For Immediate Release

Lafayette, LA – At approximately 4:50 p.m. thirty-two year old Kevin Lee Sam was arrested inside an apartment located at 301 Birch Drive in Lafayette. Sam is Wanted by the Sunset Police Department and St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office for 1st Degree Murder. The murder occurred on March 27th; in early April St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF). Our Task Force Officer’s worked alongside St. Landry Detectives in processing leads and interviewing associates. Yesterday our work panned out when we learned that Sam was likely staying at the Glouchester Manor apartments. After a day and a half of surveillance, Sam was identified and we learned exactly where he was hiding. Lafayette SWAT was requested and they safely executed the Warrant.

Along with Sam, VOTF/Lafayette SWAT also arrested sixty-one year old Donald Robinson for a Warrant out of East Baton Rouge Parish for 1st Degree Robbery. Also, Sam’s wife, Ashley Prejean was arrested for outstanding Warrants in Lafayette for Monetary Instrument Abuse.

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 Violent Offender Task Force 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, St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Louisiana Probation and Parole. Further, VOTF calls upon part-time TFO’s throughout its eight parish area. In 2010 VOTF -- Lafayette closed over 400 Warrants, most of which were violent felony offenses. U.S. Marshals Task Forces throughout the United States arrested 81,900 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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