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Almost 400 fugitives wanted in Southeast Michigan -- including gang members, suspected murderers and sex offenders -- were nabbed over the past six weeks as part of a nationwide initiative by the U.S. Marshals Service to nab some of the nation's most violent criminals.
Authorities also recovered 17 children who had been abducted and reported missing, Mark Hicks reports in the Detroit News.
Operation Violence Reduction12 was conducted over six weeks in all 94 federal judicial districts nationwide, netted more than 8,000 fugitives, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
“Through Operation VR-12, over 8,000 violent fugitives who preyed on our communities were tracked down, arrested and put behind bars,” Deputy Attorney General Yates said in a statement. “Thanks to the strategic and focused efforts of the U.S. Marshals Service and their law enforcement partners, our nation’s streets are now rid of over 500 accused murderers, 600 gang members and nearly 1,000 sex offenders. Fugitives initiated gun battles, forced barricaded standoffs, assaulted officers and did everything they could to evade arrest – but our Deputy Marshals, together with their law enforcement partners, stood firm and succeeded in capturing the bad guys.”
One of the more notable arrests in Michigan, The News says, is of Timothy Terry -- wanted by Detroit police in a man’s fatal shooting outside a west side Home Depot. The U.S. Marshals-led Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team found information that led to his arrest in Ohio.
