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New Orleans, LA –The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force sponsored its annual Operation Boo Dat from October 22, 2023, to January 13, 2024, resulting in 28 arrests, 14 of which were for felony sex offender registration violations.

Memphis, TN – U.S. Marshals along with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Team (FAT) captured Jorge Estrada-Gutierrez of Louisiana, 24, who was wanted for a homicide that took place on Christmas Eve in Metairie, Louisiana.

Washington, DC – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested 4,455 violent fugitives during the latest phase of its high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative, dubbed Operation North Star III (ONS III).

New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service New Orleans Task Force phase of the national missing children Operation We Will Find You resulted in the recovery of 14 missing or endangered children from either Orleans, Jefferson, or St. Tammany Parish.  

New Orleans, LA – This past Friday, the United States Marshals Service concluded Operation Washout New Orleans. The operation targeted some of the area’s most dangerous and violent fugitives.

New Orleans, LA – Since early 2020 the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans Task Force, due to its robust Missing Child Unit, has been assisting in the investigation of a 2017 parental kidnapping case, but efforts to locate the mother and her son in several states have been unsuccessful.

New Orleans, LA – U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans Task Force Missing Child Unit Operation "Summer Knights" was conducted in the New Orleans metro area from April 30, 2022, through August 31, 2022, resulting in the recovery of fourteen missing or endangered children. In addition, one additional child was located.

New Orleans, LA – Operation North Star, a nation-wide U.S. Marshals Service operation focused on violent crime reduction, was conducted in 10 cities (Chicago, Washington D.C., New York City, Memphis, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Houston, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and Baltimore) over a 30-day period, spanning the month of June.

New Orleans, LA – U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans Task Force (USMS)-led, Missing Child Unit (MCU) Operation "Fresh Start" was conducted in the New Orleans, Louisiana metro area from January 01, 2022, until March 31, 2022, resulting in the rescue or recovery of sixteen (16) missing/endangered children.

New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force (USMS Eastern District of Louisiana) sponsored its annual Operation Boo Dat 2021 from mid-October to December 24, 2021. The partnership between New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office (OPSO), Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO), Louisiana State Police (LSP), and U.S.

New Orleans, LA – U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans Task Force U.S.

New Orleans, LA – A U.S. Marshals Service-led, four-month operation in the New Orleans metro area has resulted in the rescue or recovery of 19 children. An additional 20 children were located and/or self-returned during this operation.

New Orleans, LA – The New Orleans Police Department Violent Offender Warrant Squad (NOPD VOWS) and the U.S.

New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force (U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana) sponsored its annual Operation Boo Dat 2020 from October 19 to December 11, 2020.

New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force sponsored a two-month operation in the New Orleans metro area with critical support from state and local law enforcement netted 45 arrests with 27 of the arrests being for violations of the Louisiana Sex Offender Registry.

New Orleans, LA – A U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) led two-month operation in the New Orleans, Louisiana metro area has resulted in the rescue or recovery of 11 children.

Sponsored and funded by the agency's Missing Child Unit (MCU), Operation Summer Rescue 2020 ran from Aug.1 to Sept. 30 and focused on missing and endangered runaways.

New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force and Louisiana State Police (LSP), located and arrested fugitive, John Henry Bartholomew Jr. (32 years old), hiding out at a motel on Highway 182 in Morgan City, Louisiana. He had been featured on local New Orleans metro area news as a fugitive and was aware that law enforcement was looking for him.

New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans Task Force is requesting public assistance in locating New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) fugitive, Roland Nelson Jr.

New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force with support from St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office, LA State Police and the New Orleans Police Department located and arrested St.

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Marshals today elevated the fugitive status of a Mississippi man who allegedly faked his own death to avoid prosecution for raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter.

Jacob Blair Scott, 43, is now a Marshals' 15 Most Wanted fugitive, and authorities are asking the public for information that could lead to his arrest.