Convicted Felon Sentenced to Ten Years for Possession of Ammunition in Connection with 2010 Lakeland Homicide

Tampa, FL– U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Matthew Anillo Mango (32, Lakeland) to 10 years in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition. This charge stemmed from the 2010 homicide of Lakeland resident Amanda Peterson. Mango pleaded guilty on June 24, 2014.

According to court documents, on September 30, 2010, at approximately 4:00 a.m., the Lakeland Police Department responded to a shooting at Peterson’s residence, where she was discovered on the living room floor with a gunshot wound to her abdomen. Peterson was transported to the hospital, but died as a result of her injuries. Peterson’s death was the result of an unintentional discharge of a firearm, which occurred during an argument between Mango and another individual. After Peterson was shot, Mango and other witnesses fled the scene.  Although the firearm that killed Peterson was not recovered, law enforcement linked the spent shell casing and a loaded magazine containing matching ammunition to Mango through fingerprints and other evidence.  At the time of the shooting, Mango was a multi-convicted felon and prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition.

          This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Lakeland Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Josephine W. Thomas.

U.S. Marshals Arrest Norfolk Shooting Suspect

Norfolk, VA – United States Marshal Robert W. Mathieson announces the capture of Anthony Worlds, who was wanted by the Norfolk Police Department for a shooting that occurred less than a week ago. Worlds had outstanding warrants for malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.

At around 4:30am on May 23rd, Worlds and another male got into an argument after leaving a birthday party. It is alleged that Worlds then pulled out a handgun and shot the man in his lower torso. The victim was taken to the hospital and survived. Norfolk Police Department quickly identified Worlds as the suspect and obtained warrants for his arrest.

On May 27th, Norfolk detectives developed information that Worlds may be staying in a hotel near the intersection of East Little Creek Road and Shore Drive. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force set up surveillance in the area and were able to identify the room that Worlds was staying in at the Rodeway Inn.

Around 5:30pm, members of the task force knocked on Worlds’ room at the Rodeway Inn and ordered him to open the door. Worlds immediately went to the back of his second-floor hotel room and smashed the window out, and started to pull his body through the window frame. Worlds then saw members of the task force pre-positioned on the ground directly beneath his hotel window, and as U.S. Marshal Bobby Mathieson stated, “realized he had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.”

The task force members inside the hotel—who were accompanied by a Norfolk canine unit—were able to convince Worlds to open his door and surrender after several tense minutes of negotiating. Worlds is currently being held at Norfolk City Jail.

The U.S. Marshals-led Fugitive 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 33,700 federal fugitives, 71,000 state and local fugitives and 11,600 sex offenders in 2014. 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 Task Force Arrests Harrisburg Murder Fugitive in Baltimore

Fatal shooting occurred in early May 2015

Harrisburg, PA – Today, U.S. Marshal Martin Pane announced the arrest of John McDonald, a 22-year old man, on charges of criminal homicide and other related offenses.

Earlier today, Deputy U.S. Marshals and task force officers assigned to the USMS Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested John McDonald in the 5800 block of Royal Oak Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The fugitive was turned over to local authorities pending his extradition back to Dauphin County.

McDonald was charged with criminal homicide by the Harrisburg Bureau of Police for a shooting that occurred on May 9, 2015. It is alleged that McDonald shot and killed his victim in the vicinity of the 500 block of South 19th Street.

United States Marshal Martin J. Pane stated, “The coordination and cooperation demonstrated by law enforcement in this case led directly to a dangerous fugitive being taken off the streets. It is our top priority to arrest violent crime fugitives, especially those who have no regard for human life.”

The United States Marshals Service worked jointly in this investigation with personnel from the Harrisburg Bureau of Police, Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Dauphin County Adult Probation, Dauphin County Work Release, York County Sheriff’s Office, the York City Police Department and members of the USMS Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force.