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Arlington, VA – U.S. Marshals Service Director Ronald L. Davis met with Italy’s Chief of Polizia di Stato (Chief of Police) - Director General of the Department of Public Security Prefect Vittorio Pisani in Rome Dec. 1 to affirm a joint commitment to support the advancement of each agency’s law enforcement capabilities by sharing professional expertise and best practices.

Warren, OH –  The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) announces the arrest of wanted fugitive Noel Flores, 19. Flores was wanted by the Warren Police Department for homicide.

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Crime Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Philadelphia prison escapee Gino Hagenkotter, 34. A warrant for escape was issued by the Philadelphia Police Department for Hagenkotter, and the U.S. Marshals Violent Crimes Fugitive Task was delegated the case.

Coeur d’Alene, ID – Late this evening, a team of Deputy U.S. Marshals arrived at the Spokane International Airport with Laurel E. Hannah, 40, in custody. They traveled over 4,000 miles to Costa Rica to pick her up from local authorities. Hannah is the non-custodial Sandpoint mother who took her one-year-old child out of the country earlier this summer in August.

Hammond, IN - The U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force has located and safely arrested one Lake County man wanted for murder, while the search for another is ongoing.

Portland/Bangor, ME – The U.S. Marshals Service, District of Maine, is alerting the public of a significant increase in Maine residents reporting a phone scam involving individuals claiming to be U.S. Marshals or other Federal Officials. These scams are also occurring in other New England States.

Minneapolis, MN – Late last night, The United States Marshals Service (USMS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Vashaud May, 21.  May was wanted by the Youngstown Police Department (YPD) for homicide.

Coeur d’Alene, ID – On November 27, 2023, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force, along with multiple law enforcement partners arrested William O. Eyle, 20, in Pendleton, Oregon. Eyle was wanted on a federal warrant issued by the U.S. District Court on October 17, 2023. The U.S.

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UPDATE: Melvion Delphie was taken into custody on November 30, 2023 in Chicago.

WASHINGTON – Jarrod Bruner, Associate Director for Administration (ADA) for the United States Marshal Service (USMS) has been names by President Joe Biden as a recipient of the 2023 Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award. 

Denver, CO – A multi-agency manhunt for the fugitive homicide suspect wanted in the Monday killings of three people and wounding of a fourth in Custer County, Colorado concluded Tuesday afternoon just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Albany, NY – Members of the U.S. Marshal’s New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force (NY/NJ RFTF) – Binghamton Division arrested on Nov. 21 a woman who was wanted by the U.S. Marshals in Albany on an arrest warrant for escaping from federal custody.

New York, NY – Deputies and Task Force Officers from the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force (NY/NJ RFTF) Saturday apprehended the felon after an all-points bulletin BOLO (Be On The Lookout) was issued to all police departments to locate and arrest him so he could be returned to federal custody.

WASHINGTON – On November 17, 2023, members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District Crime Suppression Team arrested the second man wanted in the Oct. 3 shooting incident at Morgan State University. 

Jovon Terrell Williams, aka “Chewy,” 18, and Keion Brown, 20, were both taken into custody pursuant to a D.C. District Court Indictment. 

New Haven, CT - The U.S. Marshals Connecticut Violent Offenders Task Force, working with the Fairfield and Bridgeport police, recently located and arrested two fugitive sex offenders wanted on multiple warrants.

Cleveland, OH – Today, members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Rodeny Curlee, 19. Curlee was wanted by the Cleveland Division of Police for homicide.

Warren, OH – The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) is offering up to a $2,500 reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Noel Flores.  

Flores is wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Warren Police Department for murder.  

New Haven, CT - The Connecticut and Massachusetts U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force, assisted by the Massachusetts State Police VFAS unit, Springfield Police Department, Hamden County Sheriff’s office, and Massachusetts Department of Child and Family Services, today recovered two missing children in Springfield, Massachusetts, and arrested their noncustodial father.

Savannah, TN – On November 9, 2023, U.S. Marshals captured Natalie Graves, 22, of Tennessee, who was wanted for Internet Stalking of a Child, Possession or Use of Child Sexual Abuse Material, and Sexual Grooming of a Child in Arkansas.