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Lafayette, LA – At approximately 9:00
a.m. this morning twenty-eight year old Jamal James Carmouche was arrested
by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force with critical assistance
from the Abbeville Police Department. Carmouche was Wanted by the Lafayette
Police Department for a murder that occurred during the early morning hours
of September 18th where the victim, Marcus Despaine sustained gunshot
wounds.
On September 21st, after securing a warrant against Carmouche, the Lafayette
Police Department requested the assistance of the Western District of
Louisiana’s Fugitive Task Force (WDLA) in Lafayette. TFO’s alongside
Lafayette Police Detectives, Abbeville Police Detectives, and members of the
Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office have been working diligently in an effort
to locate Carmouche who ignored calls from detectives requesting him to come
in for an interview. Solid information was developed early this morning that
ultimately led to Carmouche’s arrest at 407 South Baily in Abbeville.
Carmouche will eventually be booked today at the Lafayette Parish
Correctional Center.
Henry Whitehorn, the United States Marshal for the Western District of
Louisiana, said, “The coordinated effort of all law enforcement to bring
dangerous criminals to justice ensures that the streets and neighborhoods of
Louisiana are a safer place to raise our children.”
The Western District of Louisiana’s Fugitive Task Force (WDLA) in Lafayette
is a team comprised of full-time law enforcement officers from the Lafayette
City Marshals, Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office, Lafayette Police Department,
St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Louisiana Probation and Parole.
Further, WDLA calls upon part-time TFO’s throughout its eight parish area.
In 2009 WDLA in Lafayette closed approximately 600 Warrants, most of which
were violent felony offenses. US Marshals Task Forces throughout the United
States arrested more than 73,000 state and local fugitives on felony
charges.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov. |
