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Savannah, GA - A man wanted by
the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department was arrested by the United States
Marshals Service Dallas Fort Worth Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team on June
1, 2010.
Jose Jesus Flores, 22, was wanted by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department
on a warrant for Failure to Appear issued on May 25, 2010 in Savannah,
Georgia. Flores was on bond for numerous charges to include Cruelty to
Children, Family Violence Act Aggravated Assault, False Imprisonment, and
two counts of Family Violence Act Battery. The original charges stemmed from
an incident back in November of 2009. Additional information obtained by the
Superior Court of Chatham County was that Flores was an illegal alien. The
investigation revealed that Flores had made statements that he was going to
kidnap his children and flee the country. On May 26, 2010, the case was
referred to the U.S. Marshals Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force. An extensive investigation began, running leads in the
Savannah, Georgia area. On June 1, 2010, the Savannah Task Force generated
information that placed Flores in the Dallas, Texas area. This information
was immediately sent to the U.S. Marshals Dallas/Fort Worth Fugitive
Apprehension Strike Team to assist in locating and arresting Flores. Within
a couple of hours of receiving the information, the Marshals DFW Fugitive
Apprehension Strike Team had Flores in custody and transported him to the
Dallas County Jail to await extradition proceedings to bring him back to
Savannah, Georgia.
Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the
apprehension of over 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. In 2009,
U.S. Marshals led task forces arrested more than 90,000 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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