February 08, 2010 - The U.S. Marshals Service Asset Forfeiture Division is hosting a preview and live auction of forfeited jewelry assets Friday and Saturday. A public preview will be held Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CST) at the Hilton America-Houston Hotel, 1600 Lamar St., Houston, Texas. The live auction will be held at the same location Saturday at 10 a.m. (CST). The auction will also provide online bidding via simulcast at www.txauction.com. The live auction and Webcast features more than 400 lots of forfeited jewelry, artwork, coins, furs and collectibles. Auction registration and pre-bidding are available at www.txauction.com.

February 03, 2010 - A man wanted by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Department in Griffin, Georgia was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Beaufort – Jasper Multi Agency Drug Task Force, and the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Department. Akim Jamal Miller was wanted by the Spalding County Sheriff’s Department and the Griffin, Georgia Police Department on seven separate warrants charging him with eight counts of Child Molestation, seven counts of Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes, four counts of Statutory Rape, and one count of Party to the Crime of Aggravated Sodomy.

February 03, 2010 - The San Antonio Police Department, assisted by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force captured Steven Arreola, the last remaining suspect involved in the recent San Antonio kidnappings. Steven Arreola is being charged with 2 counts of aggravated kidnapping.

February 02, 2010 - A man wanted by the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and SCMPD K-9 officers. Taron Maurice Williams, 25, was wanted by the Savannah Chatham Police Department on a Murder warrant from an incident that occurred on November 27, 2009.

February 02, 2010 - The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force assisted in the arrests of suspects wanted in connection with a kidnapping that occurred on January 21, 2010.in San Antonio, Texas. The victims subsequently escaped from their captors. Since then, the San Antonio Police Department, assisted by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force has captured five of the six suspects, leaving one (Steven Arreola) still on the run.

January 29, 2010 - The U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force apprehended violent fugitive Johnny Jackson III, age 20, in Stockbridge, GA based on a lead from the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force – Lorain County Division. Jackson fled Ohio earlier this month and several leads led investigators to focus on Stockbridge, GA where he was arrested.

January 29, 2010 - The United States Marshals Service in the Southern District of Ohio, the State of Ohio Adult Parole Authority, the State of Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI) and the men and women of the Gallia County and Meigs County Sheriff’s Offices conducted a joint law enforcement effort to verify the residency of local sex offenders in their counties. During January 25-28, 2010, Deputy Sheriffs, Deputy U.S. Marshals, Adult Parole Officers and BCI Agents teamed up in the third of a continuing Federal Operation known as Operation Neighborhood Watch Eastern Borders.

January 26, 2010 - The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a man who is believed to be the suspect wanted in connection with the rape of a Pensacola woman on New Year’s Day, at a Wal-Mart Parking lot in Pensacola. Willard Ray Crowder, 47, was arrested at a security storage facility today by the Task Force without incident.

January 23, 2010 - Regis Reymon Madison, the last known suspect wanted in connection for the murder of a Pace man less than a week ago was apprehended today by the U.S. Marshals Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana Fugitive Task Force in Lafayette, LA.

January 21, 2010 - U.S. Marshal Michael R. Regan announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested alleged rapist Nery Adolfo Perez-Duarte in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Perez-Duarte had been the subject of an intensive search by the U.S. Marshals Service. During the early morning hours of December 27, 2009, the Meshoppen Police Department responded to a 911 call of a rape victim with serious bodily injuries.

January 19, 2010 - The United States Marshals have arrested a Wilmington area man who was wanted by Palm Beach County, Florida for sexual assault of a minor. The Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Angel L. Rivera who was indicted in Palm Beach County for sexual assault of a minor. The assault occurred in Boca Raton, Florida in August 2008.

January 19, 2010 - A man wanted by the Savannah-Chatham Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) and the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department was arrested by the United States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) Patrol Officers, SCMPD K-9, and a CNT agent. Herman Lamont Dessasure was wanted by the Savannah-Chatham Counter Narcotics Team on numerous drug related warrants for drug incidents that occurred in 2009.

January 17, 2010 - Early this morning, a convicted child molester who left a men’s shelter in Mesa in August 2009 with three other sex offenders, was returned to the United States after surrendering to authorities in Mexico. In August 2009, Randy Brown, along with Donald Temple, Matthew Ellsworth, and Manual Dominguez left the East Valley Men’s Shelter in Mesa where they were required to reside as a condition of their probation.

January 15, 2010 - Yesterday afternoon two fugitives wanted in California for Parole Violations and as suspects in a Homicide, were arrested in Springfield, Oregon by the U.S. Marshals Oregon Fugitive Task Force (OFTF) and Springfield Police Department (SPD). Robert Reil, a 30-year old male, and Amour Villamora, a 30-year old female, were arrested on “U” street in Springfield.

January 15, 2010 - A joint effort by the U.S. Marshals Northern California Fugitive Task Force, Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team, and the San Francisco Police Department resulted in the arrest Wednesday of one of the San Francisco Police Department’s top 10 most wanted fugitives. Steve A. Bahr is wanted for failure to register as a sex offender and an additional sex offense in Mendocino County.

January 14, 2010 - This afternoon, two convicted child molesters who left a men’s shelter in Mesa in August 2009 were returned to the United States from Mexico. In August 2009, Donald Temple, age 25, and Matthew Ellsworth, age 27, along with Randy Brown and Manual Dominguez left the East Valley Men’s Shelter in Mesa where they were required to reside as a condition of their probation.

