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Des Moines, IA – Members of the U.S. Marshals Southern District of Iowa Fugitive Task Force, assisted by U.S. Marshals in the Northern District of Iowa, arrested April 10 in Cedar Rapids a man wanted by the Iowa City Police Department on charges of grooming, enticement of a minor and dissemination of obscene materials to a minor. 

Hanier Ivan Ramirez-Garcia, 29, is accused of arranging to meet with a person he believed was a teen for sex on Oct. 27, 2024, and sending her a sexually explicit photo of himself.

Ramirez-Garcia was arrested in the 900 block of 3rd Street SE. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers determined Ramirez-Garcia, a Nicaraguan national, was in the United States unlawfully and immediately placed an ICE detainer on him.  ICE will take custody of Ramirez-Garcia upon his release from the Johnson County Jail.  

“The Marshals Service is proud of the working relationship which has been formed with our federal, state and local partners,” said U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa Ted Kamatchus. “Working together we have established a cohesive unit, dedicated to holding fugitives accountable, regardless of who they are or where they are from.” 

The Southern District of Iowa Fugitive Task Force was assisted during this arrest by the Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Newport News, VA – A multi-agency fugitive investigation for a triple murder suspect from Newport News, Virginia came to an end this afternoon.  Dimair Jones, 26, was arrested in the 400 block of Cox Landing in Newport News.

On April 16, 2025 the United States Marshals Service (USMS) Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF), in coordination with the Newport News Police Department (NNPD), located and safely arrested Jones, who was wanted for three counts of 1st Degree Murder, three counts of Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and Discharging a Firearm Within a Dwelling. 

Just before 1:00 a.m. on August 8, 2023, NNPD officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 400 block of Stallings Court.  Officers found 3 adult males who were pronounced dead at the scene.

Arrest warrants were issued on April 15, 2025, and CARFTF investigators developed information that Jones was at a hotel in Williamsburg, Virginia.  CARFTF investigators observed Jones at the hotel and followed him to the 400 block of Cox Landing in Newport News, where he was safely taken into custody.        

Jones is currently being detained at the Newport News City Jail awaiting an initial court appearance. 

The USMS CARFTF began operations in June 2004. The CARFTF has partnership agreements with 14 federal and 87 state, and local agencies and operates in Virgina, Maryland and the District of Columbia. The CARFTF has apprehended more than 102,000 fugitives since its inception.  

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Chicago, IL – The U.S. Marshals Service’s (USMS) Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force (GLRFTF) and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) April 8 arrested a man for a stabbing that occurred in the Loop area of downtown Chicago March 18.

Ralwin Galito Perez, 30, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after a verbal altercation turned physical and he stabbed the victim in the chest and arm.

During their search for Galito Perez GLRFTF and CPD investigators developed information that led them to a residence in the 100 block of West 87th Street where they found Galito Perez and took him into custody without incident. He was booked into a local detention facility. 

The U. S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force was created by the Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000. Congress recognized the U. S. Marshals expertise in tracking and apprehending dangerous fugitives and ordered the creation of regional fugitive task forces (RFTFs) in core cities throughout the country. Via this mandate, GLRFTF was created in 2003 and has offices in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin to assist state, county, and local agencies as a central investigative base to identify, locate and apprehend dangerous offenders.

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Philadelphia, PA – Members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force arrested Keith Holmes, 43, at a family members apartment in the unit block of N. 63rd Street in Philadelphia. Holmes was wanted by the Philadelphia Police Department for aggravated assault and weapon possession charges in relation to an April 10th shooting at 57th Street and Kingsessing Avenue. After a dispute over concrete that was recently poured, Holmes discharged a firearm, striking the 13-year-old victim multiple times. On April 11th, a warrant was issued for Holmes and delegated to the Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Philadelphia.

At approximately 10:00 a.m. April 16th, investigators from the task force surrounded an apartment in the unit block of N. 63rd Street where a family member of Keith Holmes resides. Investigators had developed information the previous evening that Holmes was presently hiding with this family member. Upon knocking and announcing, Holmes exited the residence with hands in the air and surrendered to Marshal Service investigators. Holmes was then transported to Philadelphia Police Headquarters for processing.  

“There is no excuse for violent crimes that occur against children. Those who commit these crimes must be held fully accountable and the Marshals Service will ensure justice is without delay,” said Robert Clark, Supervisory Deputy for the Marshals Fugitive Task Force.

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, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Chester Police Department, Bucks County Sheriffs, and Delaware County Sheriffs.

