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San Antonio, TX – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF), with the assistance of the USMS Special Operations Group (SOG), successfully apprehended a juvenile fugitive wanted in connection with a homicide that occurred in December 2023.

According to information obtained by the Converse Police Department (CPD), the juvenile was identified as a suspect in the ambush-style murder of a 22-year-old woman that occurred in December 2023 in the 8900 block of Arundal Garden in Converse, Texas. The victim was fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle outside her residence. The attack was executed using at least two high-caliber, semi-automatic rifles.

Following a comprehensive investigation by CPD and the Texas Rangers, the juvenile was positively identified as one of two individuals suspected of committing homicide. The second suspect was reportedly killed in April 2024.

In February 2025, CPD formally requested assistance from the USMS Lone Star Fugitive Task Force to locate and apprehend the juvenile suspect. During the early stages of the investigation, LSFTF developed intelligence linking the suspect to a local violent criminal gang known to law enforcement for its involvement in armed robberies, narcotics trafficking, and homicides. Due to the gang’s history of violence and access to high-powered firearms, the agency’s Special Operations Group was activated to assist in the apprehension.

In the early hours of Monday morning, members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and the USMS Special Operations Group located and apprehended the juvenile without incident in the 5000 block of Eunice Street, in San Antonio, Texas.

“Apprehending violent, dangerous fugitives is one of the U.S. Marshals Service’s primary missions,” said Susan Pamerleau, U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Texas. “It is deeply troubling that a juvenile was identified as a suspect in such a brutal and calculated murder, one that demonstrated a blatant disregard for human life.”

Pamerleau added, “Our deputies remain committed to working alongside our local law enforcement partners to bring to justice anyone who commits violence in the Alamo City.”

The U.S. Marshals Service Special Operations Group (SOG), established in 1971, is one of the nation’s first federal tactical units. SOG is a specially trained, rapidly deployable law enforcement element capable of executing complex and high-risk operations worldwide in support of the rule of law. These enhanced tactical capabilities are leveraged in furtherance of the Marshals Service mission and the broader objectives of the U.S. Department of Justice to protect, defend, and enforce the integrity of the federal judicial system.

The U.S. Marshals Service encourages the community to continue to collaborate with our deputies on tips that help find the whereabouts of a fugitive by contacting our local office at (210) 657-8500 or calling the U.S. Marshals Service Communication Center at 1 (800) 336-0102. You can also submit tips online via the USMS Tips App.

Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force San Antonio:

• Bexar County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO)
• Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS)
• Texas Attorney General’s Office (TXAGO)
• Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
• New Braunfels Police Department (NBPD)
• Texas Board of Criminal Justice OIG (TBCJ)
• Bexar County District Attorney’s Office (BCDA)
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• U.S. Marshal Service (USMS)

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Atlanta, GA – Late last night, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in Atlanta, GA, along with the Atlanta Police Department, arrested wanted fugitive Tyrone Lamarr Hoskins, 34.  Hoskins was wanted by three different agencies in northern Ohio.  He was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service for federal supervised release violations, with an underlying offense of federal weapons violations.  He was also wanted by the Toledo Police Department for aggravated riot, and by the Ohio Adult Parole Authority for various parole violations with an underlying offense of manslaughter.

Hoskins was involved in an incident at the Franklin Park Mall with at least four other individuals, resulting in the aggravated riot charge.  Since then, state parole and federal probation violation warrants were issued.  The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) have been looking for Hoskins since September of last year.  In October 2024, Hoskins was featured as a wanted fugitive in the local media in the Toledo area.

Recently, members of the NOVFTF gathered information that Hoskins may have fled to the Atlanta, Georgia area. Information about Hoskins whereabouts was given to the U.S. Marshals in Atlanta who quickly acted on the information.  They were able to locate Hoskins in a vehicle he was known to drive.  Deputies with USMS and officers with the Atlanta Police Department arrested Hoskins without incident in the700 block of Morosgo Dr. NE.  Hoskins will remain in custody in the Atlanta area until he can be extradited back to northern Ohio to answer for the charges against him.

U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott stated, “Here is another example of a violent fugitive who thought he could run from authorities and not have to answer for the crimes he has committed here in Ohio.  With the long reach of the USMS and dedicated work by investigators, this fugitive is behind bars.”

Anyone with information concerning a wanted fugitive can contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED (1-866-492-6833), or you can submit a web tip. Reward money is available, and tipsters may remain anonymous.  Follow the U.S. Marshals on Twitter @USMSCleveland.  

The NOVFTF Toledo Division consists of the following federal, state and local agencies:  The United States Marshals Service, Lucas County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio Adult Parole Authority, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Toledo Police Department, Ohio State Highway Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Wood County Sheriff’s Office.   

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Austin, TX – The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force Apr. 24 arrested a mother sought by Austin Police for injury to a child following an incident Apr. 3 that resulted in the hospitalization of a 7-year-old victim. 

