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District News
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October 17, 2009
- Bernard Baker AKA: Scrappy, was
apprehended at a home on Schoolhouse Road in Columbia, SC. Baker is a
fugitive from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is a suspect in a
Homicide/Murder that took place on August 16, 2008. The U.S. Marshals
Task Force, Operation Intercept received a request for investigative
assistance on August 1, 2009 based on information gathered leading
investigators to believe Baker had fled to South Carolina.
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April 10,
2009 – Michael
Angelo Young was arrested without incident at a relative’s home on
Wednesday, April 8. Young, 29, was the subject of Wyandotte County, KS
warrants for First Degree Murder and Aggravated Battery. The warrants
stem from a shooting incident that occurred in October 2008. =
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April 9,
2009 - Edward Porta, a former resident
of the Spartanburg area, was the President of Porta Textiles and Porta
Technologies, companies with extensive business contacts within the North
American textile industry. On December 20, 2005, Porta pled guilty in the
U.S. District Court in Asheville, North Carolina to the charge of Conspiracy
to Defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture. On May 2, 2007, Porta was
sentenced to 38 months imprisonment for his role in the elaborate cotton
import/export scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as
well as banks and businesses in the U.S. and Mexico, to the tune of over 2.5
million dollars. On February 25, 2008, Porta was discovered missing
following a scheduled prisoner count at the United States Penitentiary Lee
County (VA) Satellite Camp. He has been on the run since that date and has
been charged with Escape.
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April 6, 2009
- Edward Woods was arrested without incident on Saturday, April 4.
Woods, also known as Edward Aiken, was the subject of a 1991
Williamson County (TX) warrant charging him with Failure to Appear
on an original charge of Indecency with a Child. He had been on the
run for 18 years. Woods, 42, was booked into the Lexington County
Detention Center awaiting extradition proceedings. The Marshals
fugitive task force, Operation Intercept, received information from
Texas last week that Woods was possibly living off of Biddle Road in
Lexington. Lexington County Investigators and Deputy Marshals in
Columbia began surveillance shortly after receiving the information
and were able to apprehend Woods.
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April 4, 2009 -
Thomas Outing was arrested without incident in Philadelphia, PA just after
11:00 this morning. Outing was the subject of a Lexington County warrant for
murder. He was booked into a local jail awaiting extradition proceedings.
Lexington County Investigators and Deputy Marshals in Columbia tracked
Outing to Philadelphia early last week and provided that information to
Deputy Marshals in Philadelphia.
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September 05, 2008
- Johnnie Elvin McKelvey was taken into
custody without incident yesterday in Jacksonville, FL. McKelvey, 45, is
alleged to have failed to appear to begin service of a federal prison
sentence in January 2004. McKelvey was convicted on a federal charge of
Felon in Possession of a Firearm in late 2003 and ordered to serve 180
months. He had been on the run for over four years. McKelvey’s long time
girlfriend, Paula Glenn, was also arrested yesterday in Monck’s Corner.
Glenn, 43, was charged in federal court with Concealing a Person from
Arrest.
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September
04, 2008 - Harendra Kumar Patel was arrested on Wednesday
September 3, 2008 by the U.S. Marshals. Deputy Marshals advise Patel has
been a fugitive from the Crown Court of Leicester, England after
allegedly being charged with Fraudulent Evasion of the Duty Payable on
Goods over One Million Dollars. South Carolina Marshals arrested Patel
at the Blue Bay Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC.
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August 22, 2008 -
Barbara Glenn also known as Barbara Corley of Piedmont, SC was arrested by
the U.S. Marshals Task Force, Operation Intercept. Task Force Officers
advise Corley has been a fugitive for thirty-five (35) years after allegedly
escaping from the Detroit House of Corrections in Plymouth, Michigan. South
Carolina Marshals arrested Corley at a residence on Reserve Drive in
Piedmont, SC.
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March 05, 2008 -
John Walter Wynn was arrested without incident Monday night in Conway. Wynn,
41, was the subject of a February 2006 Prince George County (Maryland)
warrant for murder. Wynn is alleged to have shot his female victim multiple
times before fleeing Maryland and eventually landing in Conway. He had been
a fugitive for over two years.
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February 26, 2008
- The United States Marshals Service is
offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the
arrest of Joshua Seibles. This reward is in addition to the
reward already being offered by Crimestoppers. Seibles is the
subject of a Kershaw County warrant for Escape. Investigators
believe that Seibles could still be in Columbia in the area of West
Beltline Boulevard and Two Notch Road. Anyone with information on
the whereabouts of Seibles should call the Marshals at 803-765-5821
or Crimestoppers at 888-559-TIPS (8477).
