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North Carolina man wanted by the Raleigh Police Department was arrested
by the United States Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and
the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) Westside
Precinct Officers in Savannah, Georgia, on October 13, 2009.
Justin Jamel Brown, 20, was being sought a state warrant for Armed
Robbery, issued on October 9, 2009 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The
Raleigh Police Department requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals
Eastern North Carolina Violent Fugitive Task Force in locate and arrest
Brown. The investigation led to the possibility of Brown being the
Savannah, Georgia area. The Eastern North Carolina task force forwarded
this information to the Savannah Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive
Task Force to find Brown. An address was generated in the Brandlewood
Apartments on Garrard Avenue and surveillance was conducted. Task Force
members saw Brown on the balcony of Apartment 1322. SCMPD Westside
Precinct Officers arrived to assist in the arrest and Brown was
ultimately arrested without incident and transported to the Chatham
County Jail to await extradition back to North Carolina.
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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