U.S. Marshals Announce Task Force Arrests

Baton Rouge, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service announces another successful year for their Middle District of Louisiana Fugitive Task Force. Even though COVID-19 affected operations several times in 2021, the task…

U.S. Marshals New Orleans Task Force Arrest Sex Offender FugitiveAlfred ‘Al’ Anderson With Crimestoppers GNO Tip

New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force along with the New Orleans Police Department, LA Probation and Parole, and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested non-compliant…

U.S. Marshals Help ‘Clean Up the Streets’ After Friday’s Snowstorm

Portland, ME – Shovelers, snowblowers and plow trucks drivers were not the only ones out during Friday’s snowstorm. A team of U.S. Marshals, state and local authorities were out on the hunt…

Authorities Endure Freezing Temperatures in Order to Capture Massachusetts Fugitive in Maine

Portland, ME – Snowmobiles and Ice Fisherman were not the only ones out on Embden Pond this morning. A team of federal, state, and local authorities surrounded a residence in Embden, Maine…

Wanted Homicide Subject Repatriated to the United States

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents, through international collaboration efforts, coordinated the repatriation of a United States citizen with an arrest warrant for homicide out of Hidalgo…

RGV Agents Apprehend 18 Criminal Migrants

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested and identified 12 gang members, and six migrants with criminal convictions, to include homicide and sexual crimes against children. These…

Four Vehicle Pursuits and a Stash House Leads to 36 Arrests

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted five migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 36 arrests. These five migrant smuggling events occurred within a four-hour time frame in…

Three Failed Smuggling Attempts Lead to 19 Arrests

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 19 arrests. On Feb. 25, a vehicle approached the primary inspection lane at the…

Lost Migrant Rescued Over the Weekend

OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued an undocumented individual in the Jacumba Wilderness region near Ocotillo, Sunday evening. The rescue was initiated at approximately 5:39 p.m.,…

Two Philadelphia Men Convicted of Running Credit Card Fraud Ring Using 200,000+ Stolen Accounts

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Malan Doumbia, 38, and Souleymane Diarra, 36, both of Philadelphia, PA, were convicted after trial of nine counts including conspiracy to commit…

Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Elderly Woman in Crash on Christmas Eve, Fleeing Scene

JACKSON, NJ – A Jackson Township man has pled guilty to fleeing the scene of a fatal crash that occurred on Christmas Eve in 2020. Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez, 27, of Jackson, pled guilty…

South Texas man admits to smuggling cocaine on passenger bus

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 21-year-old Hidalgo County man has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute 4.5 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Today, Matthew Ethan Joseph…

Human Smuggler Sentenced for Transporting and Harboring Over 100 Undocumented Noncitizens

TUCSON, Ariz. – Amalia Gonzalez-Lara, 43, of Oaxaca, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to 21 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.…

Mexican man charged with assaulting federal officer

LAREDO, Texas – A 44-year-old non-U.S. citizen illegally residing in Laredo has been charged with assaulting a Border Patrol (BP) agent and unlawfully transporting illegal citizens within the United States, announced U.S.…

Two El Salvadoran Men Plead Guilty to Unlawful Transportation of Illegal Aliens

Gulfport, Miss. – Two El Salvadoran nationals pleaded guilty to the federal felony offense of unlawful transportation of an alien within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, Special Agent…

Nearly 50 pounds of heroin washed ashore at Florida wildlife refuge

WABASSO, FL – A visitor at a wildlife preserve in Florida found a 45-pound bag of heroin that washed ashore near Pelican Island Wiled Life Refuge. “A drug dealer is missing 45…

Tucson Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Attempting to Smuggle Noncitizens in Water Tanker Truck

TUCSON, Ariz. – Last week, Sean Christopher Hale, 33, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised…

Guatemalan Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Return After Removal

Gulfport, Miss. – A Guatemalan national pleaded guilty to the federal felony offense of unlawful return of an alien after deportation or removal, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca, Chief Patrol Agent Jason…

Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging Florida Man with Human Smuggling

MINNEAPOLIS – Steve Anthony Shand, 47, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of human smuggling, announced Acting United States Attorney Charles J. Kovats. According to court documents,…

Mexican National Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Illegal Re-entry into the United States

PECOS – On Tuesday, a Mexican national was sentenced to a total of 60 months in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States after previously being removed by immigration authorities. According to…

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