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For Immediate Release |
Contact: |
| June 16, 2009 |
Chris Deaton, Deputy United States Marshal Tyler, Texas (903) 590-1370 ext. 230 (Office) www.usmarshals.gov/district/tx-e/index.html |
| Smith County Fugitive Arrested in Lancaster, Texas |
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Tomas Cordero aka Tomas Alcoser was arrested by
officers of the U.S. Marshals Dallas Fort Worth Fugitive Apprehension Strike
Team today. Cordero was wanted out of the 114th District Court in Smith
County Texas on a warrant for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The
warrant was issued July 16th 2008 pursuant to an indictment. Information was developed by the U.S. Marshals Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force (JETF) in Tyler that Cordero had fled to the Dallas Fort Worth area and was living under an alias in Lancaster TX. JETFT officers in Tyler requested the assistance of the DFW FAST in apprehending Cordero and this afternoon the Marshals in DFW did just that. Cordero was arrested without incident at a residence in Lancaster and is currently incarcerated in the Dallas county jail awaiting return to Smith County authorities. It is alleged that on July 23rd of 2005, Cordero stabbed another individual in Tyler TX. The case investigation in 2005 was conducted by the Major Crimes Unit of the Tyler Police Department. Annually, investigations carried out by the U.S. Marshals result in the apprehension of approximately 34,000 federal fugitives. More federal fugitives are arrested by Marshals than all other federal agencies combined. The Joint East Texas Fugitive Apprehension Task Force is a team comprised of law enforcement officers from 56 law enforcement agencies in the East Texas area. The task force objective is to seek out and arrest federal, state, and local fugitives, mainly those with violent criminal histories to include sex offenders. Last year, U.S. Marshals task forces arrested more than 27,000 state and local fugitives on felony charges. Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov. |