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Vidalia man wanted by the Vidalia Police Department, Toombs Sheriff’s
Department, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department was arrested
in a joint effort by the Savannah Office of the United States Marshals
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Vidalia Police Department,
the Toombs County Sheriff’s Department, and the East Central Drug Task
Force in Vidalia, Georgia on August 19, 2009.
Nicholas Singleton, 30, was being sought on numerous state warrants for
Armed Robbery, Burglary, RICO, and Failure to Appear issued in both
Toombs and Montgomery Counties in July of 2009. The Toombs County
Sheriff’s Department requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals,
Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force to help
locate and arrest Singleton. The Task Force and the local agencies
conducted an extensive investigation to try and find him in the
Toombs/Montgomery County area. On August 19, 2009, the Savannah Fugitive
Task Force generated leads that placed Singleton in a motel in Vidalia,
Georgia. The Marshals Task Force members along with Vidalia Police and
Toombs County Sheriff’s investigators and members of the East Central
Drug Task Force went to the Inn At Vidalia, a local motel and had to get
a key to obtain entry into the room occupied by Singleton. Singleton was
immediately arrested without incident. Singleton was taken to the Toombs
County Jail.
Also arrested in the motel room was Tiffany Singleton, 24, for Harboring
a Fugitive and Hindering Apprehension of a fugitive. Tiffany Singleton
is the wife of Nicholas Singleton. Tiffany Singleton had been previously
interviewed by investigators regarding Nicholas Singleton and was
informed as to the consequences of assisting him to avoid capture.
Tiffany Singleton was taken to the Toombs County Jail.
Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the
apprehension of approximately 36, 000 federal fugitives. More federal
fugitives are arrested by the Marshals Service than all other federal
agencies combined.
The Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force has three offices:
Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah. The task force covers the whole state of
Georgia. The Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task
Force is a team comprised of investigators from the Georgia Department
of Corrections, the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department, the Savannah
Chatham Metropolitan Police Department and the United States Marshals
Service. The task force objective is to seek out and arrest fugitives
charged with violent crimes, drug crimes, sex offenders, and other
felonies. Last year, U.S. Marshals Task Forces arrested more than 58,600
state and local fugitives on felony charges.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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