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 Savannah,
GA – A North Carolina man wanted on Bank Robbery charges by the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department was arrested by the United States
Marshals Service, Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task
Force, the Liberty County Sheriff’s Department, and the Hinesville Police
Department on October 2, 2012.
Thomas A. Hammond, 46, was wanted by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police
Department for two alleged bank robberies that occurred in August and
September of 2012. The case was referred to the United States Marshals
Office Fugitive Task Force in Charlotte for assistance in locating and
arresting Hammond. The Charlotte task force generated leads that placed
Hammond in Hinesville, Georgia working on Fort Stewart and staying at a
local hotel. This information was forwarded to the Savannah office of the
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force for help in locating and arresting
Hammond. Further information was found that placed Hammond in the EconoLodge
motel on Highway 84 in Hinesville, Georgia. Savannah task force members
along with the Liberty County Sheriff’s Department and Hinesville Police
determined which room Hammond was staying in and found Hammond laying on the
bed. Hammond was arrested without incident. Hammond was taken to the Liberty
County Jail to await extradition proceedings to send him back to North
Carolina.
The uniqueness of the U.S. Marshals Service fugitive apprehension mission
gives new meaning to the term “long arm of the law”. On a daily basis,
fugitives from one state are caught in other states, which proves that the
U.S. Marshals along with our state and local counterparts can reach out and
touch wanted fugitives no matter where they might run.
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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