fugitive wanted on outstanding state charges for murder has been arrested by a team of law enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals in East Palo Alto, California.  Kafoa M. Hefa, 20, was being sought on a warrant issued in Seattle charging him with murder. Hefa was arrested on April 3, 2007 in East Palo Alto, California by investigators serving on the U.S. Marshal sponsored Northern California Fugitive Task Force (NCTF) in conjunction with members
  of the California State Parole Fugitive Apprehension Team, the East Palo Alto Police Department, and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

• March 30, 2007 - David Miller, Acting U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Washington announced Wesley Clinton Gray, 50, has been arrested on federal charges, accused of failing to register as a sex-offender as required by law. Gray is the first person in Western Washington to be charged under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.  Gray was arrested this morning in downtown Seattle by deputy U.S. marshals serving on the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force (PNWFAT) and agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

• March 29, 2007 -  One of the Pacific Northwest’s Most Wanted fugitives was arrested yesterday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico by Mexican law enforcement authorities based on information developed by the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force (PNWFAT). Jeffery Jay Warren, age 57, was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Drug Enforcement Agency on a thirty count indictment for Conspiracy to Import and Distribute Hashish, the Importation and Distribution of Hashish, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering and Money Laundering.

• February 9, 2007 -  US Marshals participating in the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Taskforce (PNWFAT) located Isaias Martinez-Reyes in Mexico.  Martinez-Reyes has been wanted by the Seattle Police Department since March of 2004.  He is suspected of raping his 10 year-old niece on multiple occasions in early 2004 was arrested yesterday by Mexican law enforcement authorities in Mexico City.  He will remain in custody in Mexico City until extradition proceedings to the United States are completed. 



• January 29, 2007 - United States Marshal Eric Robertson announced that he will resign as U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Washington effective March 3, 2007. After five years of service, he will be continuing his 23 years of public service as the first Administrator of the Valley Regional Fire Authority (VRFA); serving the communities of Algona, Auburn, and Pacific.

• December 22, 2006 - A man suspected of committing a rape on the streets of Seattle almost two years ago was arrested today in Springfield, Ohio by deputy U.S. Marshals and police officers from the Springfield Police Department. Norris Lee Pass Jr., age 46, was wanted by the Seattle Police Department as the
  primary suspect for a violent rape in 2005.

• November 02, 2006 - Deputy United States Marshals teamed up with thousands of fellow federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to conduct the largest ever round up of fugitive sex-offenders and wanted gang members. Dubbed “Operation FALCON III” (Federal And Local Cops Organized Nationally), Deputy Marshals and their fellow task force members arrested 10,773 felony fugitives.

• October 04, 2006 - A man accused of a “Controlled Substance Homicide” in Snohomish County Superior Court was arrested last night by members of the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force (PNWFAT). Raoul M. Keith, age 38, of Everett was arrested without incident outside the Top Food and Drug located at 1605 SE Everett Mall Way in Everett.

• October 02, 2006 - For the second time in a week a dangerous murder suspect from out of state has been captured on the Kitsap Peninsula. Anthony M. Caulton, age 25, of Youngstown, OH, was arrested without incident in Bremerton by members of the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force (PNWFAT) and the Bremerton Police Department.  Caulton is suspected of
  shooting and killing Larry D. Jones during a youth football game in Youngstown.