Source: US Marshals Service
Van Buren, AR – On Wednesday, January 22nd, Michael Wayne Hall of Van Buren was located and arrested without incident by the U.S. Marshals led Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force at an Amtrack Station in Orlando, Florida.
On December 17, 2024, Hall had been released from custody after serving 120 days in the Crawford County Detention Center and given a suspended sentence on various charges including attempting human trafficking, aggravated assault on a family or household member, and terroristic threatening. On January 15, 2025, Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Holmes, filed a Petition to Revoke his suspended sentence for violating various terms and conditions of his release and a felony warrant was issued.
A joint fugitive investigation between the Van Buren Police Department and U.S. Marshal in Fort Smith lead to information that Hall had left the state and was believed to be in Orlando, Florida. Based on information provided by investigators in Arkansas, members of the U.S. Marshals Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force established surveillance of an Amtrack Station located at 1400 Sligh Blvd in Orlando on Wednesday. Hall was identified by Deputy U.S. Marshals as he was attempting to board a train late Wednesday evening and was arrested without incident. Hall was subsequently taken to the Orange Correctional Center and is pending extradition back to Arkansas. Hall is now facing 36 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
The U.S. Marshals led Western Arkansas Fugitive Task Force combines the efforts of federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies to arrest the most dangerous fugitives. Partner agencies in the Arkansas River Valley currently include the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office, Fort Smith Police Department, Van Buren Police Department, Alma Police Department, and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. In FY 2024, the U.S. Marshals Service apprehended and cleared 33,960 federal fugitive and 57,210 state fugitive cases nationwide.