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District News
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September 18, 2008 -
Scores of fugitives – from the Panhandle to the
Keys – are now behind bars courtesy of a U.S. Marshals-led sweep
targeting the “worst-of-the-worst” offenders statewide.
The U.S. Marshals Service, assisted by federal, state and local law
enforcement across Florida, arrested 2,497 fugitives and cleared 2,943
warrants statewide as part of Operation Orange Crush. The results of this
ten-week operation were announced here today by Deputy Attorney General Mark
Filip, U.S. Marshals Service Director John F. Clark and U.S. Marshal
Christina Pharo of the Southern District of Florida.
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January
09, 2008 - A violent fugitive wanted on charges of aggravated
battery on a law enforcement officer and fleeing and eluding police has
been arrested by a team of law enforcement officers led by the U.S.
Marshals in Tampa, Florida. Michael Barnes, 21, of Lauderhill, FL was
arrested after fleeing charges from Miami-Dade County after he led Miami
Beach Police on a high speed chase on December 20, 2007. During this
pursuit Barnes attempted to run over a police officer.
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December
06, 2007 - A major fugitive wanted on outstanding state charges
for attempted premeditated first degree murder has been arrested by a
team of Deputy U.S. Marshals and officers from the Miami Beach Police
Department in Miami Beach, Florida. Michael Ipsan was being sought on a
warrant issued in Miami-Dade County charging him with attempted
premeditated first degree murder.
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12, 2007 - The U.S.
Marshals Broward County Violent Fugitive Task Force has arrested a
man who is wanted in the Orlando area for the repeated sexual
assault of a child under the age of twelve. U.S. Marshals and Orange
County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Lloyd Dubric Mitchell, 66, in Ft.
Lauderdale. Mitchell is charged with 50 counts of sexual battery on
a child under 12 years old.
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February 26, 2007 -
Fugitive Donald Leroy Johnson was arrested February 16, 2007, by
Deputy United States Marshals in Miami, Florida. Johnson was
originally charged with two counts of Child Molestation in Benton
County, Missouri in 2004.
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December 20, 2006 -
Members of the U.S. Marshals led Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team
(FAST) and the Miami-Dade Police Department arrested Julian Dale
Pipkins at a homeless shelter in Miami, Florida. Pipkins was
arrested after fleeing charges originating from the Peachtree City
Police Department and the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia
on charges of child molestation.
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December 05, 2006 - U.S.
Marshals have arrested a convicted child molester who raped a 15
year old girl in Switzerland and fled that country to hide out in
South Florida. 37-year old Franklin Antonio Sanchez, a citizen of
the Dominican Republic, was apprehended in Miami Beach today leaving
his apartment.
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November 02, 2006 - A major arrest was made early this
morning, as the residents of the Miami-Dade area went about their
daily tasks. Hugo Ramon Quesada, age 49, was arrested this morning
by the Federal Police of Argentina (Interpol) in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, after having fled the United States on charges of
homicide.
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