Body Armor Publication Released

The Justice Technology Information Center, through the PoliceArmor.org website, has released a checklist for criminal justice practitioners to use in determining whether their body armor fits properly. Personal Armor and Fit Assessment can be downloaded from https://policearmor.org/selection_fit.html.

Deputy U.S. Marshals Arrest Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive

Albuquerque, NM - On July 19, 2016 Deputy U.S. Marshals assigned to the District of New Mexico Albuquerque Office arrested fugitive Tommy Dale Sells Jr.

Sells Jr. was wanted by the Potter County Sherriff’s Office, in Amarillo, TX for (2 Counts) Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child under 14 (2 counts), and (2 counts) Indecency with a Child by Contact. The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a $10,000 reward for Sells based on the significance of the crimes against children. Sells Jr. had been on the run since May of 2013 and was located though coordinated law enforcement efforts, across multiple jurisdictions and safely apprehended on the 300 block of Virginia St NE, Albuquerque, NM.

United States Marshal Conrad E. Candelaria said, “Inter-state boundaries do not impede on the effectiveness of the Unites States Marshal Service to pursue dangerous fugitives and return them to the jurisdiction where the heinous crimes were committed so they can be held accountable. Regardless of the jurisdiction where the crime is committed, no community is safe until the fugitive is apprehended, incarcerated and sentenced, because no child should have to live in fear”.

SOFAST Arrests Rape Suspect From Toledo

Columbus, OH  - The U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) arrested a Toledo man early today on an outstanding warrant issued by the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas.

Michael Buchanan, 19, of Collingwood Boulevard in Toledo, was wanted by the Lucas County Sheriff’s Office. The warrant for Buchanan, which was based on a Grand Jury Indictment was issued on May 17 and charges him with one count of felonious assault, one count of kidnapping and one count of rape. The charges were based on allegations that Buchanan, amongst others, abducted, brutally beat, and then raped a 17-year-old male victim in a vacant house along Woodland Avenue in Toledo. The attack happened in mid-December 2014.

Working closely with deputies of the U.S. Marshals office in Toledo, the U.S. Marshals-led Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, and others, Columbus-based deputy marshals and task force officers tracked down Buchanan early this morning at a house on Venus Place in Zanesville. Deputy marshals and task force officers converged upon the residence and arrested Buchanan without incident. Carr is currently in custody awaiting extradition proceedings to the Northern District of Ohio.

Columbus SOFAST is a fugitive-focused, U.S. Marshals Service-led task force consisting of local, state and federal authorities including the Columbus Police Department, Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio Adult Parole Authority, Reynoldsburg Police Department, Delaware County Probation, Hocking County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States Secret Service and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.