OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – U.S. Marshals ended a two-week operation which resulted in the arrest of 104 wanted violent fugitives, including two dozen gang members, authorities announced Tuesday.
The U.S. Marshals Service’s Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force conducted a two week high-risk fugitive initiative targeting gang members and violent offenders in Oakland and Sacramento, officials said.
These fugitives, whose charges ranged from probation violations to murder, were singled out because of their propensity to commit violence in the streets of California, whether through the crime itself or through their gang associations and their violent backgrounds, officials said.
The operation resulted in the arrests of 104 individuals, 27 of whom were known gang members.
During the operation, eight firearms were also recovered. Additionally, 10 grams of Cocaine, two pounds of Methamphetamine, and one pound of black tar heroin were seized. Of the nine arrests for murder/attempted murder, seven were wanted by the Oakland Police Department, officials said.
The 104 arrests were broken down as follows:
- 9 Murder/Attempted Murders
- 9 Assaults
- 14 Burglary/Robberies
- 10 Weapons Offenses
- 3 Sexual Offenses
- 2 Failure-to-appear/report
- 32 Narcotics/Drug Offenses
- 1 Fraud
- 24 Parole/Probation Violations
“This operation, as with past operations we have conducted in a similar fashion, continue to highlight the efforts and the ability of the federal government to fight crime at the local, as well as regional and national level,” said U.S. Marshal Don O’Keefe. “As we all know, crime is not contained to major cities, and criminals have vast networks throughout the region and the nation which help them to hide from justice and facilitate the commission of additional crimes. ”
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