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 Savannah,
GA – A fugitive wanted in Savannah, Georgia was arrested by the United
States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force March 8, 2011.
Gary Michael Johnson, 21, was wanted by the Savannah Chatham Metro Police
Department on various charges including Aggravated Assault, Armed Robbery, Theft
by Receiving Stolen Property, Carrying a concealed weapon, Possession of a
Controlled Substance, False Name and Escape. Johnson had been arrested on
November 24, 2010 on the above charges and when he was transported to the jail
was somehow able to escape custody and make it out of the sallyport area of the
jail. Johnson fled into the woods and a massive manhunt ensued to capture him.
The case was referred to the U.S. Marshals Savannah Office of the Southeast
Regional Fugitive Task Force to locate and arrest Johnson. On March 7, 2011,
Task Force officers generated information that Johnson was at an address in
Nicholls, Georgia, approximately two hours southwest of Savannah, Georgia. On
March 8, 2011, Marshals Task Force officers traveled to Nicholls, Georgia where
they arrested Johnson without incident. Johnson was taken to the Coffee County
Jail to await transfer 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, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, 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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