Virginia Marie Gonzalez, 33, of Austin, is alleged to have committed injury to her child that was found malnourished, soiled and barricaded in a bedroom closet in the 5500 block of Ross Road. According to an affidavit by an investigator with the Austin PD Child Abuse Unit, Gonzalez barricaded her child in the closet for a month and fed her one corn dog and half a cup of water a day.

The victim was transported to Dell Children’s Medical Center with signs of malnourishment. 

Following an investigation, the APD Child Abuse Unit obtained a warrant in the City of Austin Municipal Court and requested immediate assistance from the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force-Austin Division to locate and apprehend Gonzalez. 

Members of the task force initiated a fugitive investigation and surrounded and arrested Gonzalez at the intersection of Cambourne Drive and Harris Ridge Blvd, following a fifteen-day investigation on her whereabouts.

Gonzalez was transported to the APD Child Abuse Unit and booked into the Travis County Jail where she will await judicial proceedings.  

Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin:

• Austin Police Department-Tactical Intelligence Unit
• Georgetown, Round Rock, and San Marcos Police Department
• 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

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Minneapolis, MN – On Thursday, April 24, 2025, the North Star Fugitive Task Force in the District of Minnesota located and arrested Shalene Ball of South Dakota at the 3100 block of Coachman Road in Eagan, Minnesota. Ball was wanted on a Federal Supervised Release Violation however authorities in South Dakota and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension posted on their flier “she is believed to be endangered as law enforcement has received information that she is being held against her will.” It was also noted that Ball had not been in contact with her family since February 26, 2025. In a Facebook post on April 17, Ashley Renae wrote “my cousin Shalene Ball is missing. If anyone has any information, please reach out to me or Sioux Falls Police Department.”

When members of the North Star Fugitive Task Force located Ball, she was taken into custody without incident but had signs of trauma and physical abuse. Ball was transported to a local hospital to be evaluated before being released and booked into Sherburne County Jail. 

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Memphis, TN – On April 30, 2025, Taylor McKinney, 22, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) for a deadly shooting in Memphis.

On March 13, 2025, Deonte’ Reed was found shot to death, and a female suffering from a gunshot wound at the 200 block of Chelsea Avenue in Memphis. Following an investigation by the Memphis Police Department (MPD), on April 9, 2025, warrants for First Degree Murder, Criminal Attempt First Degree Murder, Especially Aggravated Robbery, and Employing a Firearm with the Intent to Commit a Felony were issued for Taylor McKinney for this incident. The fugitive case was adopted by the USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Memphis.

Yesterday, the USMS determined that McKinney was at a residence in the 5900 block of Hickory Hill Square in Memphis. The USMS, joined by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Team, went to the residence and took McKinney into custody without incident. He was transported to the Shelby County Jail.

“We recognize the recent escalation of deadly shootings in the City of Memphis,” said United States Marshal Tyreece Miller. “I commend the work of MPD on solving these cases, as the U.S. Marshals Service remains steadfast in our efforts to remove dangerous trigger pullers from the streets.”

The U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force 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, Tipton, and Gibson County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis and Jackson Police Officers, Tennessee Department of Correction Special Agents and the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Since 2021, the TRVFTF has captured over 3,000 violent offenders and sexual predators.

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New Haven, CT – The U.S. Marshals, working with the Waterbury Police Department, today arrested in Waterbury a man wanted in New York as a fugitive from justice.      

Dimitrius Davis, 34, had been released on bond in September 2023 following an arrest in Buffalo, New York, for criminal possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance. After he failed to appear Aug. 5, 2024, before an Erie County, New York, judge, the judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest.  

After law enforcement attempts to locate Davis were unsuccessful, the U.S. Marshals in New York adopted the case and began working the with the USMS in Connecticut and the Waterbury police after developing information that Davis was at a residence in Waterbury.

Early today the Waterbury police and USMS Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Davis in the 30 block of Wall Street in Waterbury. Recovered from the residence was a Savage Arms 12-gauge shotgun, Cobra Enterprise handgun, 100 rounds of 12-gauge shotgun ammunition and 1,000 rounds of .22 ammunition.

Davis was transported to the Waterbury Police Department and charged as a fugitive from justice and with two counts of felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of  felon in possession of ammunition.

Since the inception of the U.S. Marshals – Connecticut Violent Fugitive Task Force in 1999, these partnerships have resulted in over 11,046 arrests. The task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest violent fugitives and sexual predators. Membership agencies include Hartford, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Naugatuck and Waterbury Police Departments and Homeland Security Investigations. These arrests have ranged in seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses. Nationally the U.S. Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive task forces, eight regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.

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Martinsburg, WV – Members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force, with the assistance of the Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) arrested a woman on an outstanding felony warrant issued out of Berkeley County, West Virginia.

Rhonda Shannon Cox, 36 was charged with one count of child abuse resulting in injury in Berkeley County, West Virginia in November 2022. In September of 2024, the warrant was referred to the U.S. Marshals Service task force for apprehension.

