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US Marshals nab 249 Seattle area fugitives in ONE WEEK
Edited for brevityDeputy U.S. marshals, state troopers and Seattle police pulled on their bulletproof vests as they prepared to hit a Renton home. Inside, they expected to find a 37-year-old man wanted for child molestation. Moments later, the cops emerged, looking disappointed. The fugitive wasn't there. The Friday raid didn't resemble a Hollywood movie. The Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force doesn't always get its man. But judging by the results of last week's fugitive sweep, dubbed Operation Falcon, they usually do. No one was shot. There were no high-speed chases. But by the end of the week, the interagency task force led by the U.S. Marshals Service in Seattle had arrested 249 fugitives -- including alleged rapists, child abusers, drug traffickers and other violent felons. The operation took some of the worst fugitives in Western Washington off the streets, said Tom Lanier, a supervisory deputy at the Marshals Service. On Friday, after almost a week of extremely long days, Lanier was looking tired -- but satisfied. Eight teams of cops cleared 311 felony warrants. They arrested 35 sex offenders, 19 weapons offenders and 10 known gang members. They also seized assorted firearms. Violent gang members and sex offenders were priority targets, culled from a list of 3,000 outstanding arrest warrants provided by participating law enforcement agencies, Lanier said. Of course, this being the Seattle P-I, they have to start off the article with a negative tidbit in an attempt to taint the overall good news, but it *is* great to hear ~70 fugitives/day were getting nabbed last week! Posted by: Dar 2007-08-29 |
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