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A Florida man wanted by the Pinellas County
Sheriff’s Department in Largo, Florida was arrested by the United States
Marshals Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force
and Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) Precinct
Officers in Savannah, Georgia, on October 21, 2009.
Jovan Collier, 31, was being sought a state warrant for Aggravated
Stalking. The warrant was issued on October 9, 2009 in Gulfport,
Florida. The Gulfport Police Department requested the assistance of the
U.S. Marshals Tampa office of the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force
to locate and arrest Collier. The investigation led to the possibility
of Collier being the Savannah, Georgia area. The Tampa, Florida Task
Force forwarded this information to the Savannah Marshals Southeast
Regional Fugitive Task Force to find Collier. The information received
indicated that Collier could be at the Thunderbird Motel on Oglethorpe
Avenue in Savannah, Georgia across from the bus station. Savannah Task
Force members went to the hotel office and inquired if Collier was
staying in the hotel. Collier was staying in room 208. Task Force
officers and SCMPD Downtown Precinct Officers went to Room 208 and
arrested Collier without incident. Collier was taken to the Chatham
County Jail to await extradition back to Florida.
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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