January 14, 2010 - A juvenile suspect, 17 years of age, was arrested today by the U.S. Marshals led Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST). The juvenile suspect is charged with two counts of Aggravated Robbery, one count of Kidnapping, four counts of Aggravated Burglary, one count of Receiving Stolen Firearm, one count of Felonious Assault, and one count of Grand Theft Auto.

January 11, 2010 - U.S. Marshal Michael R. Regan announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Esteban Merchan in York. Merchan was being sought by authorities in Hillsborough County, Florida as a suspect in connection with a triple homicide on December 28, 2009.

January 06, 2010 - The U.S. Marshals Service is currently seeking Rodney Lamont Brown, Thomas Artin Glaab, and Miguel Robles-Moya, federal prisoners who escaped today from the Tri-County Detention Center in Ullin, IL. No details on their method of escape are available at this time.

January 05, 2010 - The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested wanted fugitive Demetrius Briggs. Briggs, age 20, was wanted by the Richland County Sheriff’s Office and the Mansfield Police Department on numerous arrest warrants including attempted murder, aggravated robbery, felonious assault, aggravated burglary and domestic violence

January 05, 2010 - Cathy J. Jones, Acting United States Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio and Montgomery County Sheriffs Office, announce the arrest of Shamar Davis. Davis was wanted on 4 Counts of Felonious Assault charges in Dayton, Ohio.

December 23, 2009 - A Phoenix man sought for the Parental Kidnapping of his nine year-old daughter was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals-led Child Predator Apprehension Team (CPAT), and Detectives with the Tempe Police Department at a residence in Phoenix. Earl Nelson, 35, was wanted by the Schenectady (New York) Police Department after it was alleged that Nelson traveled from Phoenix to New York, kidnapped his nine year-old daughter from her mother, and returned to Phoenix.

December 18, 2009 - The U. S. Marshals Service and the Northwest Arkansas Sex Offender and Violent Crime Task Force recently surpassed a monumental mark. “This month marks 1000 fugitive arrests for the task force,” said Deputy U. S. Marshal Dewaine Allen. The Task Force began its work in November 2007, with a grant of more than $500,000. The grant was written and is administered by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, but funding is close to an end.

December 17, 2009 - Last night, an escapee from Tennessee and his wife were arrested by U.S. Marshals in east Phoenix, AZ. Keith Lee Whitling, age 41, and his wife, Melissa Jewel, age 37, were the targets of a drug investigation conducted in Erwin, Tennessee. The couple was allegedly involved in trading OxyContin for marijuana.

December 11, 2009 - A woman wanted by the Clearfield County Sheriff’s Department in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was captured by the United States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Savannah, Georgia. Barbara Conklin, 42, was wanted by the Clearfield County Sheriff’s Department for Failure to Comply related to a forgery conviction in 2002. Conklin was convicted on a forgery charge in August of 2002.

December 10, 2009 - The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) and the Sandusky Police Department arrested Jackie McElroy for homicide. McElroy was wanted on the homicide by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in Alabama.

December 10, 2009 - The United States Marshals have arrested a Newark area man who was wanted by New Castle County Police for murder and related charges. The Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Khary Knight, 21 of Newark who was indicted for a murder that occurred on July 28, 2009 at the Georgetown Manor Apartments near New Castle.

December 10, 2009 - The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force had a busy morning in Perry, Florida during a street level roundup of several locally wanted fugitives. All told, Task Force members arrested 10 individuals wanted on a wide array of charges from Lewd and Lascivious Sexual Battery of a Child to Violation of Probation on Narcotic Convictions.

December 09, 2009 - A man wanted by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was arrested by the United States Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force Atlanta Office in Fulton County, Georgia. Timothy Collins, 42, was being sought by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department on a warrant for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender after his release from state prison.

December 08, 2009 - United States Marshal Federico Rocha of the Northern District of California announces the arrest of Fermin Pucheta-Temich. On December 4, Pucheta-Temich, 32, was extradited from Mexico City on a warrant of arrest out of San Francisco for multiple federal charges of sexual assault with a minor.

December 07, 2009 - The U.S. Marshals have added Paul Michael Merhige to their “15 Most Wanted” list.

Paul Michael Merhige, 35, allegedly opened fire on his family, killing four people, including his twin sisters, one of whom was pregnant, a 79-year-old aunt and a six-year-old cousin, and wounding a brother-in-law and another man. “The callousness of Merhige’s calculated, vicious acts against his own family is unimaginable,” said John F. Clark, Director of the U.S. Marshals Service. “We are fully committed to locating and apprehending this fugitive and making him answer for these horrific crimes."

December 04, 2009 - 15 Most Wanted Fugitive Addition - The U.S. Marshals have added to their ”15 Most Wanted “ list a man serving three life sentences who escaped custody during his transport from Huntsville, TX. During the escape, Arcade Joseph Comeaux, Jr. allegedly produced a weapon and fired upon two correctional officers, took them hostage and forced them to drive to Baytown, TX where he restrained the officers in the back of the van, took their firearms and one of their uniforms

December 03, 2009 - Search Continues for Florida Homicide Suspect - On November 26, 2009, Paul Michael Merhige was invited to a family Thanksgiving dinner in Jupiter, Florida where he open fired with a handgun on unsuspecting guests. The investigation revealed that Merhige had a history of mental problems and had a strong resentment toward several family members.

December 01, 2009 - The U.S. Marshals and the Grand Rapids Police Department announce the arrest of James Jamar Harris. Harris was charged with a seven count felony warrant by the Grand Rapids Police Department on 11/06/2009. The charges include 2 counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct, 1st Degree, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, armed home invasion, felon in possession of a firearm, felony firearm, and failing to register as a sex offender.