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Albuquerque, NM - The United States
Marshal Service in New Mexico arrested Henderson Burke Jr. near Shiprock, NM
yesterday. Burke was wanted on federal charges of failure to register as a
sex offender.
Investigators placed Burke on the New Mexico’s Most Wanted Program last week
and developed information that he was staying near Shiprock, NM on the
Navajo Nation. Investigators working with local and tribal police in the
Shiprock area developed information that Burke was in a residence off Old
Truck Route Road. Deputies and Task Force Officers with the Marshals Service
Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) Task Force approached the
residence and were able to take Burke into custody without incident. Burke
will be held in one of the Marshals Service contract jails pending his
appearance before a Federal Judge.
All sex offender investigations in the District of New Mexico are
facilitated by the Districts Sex Offender Investigations Coordinator (SOIC).
The Sex Offender Investigations Coordinator (SOIC) is the Point of Contact (POC)
for non-compliant sex offender related issues within the District. The SOIC
works closely with local, state, tribal and territorial authorities in the
location and apprehension of non-compliant sex offenders. The SOIC
investigates violations of 18 U.S.C 2250 (Failure to Register) and assists
with identification of sex offenders relocated as a result of a major
disaster. The SOIC responds to requests for assistance from the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The District of New Mexico’s SOIC and the other dedicated sex offender
investigators have been instrumental in implementing Marshal Service
policies and coordinating operations such as “Operation Complete Clean Up.”
“Operation Complete Clean Up”, was a four month long sex offender
verification operation, which concluded August 31, 2012. The operation was a
New Mexico wide effort to verify that every sex offender located in the
State, including Tribal and Pueblo lands, was in compliance with applicable
federal and state law. These compliance checks included verifications of
places of residence, work, and school locations if the offender was
attending a post-secondary educational program. The main goal of the
operation was simple; to verify offender compliance ensuring the safety and
security of the public and to offer assistance to County, Tribal and Pueblo
jurisdictions in completing this public safety task.
United States Marshal Conrad E. Candelaria said “The Marshals Service for
the District of New Mexico and its New Mexico’s Most Wanted Program is
successful because of the many partners that define the law enforcement
community in New Mexico. A common theme that leads to the successful
apprehension of dangerous and violent fugitives is due to the effective
partnerships which emphasizes effective intelligence gathering and sharing,
which is evident in this latest arrest”.
Additional
information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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