News Releases

Jackson, TN – The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force in Jackson captured Edtavius Gray, 20, on warrants for Attempted First-Degree Murder and Possession of a Firearm During Commission of a Dangerous Felony.

Phoenix, AZ – This evening, Gilberto Buitimea Bacasegua, 52, was extradited back to the United States after his arrest in Sinaloa, Mexico. Bacasegua was wanted by the Peoria Police Department for Sexual Conduct with a Minor, Sexual Abuse and Kidnapping.

Montgomery, AL - The U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force (GCRFTF) arrested an Alabama Department of Corrections escapee May 26.

Tandion Stoudemire, 21, was serving a 23-year sentence for attempted murder out of Montgomery County when he escaped from Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County around 2 a.m., May 25.

Alexandria, VA – The U.S.

Toledo, OH – The United States Marshals Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF), along with the Ohio State Highway Patrol are offering reward for information that directly leads to the arrest of two escaped inmates from Allen Correctional Institution.  

Wausau, WI – The Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force for the Western District of Wisconsin arrested 14 fugitives, including two sex offenders, during a five-day warrant sweep named “Operation Capture Hodag” from May 1-May 5.

Cleveland, OH – The U.S. Marshals Service conducted Operation We Will Find You (OWWFY), a national missing child operation worked in conjunction with federal, state, and local agencies to recover endangered missing children. The Northern District of Ohio (N/OH) was one of sixteen selected regions to take part in this operation due to past success carrying out such operations.

Los Angeles, CA – The U.S.

Philadelphia, PA - Today, at approximately 11:30am, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Brian Amerman, 19, in the 2000 block of East Rush Street in Philadelphia, PA. Amerman was wanted on 2 carjacking warrants and 1 attempted murder warrant. These warrants were issued late in the evening on May 23rd and immediately delegated to the U.S.

Washington, DC – The United States Marshals Service (USMS), along with state and local agencies in 16 federal judicial districts and geographical locations across the U.S., led a 10-week national operation that resulted in the recovery or safe location of 225 endangered missing children, which includes runaways and those abducted by non-custodial persons.

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.  

San Antonio, TX – The United States Marshals Service (USMS), along with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and state and local agencies in 16 federal judicial districts and 15 geographical locations across the U.S., led a 10-week national operation that resulted in the recovery or safe location of 225 endangered missing children, which includes runaw

Dayton, OH – The U.S. Marshals’ Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) with the assistance of the Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested fugitive James Tucker II in Sarasota County, Florida at approximately 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

**UPDATE: James Lee was Apprehended on May 24, 2023 in Kentucky**

**UPDATE: Bradley Gillespie was Found Deceased on May 28, 2023 in Ohio**

Albuquerque, NM – U.S. Marshals in Texas today arrested a convicted New Mexico sex offender on the run nearly 10 months.

Gallup, NM – In April the U.S. Marshals began to aid state and local law enforcement with efforts to locate this missing/endangered juvenile, and on May 19, U.S. Marshals in the Farmington and Santa Fe offices developed information that the juvenile was still in Gallup and responded to the location.

Philadelphia, PA — On May 17, 2023, the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force arrested the second of two men who escaped a Philadelphia prison on May 8th.

Austin, TX – The U.S. Marshals, working with Mexican officials, coordinated the deportation on May 16th of a Travis County resident who was sought by Manor Police Department following a 2016 hit-and-run incident in which a man was killed. 

Cleveland, OH – The U.S. Marshals Service Missing Child Unit in Cleveland, OH has been working in conjunction with the Bellevue Police Department (BPD) and the Huron County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) to locate and recover Dominic Oakes (13). Oakes was reported missing to the Bellevue Police Department on April 4, 2023, after he never returned home from school.

Concord, NH – The U.S. Marshals Service – New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force is pleased to announce that a violent fugitive from Hillsborough County was arrested in North Carolina and is currently being held pending extradition proceedings.