U.S. Marshals Arrest Alleged Rapist

Norfolk, VA – The United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia, Robert W. Mathieson announces the capture of Edmond Ramjohn. Mr. Ramjohn was wanted out of Virginia Beach for Rape – Incapacitated Female and Rape – Incest with an Adult.

Investigators in Virginia Beach, along with U.S. Marshal Deputies in Norfolk, obtained information that Mr. Ramjohn had fled the Hampton Roads area and traveled to New York. Information was relayed to the New York/New Jersey Task Force about the possibility of Mr. Ramjohn being in the area. On March 4th2014, after many days of surveillance, Mr. Ramjohn was seen exiting an address in Brooklyn, NY. Deputies arrested Mr. Ramjohn without incident and transported him to the NYPD for processing, where he is awaiting extradition.

The U.S. Marshals led task force consists of law enforcement officers from the U.S. Marshals, Chesapeake Sheriff’s Department, Newport News Police Department, Portsmouth Police Department and Norfolk Police Department. The main objective of the task force is to seek out and arrest violent offenders with outstanding federal and state warrants.

The U.S. Marshals Service, America’s oldest Federal Law Enforcement Agency, arrested more than 36,000 federal fugitives, 86,700 state and local fugitives, and 11,800 sex offenders in fiscal year 2013. Our investigative network and capabilities allow for the unique ability to track and apprehend any fugitive who attempts to evade police capture, anywhere in the country.

U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Kentucky Bank Robbery Suspect

Williamsport, PA – Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced that the United States Marshals Service (USMS) Fugitive Task Force arrested Daryl Ingram – a 44-year old man in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

On April 20, 2009, the Lexington Police Department responded to a report of a bank robbery. The investigation revealed that the suspect was armed with a deadly weapon and threatened the use of immediate physical force to accomplish this crime. The suspect was later identified as Daryl Ingram.

On August 3rd, District Court Judge T. Bell issued an arrest warrant charging Ingram with the following crimes:

    Robbery, 1st Degree

    Possession of firearm by convicted felon

    Theft of identity of another w/o consent

The case was adopted by the Central Kentucky Fugitive Task Force, which is led by US Marshals out of Lexington, KY. After exhausting leads in both Virginia and Georgia, Marshals in Kentucky believed that Ingram may have fled to the Williamsport, PA area and sent an investigative lead to the Middle District of Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force.

On March 5th, Deputy U.S. Marshals and Task Force Officers arrested Ingram without incident in the 700 block of West Edwin Street in Williamsport. Ingram was taken before Judge Alan Page. Ingram was remanded after he failed to post the $350,000 bond issued by Judge Page. Ingram currently awaits his extradition back to Kentucky.

United States Marshal Martin J. Pane stated, “The U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force places a high priority on fugitive cases in which the use or threat of violence against innocent victims occurs. Robbery of a bank undermines our society and fugitives like Ingram deserve their day in court. We have given him that opportunity.”

The USMS worked jointly in this investigation with personnel from the Lycoming County Sheriff’s Office. This agency is a participating member of the USMS Fugitive Task Force in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

U.S. Marshals Arrest Violent Fugitive

Albuquerque, NM – On Thursday, March 06, 2014, the United States Marshals Service, South West Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) task force arrested Jamaal Lee. Lee had an outstanding warrant for Armed Robbery, Aggravated Burglary, Aggravated Battery, Aggravated Assault, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Aggravated Fleeing, Resisting Arrest, Tampering with Evidence, and several other felonies to total twenty felony crimes in all. The Marshals Service task force arrested Lee in the 1000 block of Madeira in Southeast Albuquerque, NM. The state of New Mexico issued the warrant for Lee’s arrest in December of 2013. Lee was arrested without incident and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center.

Leader of Identity Theft Ring Sentenced for Stealing More Than 600 Identities and Causing More Than $1 Million in Losses

The leader of an identity theft ring that stole more than 600 identities from U.S. government employees and others was sentenced today to serve 12 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting United States Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia, Special Agent in Charge Kathy A. Michalko of the United States Secret Service’s Washington Field Office and Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. of the Fairfax County Police Department made the announcement.

Jenaro Blalock, 31, of Clinton, Md., pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2013, to access device fraud and aggravated identity theft and was sentenced by United States District Judge Claude M. Hilton.   Blalock was also ordered to pay full restitution to victims.