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Memphis, TN – Antonio McClelland, 52, who was wanted for murder in Memphis, was arrested April 15, 2025, in Southaven, Mississippi, by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS).

On March 6, 2025, Jimmy L. Walker was found shot inside his apartment near the 3400 block of N. Trezevant in Memphis. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. After an investigation by the Memphis Police Department, on March 11, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Antonio McClelland for First-Degree Murder.

After coordinating with the USMS Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Northern Mississippi, the USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Memphis went to an address at the 2100 block of Holbrook Cove in Southaven. The TRVFTF found McClelland in the back yard of the residence and took him into custody without incident. He was transported to the Desoto County, Mississippi, Detention Facility where he awaits extradition back to Tennessee.

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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Philadelphia, PA – Members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force arrested in Philadelphia today a man wanted by the Philadelphia Police Department on charges of homicide by vehicle in relation to a deadly hit and run on Dec. 28, 2022, in the 3700 block of Fairmount Ave in Philadelphia.

Jovan Lowe, 21, was taken into custody at a residence in the 4600 block of Hawthorne Street where Marshals Service investigators learned Lowe was presently hiding. Investigators from the fugitive task force apprehended Lowe after Lowe attempted to jump out a second story window but was quickly forced back into the home.   

“Our persistence in pursuing those who commit such senseless crimes is never diminished by time, and hope Jovan Lowe’s arrest will bring some closure to Julia Abraham’s family,” said Eric Gartner, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Chester Police Department, Bucks County Sheriffs, and Delaware County Sheriffs.

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Cleveland, OH – U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott announced today that the U.S. Marshals led Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) has surpassed 60,000 arrests. 

Members of the Cleveland NOVFTF arrested David Wayne Garner, 40.  Garner marks the 60,000th arrest for the NOVFTF. Garner was wanted by the East Cleveland Police Department for aggravated murder.  The murder occurred on January 20, 2025, in the 1700 block of Shaw Ave. in East Cleveland.  According to police, Garner shot and killed the victim while he was sitting in his car.  While a fugitive, Garner evaded law enforcement on multiple occasions. However, on March 24, 2025, Garner was located and arrested by the NOVFTF during a traffic stop near the 2200 block of Brockway Ave in University Heights. 

Since the inception of the NOVFTF in June 2003, over 2,400 homicide suspects have been arrested.  These arrests have taken place all throughout northern Ohio as well as across the country due to the reach of the USMS as well as the partnerships across the country with the state and local police departments.  These homicide arrests include Andre McCoy who was wanted for the September 21, 2020, shooting death of 4-year-old Rowan Sweeney in Struthers, Ohio.  It also includes the out of state arrest of fugitive Martino Giles, who was a wanted fugitive on the run for 8 years.  Giles was wanted for the shooting death of his roommate, DaAndre Jackson.  After years on the run, he was arrested by the NOVFTF in Bloomington, Illinois. 

In addition to the over 2,400 homicide arrests, the NOVFTF has arrested more than 2,500 people wanted for rape, over 4,800 wanted for robberies and another 9,700 wanted for felonious assault.  While working fugitive cases the task force often encounters fugitive who, while on the run, continue to carry firearms.  Fugitives such as Adarus Black, who while on the run for the murder of Na’Kia Crawford in Akron, was arrested in possession of an AR type rifle.  Over the past 23 years the NOVFTF has seized more than 2,900 guns.

Additionally, over 4.5 million in U.S. currency has been seized. 

In June 2003, the NOVFTF was created in memory of Cleveland Police Patrolman Wayne Leon who was killed in the line of duty by a fugitive on the run.  Patrolman Leon’s memory lives on through the men and woman assigned to this task force throughout northern Ohio.  Since the inception, the task force has grown from a couple teams across the northern district of Ohio to 9 fugitive investigation/apprehension teams, a missing child unit, cold case unit, sex offender investigations, and a full-time training instructor. 

“Although the success of this task force is often measured in the number of arrests made each day, it is also measured in the partnerships that have been built and sustained over the last 22 years,” U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott stated.  “Partnership and teamwork are exemplified here in northern Ohio; without the daily positive working relationship of the law enforcement community and the civilian community the task force would not have the success it has had.  We are grateful for that.”

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.  

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Portland, ME – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in Maine, announce the arrests of multiple wanted persons on Friday, April 11th, 2025, in Biddeford, Maine. Tyler Langille, 20, was arrested on a State of Maine warrant for possession of a stolen firearm, assault, and drug possession.

