April 18, 2009
Right Side News brings you this past week's blotter from the US Marshal's office
April 16, 2009 - In the early evening hours of Tuesday, April 14, 2009, members of the United States Marshals' Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force arrested fugitive Nelson Guajardo in the parking lot of the Spring Hills Suites motel in Pittsburg, PA. Guajardo was wanted by authorities in Clayton County, Georgia for numerous charges including Felony Murder and Aggravated Assault. (read more)
Right Side News brings you this past week's blotter from the US Marshal's office
April 16, 2009 - In the early evening hours of Tuesday, April 14, 2009, members of the United States Marshals' Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force arrested fugitive Nelson Guajardo in the parking lot of the Spring Hills Suites motel in Pittsburg, PA. Guajardo was wanted by authorities in Clayton County, Georgia for numerous charges including Felony Murder and Aggravated Assault. (read more)
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April 15, 2009 - The U.S. Marshals announce the capture of Joseph Elias George Ettima, 25, one of the service's 15 Most Wanted fugitives. Ettima was arrested by Mexican authorities Monday in Mexico City and deported to Los Angeles late last evening. Ettima was wanted in California in connection with the murder of his grandmother. Along with the homicide charge, he is also wanted for robbery, arson, child endangerment and parole violation. (read more)
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April 15, 2009 - In December of 2008, the United States Marshals DFW FAST initiated "Operation Rain" focusing on sex offenders, specifically those involved in sexual crimes against children as well as non-registered sex offenders that could be prosecuted under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. "Operation Rain" , which stands for Research, Arrest, Indict, Now was divided into two phases. DFW FAST "Researched" numerous felony warrants and during Phase I identified sex offenders wanted by various agencies within the Dallas & Fort Worth area. On December 9, 2008, task force officers conducted an intensive three day enforcement effort to kick off the operation "Arresting" 34 of the initially identified offenders. (read more)
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April 10, 2009 - A Florida woman wanted in connection for an armed robbery and battery on an elderly person was apprehended today by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force in Texas. Tracey Konewko was caught boarding a car ferry that crosses over Galveston Bay in Galveston, TX. The 45 year old Konewko of Escambia County is being sought for her participation of an armed robbery and battery of an 81 year old man that took place at his home March 12 of this year. According to sheriff's reports the victim allowed Konewko and an unidentified man into his home in Pensacola, where she lured him into a back room of the home and they both attacked him. The victim tried to fight back and he was pistol whipped and then shot in the abdomen before they fled with his wallet. (read more)
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April 10, 2009 - Michael Angelo Young was arrested without incident at a relative's home on Wednesday, April 8. Young, 29, was the subject of Wyandotte County, KS warrants for First Degree Murder and Aggravated Battery. The warrants stem from a shooting incident that occurred in October 2008. He was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center awaiting extradition proceedings. The Marshals' fugitive task force, Operation Intercept, received information on Tuesday that Young was possibly staying at a residence on Emerald Shores Circle in Chapin. Lexington County investigators and Deputy Marshals initiated an investigation and were able to locate him at the residence the following night. SLED agents and Richland County Sheriff's deputies also aided in the apprehension. (read more)
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April 9, 2009 - Edward Porta, a former resident of the Spartanburg area, was the President of Porta Textiles and Porta Technologies, companies with extensive business contacts within the North American textile industry. On December 20, 2005, Porta pled guilty in the U.S. District Court in Asheville, North Carolina to the charge of Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture. On May 2, 2007, Porta was sentenced to 38 months imprisonment for his role in the elaborate cotton import/export scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as well as banks and businesses in the U.S. and Mexico, to the tune of over 2.5 million dollars. On February 25, 2008, Porta was discovered missing following a scheduled prisoner count at the United States Penitentiary Lee County (VA) Satellite Camp. He has been on the run since that date and has been charged with Escape. (read more)
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April 9, 2009 - Fort Smith, Arkansas - The U.S. Marshals and Arkansas Department of Community Corrections, a member of the River Valley Sex Offender and Violent Crime Task Force, announce the arrest of Donald Dwyer, age 32. At approximately 12:30 a.m. on April 8, 2009, the River Valley Task Force developed information indicating Dwyer, wanted for 2 counts of rape on a minor, was in Fort Smith. By 2 p.m. the same day, Dwyer was in custody along with his girlfriend Heather Kissler, age 29, after being located at his cousins residence in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Kissler was charged on site for Hindering Apprehension and Obstruction of Government Operations by providing false statements to law enforcement about the whereabouts of Dwyer. (read more)
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April 9, 2009 - A fugitive wanted on outstanding state charges of homicide by vehicle, great bodily injury by vehicle while intoxicated, and aggravated driving while intoxicated causing bodily injury, was arrested yesterday by a team of law enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals and the New Mexico State Police. (read more)
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April 9, 2009 - The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Escambia County Sheriff's Office worked together to capture a suspect who may be responsible for the death of a Pensacola man who was found shot to death in his car last year. Arthur James Roland was 28 years old at the time when he was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car at about 7 p.m. on the evening of October 30. Escambia County Investigators had been working since then and recently issued a warrant for suspect Kenneth Eriby of North "V" Street in Pensacola. At 9:30 this morning at a motel located on Highway 29 in Pensacola the Task Force caught up with Eriby and arrested him without any problems. A female who was wanted locally on a Petit Theft misdemeanor warrant and two other local men who were also with Eriby at the time were also arrested on drug charges. According to investigators there may still be other suspects involved in Roland's murder. (read more)
