Jackson, MS – The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive
Task Force, with assistance from the Choctaw County Sheriff’s Office,
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and Ackerman, Mississippi, Police
Department today arrested the man charged with the murder of his
pregnant girlfriend and a responding Meridian police officer Thursday
night. The suspect, Marquez Bender, 31, was arrested at
approximately 10:15 a.m. (CST) behind a store in the 8900 block of
Mississippi State Highway 12 in Ackerman, Mississippi. A firearm,
believed to have been used in the homicides, was in his possession. Bender had been fired from the Newton, Mississippi, Police
Department two weeks ago. The Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task
Force became fully operational in July 2006 and operates out of USMS
offices throughout Alabama and Mississippi, with its headquarters office
located in Birmingham, Alabama. The GCRFTF partners with numerous
federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies throughout Alabama
and Mississippi continues to recruit other agencies to participate in
the task force.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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