Upon receipt of the case, Investigators from the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force developed information Cox had fled the area. Investigators believed she was now residing in Maryland. Earlier today, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) received additional information, which led officers to the Wood Spring Suites in Camp Springs, Maryland. Officers located Cox at the hotel and arrested her without incident.

Cox was charged as a fugitive from justice and taken to Prince Georges County Jail and awaits extradition back to West Virginia. Questions regarding this case should be directed to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department.

“The Sheriff’s office did an outstanding job investigating the abuse of the children and obtaining a warrant for the alleged perpetrator.” Said Acting U.S. Marshal Terry Moore, “Their Deputy on our task force was able to use our extended resources to locate and arrest the subject of the investigation.”

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Baltimore, MD – The U.S. Marshals Service has concluded a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative aimed at combating violent crime in Baltimore and the surrounding communities. The United States Marshals Service’s Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF), in close collaboration with the District of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department, and other task force partners launched Operation Triple Beam (OTB) in December 2024. OTB was a community-focused, strategic initiative focused on the reduction of violence and the disruption of organized criminal activity within Baltimore communities. The operation, which concluded on April 14th, resulted in the arrest of 318 fugitives, violent criminals, sex offenders and self-identified gang members.

“Ensuring public safety is at the very heart of our mission and Operation Triple Beam is a great example of what the Marshals Service, together with its state and local law enforcement partners can achieve,” said District of Maryland’s United States Marshal Clinton J. Fuchs.  “Our community is safer today as a result of these efforts.”      

From the months of December through April 14th, the U.S. Marshals Service used its broad arrest authority and network of task force partners to arrest individuals wanted on charges including 36 for homicide, 54 for attempted murder, 65 for robbery, 86 for assault, 20 for sexual offenses, and 20 for weapon offenses. Law enforcement officials closed 330 warrants during the operation and seized 88 firearms and 3.62 kilograms of narcotics. The operation also resulted in the arrest of 74 confirmed gang members.

“The success of this operation is a powerful example of what we can accomplish when law enforcement agencies work together with a shared mission to arrests those responsible for violence in our city and making out communities safer,” said Police Commissioner Richard Worley. “I want to thank the U.S. Marshals, the men and women of the Baltimore Police Department and all of our law enforcement partners for their dedication and collaboration in targeting violent offenders. Reducing violent crime and protecting our residents requires a united effort and this operation reflects our unwavering commitment to that goal.”

“These mass arrests demonstrate how relentless our federal, local, and state law-enforcement partners are with combating crime.  This show of force allows us to keep those who drive violence and other criminal activity out of our communities,” said Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland. “We’re committed to working with our partners to keep our communities safe, so we’re holding accountable the bad actors who insist on breaking the law.”

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Dallas, TX – The United States Marshals Service – North Texas Fugitive Task Force (NTFTF) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Dreonte Dillard, who is known to reside in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

Dillard, 32 is wanted by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office for Assault of a Pregnant Person, Continuous Family Violence, Resisting Arrest, and Evading Arrest in a Motor Vehicle. Dillard is also wanted by the Arlington Police Department and the Irving Police Department on various other felony
charges.

Do not attempt to apprehend this fugitive as he should be considered dangerous. If you see him, you are urged to call 911 for immediate assistance.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Dillard is urged to contact the U.S. Marshals Service at (202) 307-9700 or Tarrant County Crimestoppers at (817) 469-TIPS.

The identities of tipsters will remain confidential and anonymous tips may also be submitted via the U.S. Marshals Tip App.

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Spokane, WA – On April 18, 2025, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Jesus Salas-Rubio was arrested near the 1000 block of E Mission Ave in Spokane, Washington. Salas-Rubio was wanted on an outstanding federal arrest warrant in connection to a homicide in Mexico.

The U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) made the arrest without incident in coordination with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit, the Spokane Police Department, and the Washington State Department of Corrections. The Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs coordinated with the Eastern District of Washington United States Attorney’s Office to issue a warrant and for the U.S. Marshals to execute an arrest warrant on April 16, 2025.

Salas-Rubio was booked into the Spokane County Jail for his federal warrant. Mexican authorities have been notified that he is currently in custody.

Salas-Rubio has a documented history of violence, including prior offenses involving shootings, assaults, and being a felon in possession of firearms.

“The U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force prioritizes working with the Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs and our global law enforcement partners to pursue justice for victims, no matter where the crime occurred. This arrest also reflects the continued collaboration among local, state, and federal agencies in identifying, locating, and apprehending the most dangerous fugitives,” said U.S. Marshal Craig Thayer.

The Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force is a U.S. Marshals-led partnership comprising federal, state, and local law enforcement officers from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The task force’s primary mission is to locate, arrest and return to the justice system the most violent and egregious federal and state fugitives.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office, the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102, or USMS Tips.