Posted on 04/14/2005 12:14:39 PM PDT by Pyro7480
Roundup Nabs More Than 10,000 Fugitives
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - More than 10,000 fugitives, many wanted for violent crimes, were rounded up over the past week in a coordinated nationwide effort led by U.S. marshals.
Officers from 960 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies took part in the concentrated search, which coincided with Crime Victims Rights Week, officials said. The dragnet caught 10,340 people, some of whom had two or more outstanding arrest warrants, Justice Department officials said.
More than 150 who were arrested were wanted for murder, another 550 were sought on rape or sexual assault charges, and more than 600 had outstanding arrest warrants for armed robbery, officials said. Among those captured were 150 gang members and 100 unregistered sex offenders, they said.
One armed suspect was found beneath a trap door in his kitchen, they said.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Marshals Service director Ben Reyna were to announce details of the roundup later Thursday.
Codenamed "Operation Falcon," the dragnet was the largest ever in numbers of arrests and involved local, state and federal authorities, said Marshals Service spokesman David Turner.
Turner said previous coordinated roundups resulted in arrests in the hundreds, but did not involve as many officers or agencies.
For all of last year, marshals arrested more than 36,000 people wanted on federal warrants, and worked with state and local authorities in catching another 31,600 fugitives, according to the Marshals Service's Web Site.
Among those arrested were escaped prisoners and criminal suspects who did not turn up for court proceedings.
Congress gave the Marshals Service more money and authority to go after fugitives when it refocused the FBI's mission toward stopping terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Turner said. The Marshals Service now has five permanent regional task forces to search for fugitives, he added.
"Lock 'em up!"
where? LOL
now if they deported all the incarcerated illegals then there would be room but then W would have to secure the borders to keep them from returning...
those darn details keep getting in the way!
Wow, imagine how safe our streets would be if the other 51 weeks were Crime Victims Rights Weeks.
Also here. FReegards....
I didn't catch any of the search words in this headline. Uups. FReegards....
Not if the ACLU has their way.
I hope they're all MS-13. Then again, terror-related? Guess time will tell. FReegards....
They should have two of these every month. At least that would make thousands of criminals nervous. It might also clear out some of the illegal rabble.
Move em' on, Head em' up, Head em' up, move em' on
Move em' on, Head em' up, Rawhide!
Cut em' out,. ride em' in, ride em' in, cut em' out,
Cut em' out,.Ride em'in Rawhide!.
Rawhide
Frankie Lane
Did they nab Ted Kennedy in that bunch?
Does this include Michael Schiavo?
OOOH! This should tie up the aclu for a while.
LOL! Thanks alot. Now that song is going to be running through my mind all night.
The Round 'Em Up branch of the gov't must be counting on the Confirm the Judges branch of the gov't to come through in spit-shine order, pronto hasty.
Great news bump!
You got it!
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