After receiving investigative leads from the Biddeford Police Department, the USMS Maine Violent Offender Task Force (MVOTF) was able to determine Tyler Langille was living at a residence in Biddeford, Maine. In coordination with the Biddeford Police Department, U.S. Marshals Task Force members made entry into the residence and located Langille inside the Biddeford apartment. Also discovered inside the residence and subsequently arrested were Taylor Simoneau, 30, of Biddeford who was wanted for drug trafficking and Shaun Langille, 46, of Biddeford who was wanted for possession of a stolen firearm. All state arrest warrants originated out of York County, Maine.

Significant Assistance was provided by the Biddeford, Maine Police Department. All three subjects were arrested without incident and are currently held pending their initial appearances in state court.

The USMS, Maine Violent Offender Task Force is comprised of members of the U.S. Marshals Service, Maine Department of Corrections, Biddeford Police Department, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Maine National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, and the Coast Guard Investigative Service.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of any state or federal fugitive please contact the United States Marshals Service, MED.TIPLINE@usdoj.gov.

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The United State Marshals Service (USMS) is proud to announce the successful completion of the 2025 Baker to Vegas (B2V) Challenge Cup Relay by three agency teams: USMS Elite Running Team, USMS Women’s Running Team Silver, and USMS Women’s Running Team Blue. Each team represented the best of who the agency is: committed, resilient, and united in purpose.

B2V is no ordinary relay race. It’s a 120-mile, 20-stage relay through the Mojave Desert, finishing in Las Vegas. The course pushes runners to their limits with punishing terrain, extreme temperature swings, long, steep mountain climbs, and miles of isolation. This year, runners battled sustained 25-mph headwinds – a brutal new layer of difficulty. Each team met it head-on with grit, heart, and determination.

But this race wasn’t just about time – it was about tribute. This year our teams ran in honor of Deputy Tommy Weeks, TFO William Alden Elliott, TFO Sam Poloche, and Honorary Special Deputy Joshua Eyer – four fallen officers whose memory continues to guide and inspire us. The teams were incredibly honored to be joined on the racecourse by Kelly Weeks, whose presence brought powerful meaning to the journey and reminded everyone of the deep personal connections behind every name.

Our tribute was woven into every step:

• We wore red bandannas (Tommy’s favorite color) and wristbands with Tommy’s name and badge number.
• Each runner had the names of all four of our fallen, and their end of watch dates on memorial shoe tags to ensure every footfall had meaning.  
• Each runner carried photos of the fallen on their race bibs.
• A memorial candle was lit for each fallen officer at the start of the race and burned until the final USMS runner crossed the finish line.
• Tommy’s favorite songs were incorporated into our playlists, and we ran our hardest miles dedicated to our four fallen.
• At the finish line, we handed the team batons to Kelly Weeks, a symbolic gesture that carried the memory of our heroes across 120-miles of grueling desert.

For all three teams, this achievement did not come without personal sacrifice. Each runner, alternate, and support team member gave generously of their personal time, energy, and financial resources to represent the USMS and carry the memory of our heroes. Travel, lodging, training, gear, equipment, annual leave, and rental vehicles came out of their own pockets – which was done in service of something bigger than themselves. They did it to stand for the USMS, and to honor our fallen.

We could not be prouder of these teams. B2V is a powerful reflection of who we are as an agency – strong, unified, selfless, and driven by purpose. It showcases our people at their best – working together to support one another and doing whatever it takes to rise to the challenge. Together we ran to compete. Together we ran to remember.

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Philadelphia, PA – Members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force arrested in Upper Darby today a man wanted by the Upper Darby Police Department on charges of aggravated assault in relation to a violent double stabbing Nov. 28, 2024, in the unit block of Garrett Road in Upper Darby.

Orvin Alexis Lopez Torres, 27, was taken into custody without incident at a residence in the 7200 block of Spruce Street where Marshals Service investigators learned April 8 Torres was hiding.  

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers serving on the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force officers determined Torres, a Honduran national, was in the United States unlawfully and immediately placed an ICE detainer on him.  ICE expects to arrest Torres through the detainer upon his release from Delaware County Prison.  

“The Marshals Service is committed to ensuring public safety,” said Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark, “and violent fugitives must be held accountable regardless of their nationality.” 

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, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Chester Police Department, Bucks County Sheriffs, and Delaware County Sheriffs.