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Local U.S. Marshals Offices
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  Oct
01 1962 - After an intense riot against Deputy U.S.
Marshals James Meredith was
enrolled at the
University of Mississippi.
Oct 13, 1937 - U.S. Marshals requested to run background
checks on deputies
Oct
21 1967 - Deputy Marshals provided necessary civilian presence
at riots in front of
Pentagon
Oct 26 1881 - Marshal Virgil Earp, his deputies, brothers Wyatt and Morgan Earp, and Doctor
John H. Holiday, gunned down Frank and Tom McLaury, and Billy Clanton in
vacant lot down the street from the O.K. Corral.
Oct 27 1919 - Volstead Act animated the 18th
Amendment's prohibition on liquor. During Prohibition, U.S.
Marshals arrested bootleggers and seized all of their equipment - cars,
trucks, breweries, and warehouses.
Read More about the
history of the U.S. Marshals
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Addition to 15 Most Wanted List |
 Sept.
15 - Luxon Coriolan is the latest
addition to U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted
list. Read More |
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Regional Fugitive Task Forces |
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 Catch of the Week:
Oct.
14, NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force
arrested Brady “Fats” Guilbert in Brooklyn, New York. in
connection with a recent shooting incident and homicides.
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 Oct
19 - Travious
Bateman, one of Atlanta's ten most wanted
criminals, was captured by members of the
Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force
and the Atlanta Police Department in
southwest Atlanta.
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 Oct
15 Marty Busby, a violent fugitive wanted on 27 state charges
arrested by Fulton County Police Department, the Fulton County
Sheriffs Office and members of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task
Force.
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Established Jan. 2004, the Dallas Ft. Worth
Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (DFW FAST) has arrested over 900
subjects. Agencies include Dallas Police; Ft. Worth Police; Dallas, Tarrant
and Hunt County Sheriffs, Social Security-OIG, Veteran Affairs- OIG, Texas
Department of Public Safety and the US Marshals Service. Recent arrests:
Oct 22
and
Oct 21 |
 Based
on a segment on FOX's America's Most Wanted, U.S. Marshals, Southern District of
Indiana, joined the investigation to apprehend escapee
Kerry Estel Silvers involving the
murder of Indiana University student Jill Behrman. Silvers is not a suspect,
but is wanted for questioning in connection with the murder.
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Forfeiture Sales |
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On this day in 2004, more
than 4,500 U.S. Marshals Service employees nationwide have marked
the beginning of a year long celebration of their agency’s 215th
anniversary. The anniversary recognizes
the nation’s
oldest federal law enforcement agency’s rich history and bright
future.