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 Savannah,
GA – A Savannah man wanted for the Armed Robbery of the Wendy’s on
Wilmington Island was arrested by the Macon Office of the United States Marshals
Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force on January 4, 2012.
Ronnie James Holder, 28, was wanted by the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police
Department (SCMPD) for the Armed Robbery of the Wendy’s on Wilmington Island
that occurred on December 29, 2011. SCMPD Detectives and the U.S. Marshals
Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force conducted an
extensive investigation to locate and arrest Holder. New leads were generated by
SCMPD Detectives and the Savannah Marshals Task Force that Holder was with an
associate in the Wilkinson County, Georgia area. The associate was identified
and leads were sent to the Macon, Georgia Office of the Marshals Southeast
Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Macon Task Force developed an address for the
associate and went to the residence. The Marshals found Holder at the residence
and he was immediately taken into custody. Holder was suffering from wounds
sustained during the Wendy’s robbery. Holder was taken to the Baldwin County
jail to await pick up by Chatham County.
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. In
2011, U.S. Marshals led task forces arrested more than 86,000 state and local
fugitives, which cleared over 113,000 warrants.
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, the McIntosh County
Sheriff’s Department, the Liberty County Sheriff’s Department, the Bulloch
County Sheriff’s Department, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s 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.
Additional information about the
U.S. Marshals Service can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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