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April 15, 2009 - The U.S. Marshals announce the capture of Joseph Elias George Ettima, 25, one of the service's 15 Most Wanted fugitives. Ettima was arrested by Mexican authorities Monday in Mexico City and deported to Los Angeles late last evening. Ettima was wanted in California in connection with the murder of his grandmother. Along with the homicide charge, he is also wanted for robbery, arson, child endangerment and parole violation. (read more)
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April 15, 2009 - In December of 2008, the United States Marshals DFW FAST initiated "Operation Rain" focusing on sex offenders, specifically those involved in sexual crimes against children as well as non-registered sex offenders that could be prosecuted under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. "Operation Rain" , which stands for Research, Arrest, Indict, Now was divided into two phases. DFW FAST "Researched" numerous felony warrants and during Phase I identified sex offenders wanted by various agencies within the Dallas & Fort Worth area. On December 9, 2008, task force officers conducted an intensive three day enforcement effort to kick off the operation "Arresting" 34 of the initially identified offenders. (read more)
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April 10, 2009 - A Florida woman wanted in connection for an armed robbery and battery on an elderly person was apprehended today by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force in Texas. Tracey Konewko was caught boarding a car ferry that crosses over Galveston Bay in Galveston, TX. The 45 year old Konewko of Escambia County is being sought for her participation of an armed robbery and battery of an 81 year old man that took place at his home March 12 of this year. According to sheriff's reports the victim allowed Konewko and an unidentified man into his home in Pensacola, where she lured him into a back room of the home and they both attacked him. The victim tried to fight back and he was pistol whipped and then shot in the abdomen before they fled with his wallet. (read more)
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April 10, 2009 - Michael Angelo Young was arrested without incident at a relative's home on Wednesday, April 8. Young, 29, was the subject of Wyandotte County, KS warrants for First Degree Murder and Aggravated Battery. The warrants stem from a shooting incident that occurred in October 2008. He was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center awaiting extradition proceedings. The Marshals' fugitive task force, Operation Intercept, received information on Tuesday that Young was possibly staying at a residence on Emerald Shores Circle in Chapin. Lexington County investigators and Deputy Marshals initiated an investigation and were able to locate him at the residence the following night. SLED agents and Richland County Sheriff's deputies also aided in the apprehension. (read more)
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April 9, 2009 - Edward Porta, a former resident of the Spartanburg area, was the President of Porta Textiles and Porta Technologies, companies with extensive business contacts within the North American textile industry. On December 20, 2005, Porta pled guilty in the U.S. District Court in Asheville, North Carolina to the charge of Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture. On May 2, 2007, Porta was sentenced to 38 months imprisonment for his role in the elaborate cotton import/export scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as well as banks and businesses in the U.S. and Mexico, to the tune of over 2.5 million dollars. On February 25, 2008, Porta was discovered missing following a scheduled prisoner count at the United States Penitentiary Lee County (VA) Satellite Camp. He has been on the run since that date and has been charged with Escape. (read more)
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April 9, 2009 - Fort Smith, Arkansas - The U.S. Marshals and Arkansas Department of Community Corrections, a member of the River Valley Sex Offender and Violent Crime Task Force, announce the arrest of Donald Dwyer, age 32. At approximately 12:30 a.m. on April 8, 2009, the River Valley Task Force developed information indicating Dwyer, wanted for 2 counts of rape on a minor, was in Fort Smith. By 2 p.m. the same day, Dwyer was in custody along with his girlfriend Heather Kissler, age 29, after being located at his cousins residence in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Kissler was charged on site for Hindering Apprehension and Obstruction of Government Operations by providing false statements to law enforcement about the whereabouts of Dwyer. (read more)
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April 9, 2009 - A fugitive wanted on outstanding state charges of homicide by vehicle, great bodily injury by vehicle while intoxicated, and aggravated driving while intoxicated causing bodily injury, was arrested yesterday by a team of law enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals and the New Mexico State Police. (read more)
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April 9, 2009 - The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Escambia County Sheriff's Office worked together to capture a suspect who may be responsible for the death of a Pensacola man who was found shot to death in his car last year. Arthur James Roland was 28 years old at the time when he was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car at about 7 p.m. on the evening of October 30. Escambia County Investigators had been working since then and recently issued a warrant for suspect Kenneth Eriby of North "V" Street in Pensacola. At 9:30 this morning at a motel located on Highway 29 in Pensacola the Task Force caught up with Eriby and arrested him without any problems. A female who was wanted locally on a Petit Theft misdemeanor warrant and two other local men who were also with Eriby at the time were also arrested on drug charges. According to investigators there may still be other suspects involved in Roland's murder. (read more)
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The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice (see 28 U.S.C. § 561) and is the oldest federal law enforcement agency in the United States.[1]
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