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 Savannah,
GA – A Savannah man on the run since 2009, wanted for Supervised Release
Violation was arrested by members of the Savannah Office of the United States
Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Jacksonville Office
of the Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force on January 25, 2012.
Gerard Wayne Poulin, 67, was wanted by the United States Marshals Service for
violations of his Supervised Release in a warrant dated August of 2009. Poulin
was originally convicted of Counterfeiting with intent to defraud in 2004. As
part of his sentence he was to serve a period of Supervised Release upon being
released from federal prison. During his transition back into the community,
while at a halfway house, he escaped in 2006. After a two month investigation
Marshals arrested Poulin at an address in Jacksonville., Florida. Poulin’s
release was revoked and he was sent back to prison. He was again released on
Supervised Release in 2008 and in 2009 he went on the run.
An extensive investigation ensued over the last two and half years until Deputy
U.S. Marshal Rich Kirby uncovered a fake South Carolina driver’s license that
Poulin used when stopped by the authorities in Florida. From that stop in
Florida a new address was found for a woman associated with Poulin. Members of
both the Savannah and Jacksonville Task Forces descended on the address after
observing a white Toyota truck parked behind the residence. The Marshals
observed Poulin through the living room window and he opened the back door and
was arrested without incident. The white Toyota truck was the truck that Poulin
took when he left Savannah, Georgia in 2009. Poulin is being charged by the
Savannah Chatham Metro Police Department with Theft by Conversion in regards to
the theft of the truck and by the St John’s County Sheriff’s Department for
Possession of a Stolen Vehicle.
This case embodies the motto of the United States Marshals Service “You Can Run,
But You Cannot Hide”. Through the unwavering perseverance of a Deputy Marshal,
another fugitive has been taken off the streets. Poulin was taken before a
Federal Magistrate for a hearing to return him back to the Southern District of
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. 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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