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  • 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, 2008Roger 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.

 

 
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