Category: Legal Issues

Austin, TX – Members of the U.S. Marshals-led Lone Star Fugitive Task Force Sunday afternoon arrested a man sought on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and deadly conduct stemming from an incident Jan. 9. 

Policarpio Galvan-Garcia, aka Antonio Rivera-Lopez, 43, an undocumented immigrant, was a suspect in the incident in the 10300 block of Golden Meadow Drive in Austin, where authorities were dispatched to a shots fired call for service. 

The Austin Police Department arrived on scene and observed several spent shell casings, a fired round in the front door of a residence, and a ring doorbell that had been shot. The Austin Police Aggravated Assault Unit was called to the scene to further the investigation. On Jan. 12, the Austin Police Department learned from the Round Rock Police Department that Galvan-Garcia was a suspect of orchestrating an aggravated kidnapping Jan. 8, in which two women were taken at gun point from a local business parking lot. 

Austin police obtained a warrant for Galvan-Garcia’s arrest Jan. 13 and requested assistance from the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force to locate and apprehend him. Members of the task force immediately initiated a fugitive investigation on his whereabouts. 

On Jan. 14, members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in the Austin Division located and surrounded Galvan-Garcia and multiple occupants in a vehicle at the intersection of Rocking Chair Drive and Little Snake Way in Georgetown and arrested him without incident. 

The vehicle was occupied by three additional males, two of whom were placed under arrest pending local investigations for aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping and engaging in organized crime. The third occupant was a victim who had been kidnapped. He was safely recovered and treated on-scene for a minor injury to his forehead.  

Galvan-Garcia was transported and booked into the Travis County Jail where he was later identified as Policarpio Galvan-Garcia. 

According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Galvan-Garcia is an undocumented immigrant with a prior deportation from the U.S. in 2016.    

Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin:

• Austin Police Department-Tactical Intelligence Unit
• Georgetown, Round Rock, and San Marcos Police Department
• Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
• Texas Attorney General’s Office
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice OIG
• Texas Department of Public Safety
• U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
• U.S. DHS/Homeland Security Investigations

Dyersburg, TN – On January 24th, 2024, U.S. Marshals (USMS) and the Dyersburg Police Department captured a Wisconsin fugitive in West Tennessee.

Joseph Walker, 35, of Racine, was wanted for First Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Felony Theft of a Firearm, and Felony Bail Jumping for an alleged crime that occurred on January 14th in Racine. The case was adopted by the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force in Milwaukee. They developed information that Walker had fled Wisconsin and was possibly in Dyersburg. The USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force in Jackson was requested to assist in finding Walker.

The fugitive investigation led the task force to a residence on Wabash Circle in Dyersburg. Walker was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Dyer County Jail as he awaits extradition back to Wisconsin.

The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) is a multi-agency task force within Western Tennessee. The TRVFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby, Fayette, and Tipton County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis and Jackson Police Officers, and the Tennessee Department of Correction Special Agents. The primary mission of the Task Force is to arrest violent offenders and sexual predators.

Philadelphia, PA — The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a murder suspect who escaped custody Jan. 24 during a transport to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Shane Pryor, 17, who was in custody for a 2020 murder, escaped from his escorting staff at 11:51 a.m. and five minutes later was observed on video in the lobby of the Hub for Clinical Collaboration building. Pryor asked an employee to use a phone and, after being denied, Pryor then exited the building. By 12:29 p.m., investigators believe Pryor had obtained transportion out of University City. A stolen Ford F-150, previously believed to be used by Pryor is no longer being sought as part of this investigation. 

A warrant for escape was issued by the Philadelphia Police Department for Pryor, and the U.S. Marshals Violent Crimes Fugitive Task and Philadelphia Homicide Unit are conducting a joint investigation.  

A reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to Pryor’s arrest is being offered by the Marshals Service. The reward will be processed immediately upon arrest and the recipient will remain anonymous.  

Pryor stands 5 feet 7 inches and weighs approximately 150 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. His last known address was in the 8200 block of Henry Avenue in Philadelphia. 

“Shane Pryor is a dangerous and desperate individual and we will use every available resource to bring him back into custody,” said Robert Clark, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal. “Anyone who is found assisting him in his flight will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” 

Tips can be called into the U.S. Marshals Philadelphia Tipline at 1-866-865-TIPS (8477) or you can submit a USMS Web Tip.

The Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force is a team of law enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties. The task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest violent crime fugitives. Membership agencies include the Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania State Parole Officers, Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Attorney General Agents, Chester Police Department, and Bucks County Sheriffs.

New York, NY – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force (NY/NJRFTF), with assistance from the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU), today apprehended a man wanted for the Jan. 6 rape of a 10-year-old girl he allegedly lured to his apartment in East Harlem.   

Drequan Howard purportedly met the victim through an online social application and quickly arranged for an in-person meeting in Harlem before attacking her in his apartment and fleeing on foot. 

After the crime was reported, the case was adopted by the USMS NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force, working closely with NYPD’s SVU, Jan. 18. 

Investigators quickly identified the unknown perpetrator and conducted multiple interviews with the defendant’s family before negotiating a self-surrender at NYPD’s 25th Precinct through his family’s attorney early today. 

The defendant remains in state custody pending possible adoption of federal charges by the Southern District of New York.

Ralph Sozio, the U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of New York, praised the effort, and said, “The superb RFTF police work and joint effort with the NYPD’s SVU demonstrates our continued commitment to our responsibilities under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act to assist state, local, tribal and territorial authorities. There is no substitute for rapid, collaborative police work when it comes to tracking and apprehending perpetrators of this despicable crime. It is especially satisfying when we can bring closure to the victim’s family by arresting this defendant to face justice. I want to thank the men and women of the NY/NJ RFTF and the NYPD for their dedicated coordination in executing this mission quickly and without incident.”

The New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force began operations in April 2002 and was the first regional fugitive task force to become fully operational following the Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000. The NY/NJRFTF was the flagship that has allowed seven other regional fugitive task forces to be created across the country. With partnership agreements with over 90 federal, state, or local agencies and 13 fully operational offices, the NY/NJRFTF has successfully apprehended over 95,000 fugitives since inception.