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| US Marshals nab 249 Seattle area fugitives in ONE WEEK |
| 2007-08-29 |
| Edited for brevity Deputy 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 |
| #10 USN, Ret., getcherass over to the Chimacum Cafe. Two dozen—yup, two dozen—different kinds of pie, real ice cream milkshakes and the best damned chicken fried steak on the Pacific Coast. Chimacum Cafe 9253 Rhody Dr Chimacum, WA 98325 360-732-4631 It is a must-stop location for me whenever I make the loop through Ruby Beach, the Ho River rainforest, La Push, Hurricane Ridge and Port Townsend. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-29 16:43 |
| #9 ms: cannot speak for others, but the libs have pretty much taken the soul out of the town; between a taxpayer funded flop house for drunks(can't have them on the streets becasue that would be unsightly, so they get their own place to drink) and running amok with ill thought out mass transit ideas ( street cars, monorail, etc) and $600k self cleaning robo toilets the dems have pretty well phuqued the place up. glad i live north out on one the many islands in the sound. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-08-29 15:57 |
| #8 Tip-o-the-Iceberg, I'm afraid. To any fellow RB'ers in the SeaTac area, what the hell has happened to your town? Every time I go back there it seems to be more and more degenerate. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-08-29 15:47 |
| #7 But they still haven't found the 2 guys on the ferry snooping around. guess the lefties have got them stashed away pretty good. FYI, there were 2 middle eastern guys looking at ferry operations, somebody snapped their picture, the FBI got involved, posted it and now all the libs are a-twitter about their rights being trampled. who cares if / when a ferry blows up on the Seattle water front....? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-08-29 14:45 |
| #6 Um... please pardon my math... I guess 249 / 7 ~= 36 fugitives/day. Obviously I forgot to carry the 8. :-P |
| Posted by: Dar 2007-08-29 10:14 |
| #5 Were any of them Arabic looking men who frequent ferries? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-08-29 10:10 |
| #4 As I recall, the last elections were close there. With this many democrats off the street, Washington may become a red state. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-08-29 09:53 |
| #3 Zenster, you see, illegal immigrants are a federal government problem, so local police can't ... Oh, wait. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-08-29 08:31 |
| #2 But remember, there's absolutely no way in hell we could ever use similar tactics to track down all the illegal aliens within our borders. Nosiree, Bob. Can't do it. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-29 01:51 |
| #1 Did the bust the whole State legislature? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-08-29 00:28 |