Philadelphia, PA – Members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern
Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, arrested Aaron Sims,
27, in relation to a fatal January 2020 accident which occurred on
Philadelphia’s Vine Street Expressway. After toxicology reports
determined THC in Aaron Sims system and a blood-alcohol limit twice the
legal limit, a warrant was obtained by the Pennsylvania State Police
last June. Sims then became a fugitive and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive
Task Force in Philadelphia adopted the case and began an investigation.
This morning, Deputy Marshals developed
information Sims may be visiting an associate in West Philadelphia. At
approximately 12:00pm, task force investigators from Philadelphia
established surveillance in an area they believed Sims would be located.
At 12:45pm, task force investigators observed Sims enter a maroon
Mercury Grand Marquis. A vehicle stop was then conducted by numerous
vehicles of the Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force in the 4100 block of
Chestnut Street and Sims was arrested without incident. Sims was then
transported by Marshals to the Pennsylvania State Police Belmont
Barracks.
This investigation included members of the
Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Philadelphia and New Jersey. Eric
Gartner, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania stated,
“No parent should ever endure the loss of a child. We thank the public
for assisting us in the apprehension of Aaron Sims. We hope the
Robertson family can now have some semblance of closure after Chloe’s
tragic loss.”
The Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive
Task Force is a team of law enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals in
Philadelphia and the surrounding counties. The task force’s objective is
to seek out and arrest violent crime fugitives. Membership agencies
include the Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania State Parole
Officers, Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Attorney General
Agents, Chester Police Department, and Bucks County Sheriffs.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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