According to court documents, between June 2011 and July 2013, Blalock and co-leader Christopher Bush recruited women with access to identity information through their employers to steal more than 600 identities, primarily belonging to employees of the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development.   Blalock provided blank driver’s licenses so that Bush could make fraudulent driver’s licenses bearing the victims’ real names, addresses and dates of birth.   Blalock also made fraudulent credit cards bearing victims’ names.   Members of the identity theft ring, including Blalock, used those fraudulent driver’s licenses and victims’ social security numbers to open instant credit lines at retailers and obtain rental cars, which were frequently sold on the black market with altered vehicle identification numbers.   According to information provided at sentencing, the identity theft ring caused victim losses of between $1 million and $2.5 million.

On Jan. 17, 2014, Bush was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for his role in the scheme.

This case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and the Fairfax County Police Department, with assistance from the City of Fairfax Police Department, Prince George’s County Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement, Prince George’s County Financial Crimes Section, the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, the Delaware State Police, the Maryland State Police, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of State .
The case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Peter Roman of the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Lindsay Kelly of the Eastern District of Virginia.

Former English Tutor Sentenced for Sexually Exploiting Children in China and the United States

Hector Orjuela Jr., 47, was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for molesting children under the age of 12 and producing child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave of the FBI’s Washington Field Office and Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Gregory B. Starr.

Orjuela pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2013, before U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in the District of Columbia, to two counts of engaging in and attempting to engage in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and one count of producing child pornography.

According to court documents, Orjuela is a U.S. citizen who worked as an English teacher and tutor in Shanghai, China.   In July 2012, Orjuela traveled to Maryland and molested a girl under the age of 12 and produced child pornography of the sexual abuse.  In August 2012, Orjuela traveled to China and molested one girl and attempted to molest another, both of whom were under the age of 12 and residing in China at that time.   Orjuela traveled back to the United States in early November 2012 and then returned to China later that month where he continued to molest the same two young girls.

This case is a result of investigative efforts led by the FBI Washington Field Office, with assistance from the FBI Beijing Legat Office; the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s Regional Security Office in Shanghai; the Shanghai Public Security Bureau’s International Cooperation Division; the Shanghai Criminal Investigation Division and the Shanghai Exit and Entry Bureau.   This case was prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Sarah Chang and Mi Yung Park of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the District of Columbia and the District of Maryland.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.   Led by U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.   For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

NH Fugitive of the Week Surrenders to Rockingham County Sheriff's Office

Concord, NH – Yesterday morning, Fugitive of the Week, Jacob Tremblay, surrendered at the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office in Brentwood. Tremblay, 20, who was last known to be residing in the Rochester, NH area was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for Probation Violations, stemming from his original convictions and sentence for Assault, Criminal Threatening and Intimidation.

Jacob Tremblay was featured as last week’s “Fugitive of the Week” after the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in an effort to locate and arrest Tremblay. As part of the U.S. Marshal’s fugitive investigation, Tremblay was aired last Thursday, February 20th as the 'Fugitive of the Week'. The 'Fugitive of the Week' is broadcast on WTPL-FM, WMUR-TV, The Union Leader, The Nashua Telegraph, The Patch and is prominently featured on the internet. Tremblay surrendered yesterday at the Sheriff’s office after seeing himself on WMUR-TV.

Since the inception of the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force in 2002, these partnerships have resulted in over 5,523 arrests. These arrests have ranged in seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses. Nationally the United States Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive task forces, 7 regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.

U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrests Final Fugitive in Wolf Chase Mall Watch Robbery

Covington, TN - Rodrick Walker, who allegedly participated in a violent snatch and grab jewelry store robbery at Wolf Chase Mall earlier this year is in custody tonight thanks to two U.S. Marshals Task Forces.

On January 18 five men with sledge hammers robbed Reed’s Jewelry in Wolf Chase Mall right outside Memphis. Over sixty five watches worth thousands of dollars were stolen. Four of the robbers are already in custody.

Investigators with the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force had been looking for the alleged final robber, Rodrick Walker. The fugitive was traced to the Houston Texas area. Earlier today the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force located Walker in an apartment complex in the 13000 block of Hillcroft in Southwest Houston. Due to a lack of compliance, entry was forced into the apartment where Walker was hiding and a Police dog was used in his apprehension.

At the time of this press release Walker is in the Harris County Jail, awaiting extradition.

The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force with divisions in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The Western Tennessee Division of the GCRFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis Police Officers, Madison County Sheriff’s Deputies, Jackson Police Officers, and the Tennessee Department of Corrections Special Agents. The primary mission of the Task Force is to arrest violent offenders and sexual predators.