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Philadelphia Fugitive Found With Loaded Rifle In Atlantic City: Police
A fugitive from Philadelphia was captured in Atlantic City with a loaded rifle, authorities said. Atlantic City police arrested 64-year-old Robert Parker on Tuesday, Apr. 9, the department said in a news release on Thursday, Apr. 11. He was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of high capacity magazine, and fugitive from justice. Officers responded to a report of an unknown weapon in a bag on the first block of South Kentucky Avenue at around 2:31 p.m. Paramedics were treating Parker for a medical emergency when an EMT…
Police & Fire
Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say
Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt. The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…
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Florida Murder Suspect Shot, Killed By Fugitive Task Force In Jersey City
UPDATE: A man who was shot and killed in Jersey City by members of a specialized law enforcement team that hunts fugitives was wanted for shooting and killing his 67-year-old next-door neighbor and wounding her husband a day earlier in Florida, authorities said. Esteban De Jesus Jr., 56, had also attacked the couple with a machete before shooting them and fleeing shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 7, police in Orlando said Monday. Leonidas Duran was found dead on the grass of the complex and her husband wounded in their apartment’s doorway, they said. The husband reportedly was recoverin…
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Killers, Gangsters, Sex Offenders: US Marshals Capture 76,000 Fugitives
It's a staggering number: 75,846 fugitives were arrested by U.S. Marshals in the fiscal year 2022 -- an average of 303 per day of activity, the service reported. These included: 9,911 sex offenders, including those charged or convicted of sexual assault, failing to register or comply with the requirements of the national sex offender registry, and other offenses; 5,189 gang members; 5,759 homicide suspects; 1,496 international and foreign fugitives; 986 fugitives charged in the special Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Program, which combines the resources and experti…
Police & Fire
Anonymous Tip Results In Arrest Of Fugitives On Drug, Handgun Charges In Atlantic City: Police
An anonymous tip on an app resulted in the arrest of a man and a woman wanted in Pennsylvania and the recovery of a stolen handgun and drugs. The police department received a text on Oct. 24 through the tip411 anonymous reporting system, indicating a white-colored vehicle with Pennsylvania registration was carrying guns and drugs. The tipster also indicated the occupants of the vehicle were wanted fugitives from Pennsylvania, Atlantic City police said. At 11:07 a.m., Officer John Bell observed the vehicle and initiated a car stop in the area of Missouri and Atlantic Avenues after observing …
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Fugitive Dubbed 'Real-Life Tony Soprano' Couldn't Hide From The Law, Even In Death
He was considered one of the last of the old-time mobsters, a "real-life Tony Soprano" listed as one of New Jersey's most wanted fugitives. Even six feet under, though, Tony Mota couldn't evade his pursuers. After eluding capture for nearly 25 years for a gruesome murder committed in Hudson County, Anthony Mota was found buried in the country where he was born, the Dominican Republic. Mota had been collecting debts for high-level Colombian drug dealers in New York City when he and a group of accomplices abducted a Queens man on Dec. 13, 1997, authorities said. The victim, 38-year-old …
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Accused Sex Offender Found Hiding In Mexico After Nearly 2 Decades As Fugitive At Large
A man who’s spent nearly two decades as a fugitive at large following the alleged sex assault of a juvenile was found hiding out in Mexico, authorities said. Juan Francisco Aguillon, 43, went on the run after a warrant was issued for his arrest by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office for the sexual assault of a juvenile in Alexandria Township in 2003, state police said. Aguillon, of Mexico, was placed on the New Jersey State Police’s Most Wanted List in 2013 as a fugitive at large, police said. An investigation between the State Police Fugitive Unit and the United States Marshals Task …
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US Marshals Nab Baltimore Gunman In New Jersey: Police
Members of the US Marshals Service arrested a Maryland man wanted in a Baltimore shooting in New Jersey, authorities said. Luel F. Mekonnen, 22, of Silver Spring, was located on Friday, March 18 at the Red Roof Inn in Westampton, NJ, a spokesman for the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office said. Officers responded to a local hospital for reports that someone was brought there after being shot in the 1300 block of Colbury Road around 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, police said. Police were able to identify Mekonnen as a suspect and arrested him on Monday. Mekonnen has been charged as a fugit…
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'Dangerous' South Jersey Fugitive Nabbed After Assaulting US Marshals In Philadelphia
A "dangerous fugitive" who assaulted police officers in Burlington County and then U.S. Marshals in Philadelphia has been arrested, authorities said. On Thursday Evesham Township police learned that that a 27-year-old suspect wanted in an assault on two patrol offiers, Archi T. Toe, was staying in a hotel in Philadelphia, police said. Investigators contacted the U.S. Marshalls Violent Fugitive Task Force, who conducted surveillance on the hotel and located the suspect fugitive in the lobby. During the arrest, two U.S. Marshals were assaulted by the suspect, according to police. Toe, who als…
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