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January 19,
2008 - Terry Lowry, 59, was taken into custody this morning in
Allendale County. Lowry, a native of Norman Park (GA), is alleged to have
escaped from the Federal Correctional Institution in Estill on Tuesday,
January 15. Deputies believe that he had been living in the woods since he
was discovered missing from Estill earlier this week. Lowry was serving a 54
month federal sentence on cocaine charges that originated in the Southern
District of Georgia.
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September 14, 2007 -
In one of the largest fugitive initiatives ever undertaken in
South Carolina, the U.S. Marshals Service teamed with law
enforcement agencies throughout the state to arrest 540
fugitives and clear 939 warrants during a recent 16 day sweep.
Led by the U.S. Marshals Service, Operation FALCON (Federal and
Local Cops Organized Nationally) is an ongoing, multi-city,
nationwide law enforcement effort. The operation targets persons
wanted for sexual offenses, other violent crimes and narcotics
violations.
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September 07, 2007 - Dominic Lyde is scheduled to be profiled this weekend on the FOX television show America’s
Most Wanted. Lyde, 22, is the subject of Richland County
warrants for Armed Robbery, Kidnapping and Assault and Battery
of a High and Aggravated Nature.
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June 29, 2007 - The
United States Marshals Service, the Lexington County Sheriff’s
Department and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department have
arrested three men that were wanted by Lexington County for
Failure to Register as Sex Offenders.
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June 05, 2007 -
Travis Jamal Lawson was taken into custody in Atlanta today by
members of the Marshals’ Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force
(SERFTF). Lawson, 28, was the subject of December 2006 Richland
County warrants for Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor and
Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature.
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June 04, 2007 - Juan
Manuel Sanchez was apprehended today by deputy marshals in
Memphis ,TN. He had been on the run for almost 14 years.
Sanchez, 31, was the subject of (4) August 1993 Lexington County
warrants accusing him of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor.
Sanchez was booked into the Shelby County Jail awaiting
extradition proceedings.
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June 01, 2007 -
Kelvin Holman was taken into custody just after 3:00 PM today in
Aiken County. Holman, who was one of the Marshals' Top 10 South
Carolina fugitives, was the subject of a Federal Bond Violation
warrant alleging that he failed to appear for sentencing after
being convicted of a Cocaine Conspiracy.
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May 16, 2007 -
Members of Operation Intercept located and apprehended Norton
Lionel Byrd, Jr. today. Byrd was the subject of (2) Assault and
Battery with Intent to Kill warrants from Chesterfield County.
Byrd is alleged to have stabbed two patrons of Shirley’s Lounge
in Society Hill on April 18th. He was booked into the Darlington
County Detention Center awaiting court proceedings.
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April 18, 2007 -
Reggie Pinkney was apprehended on 04/17 in Chadbourne, NC by
members of the Marshals’ Operation Intercept and deputy marshals
from the Eastern District of North Carolina. Pinkney, 27, was
the subject of an October 2005 Horry County warrant for Failure
to Appear on a Trafficking Cocaine charge and a December 2005
warrant for a state Probation Violation.
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March 21, 2007 -
Martin Garcia-Gonzalez was apprehended late Monday night in
Edinburg, Texas as he attempted to run out the back door of his
mobile home. Garcia-Gonzalez was the subject of a 1994 federal
warrant charging him with escape from FCI Estill.
Garcia-Gonzalez’s trail had gone cold for almost 13 years before
deputy marshals in South Carolina picked it up in Florida late
last year.
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January 26, 2007 - Jesse Merle Keffler was taken into
custody without incident by members of the Marshals’ Operation
Intercept fugitive task force today. Keffler, 35, was the first
person in South Carolina to be arrested under the new Adam Walsh
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
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November 22, 2006 - John Wilcox was taken into custody
today in Miami, FL. Wilcox, 41, was the subject of a 1991 South
Carolina Probation warrant alleging that he absconded from
supervision. He was originally charged in 1989 in Orangeburg
County with Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine.
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November 06, 2006 - Rafael Horlbeck was apprehended this
morning by members of the Marshals’ Operation Intercept fugitive
task force. Horlbeck, 19, was the subject of a North Charleston
warrant for Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor and a
Charleston warrant for a homicide that occurred on Hanover
Street in October.
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November 02, 2006 - Deputy United States Marshals teamed
up with thousands of fellow federal, state, and local law
enforcement agencies to conduct the largest ever round up of
fugitive sex-offenders and wanted gang members. Dubbed
“Operation FALCON III” (Federal And Local Cops Organized
Nationally), Deputy Marshals and their fellow task force members
arrested 10,773 felony fugitives.
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