The U.S.Marshals Service said yesterday a months--long nationwide mission to capture violent fugitives has resulted in the arrests of more than 3,400 suspects wanted on murder, rape, and robbery charges, The Washington Times website reports today (Oct. 2, 2024).
The U.S. Marshals Service's Operation North Star saw 216 homicide suspects, as well as 803 suspects wanted for assault, and 482 people wanted on weapons offenses, taken into custody during the sprawling mission that covered the metropolitan areas in the Midwest, Southwest, and Southeast.
Notable arrests include Michael Moldovan, who was nabbed in Sterling, Virginia in August after he fled North CXarolina on statutory rape charges. .
"We first launched Operation North Star in 2022 to identify and apprehend the most dangerous fugitives and violent offenders ," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
The Marshals said the operation, which lasted from May 10 to Sept. 13, ended with 534 firearms seized, more than $508,000 in currency reclaimed, and the confiscation of 456 kilograms of illegal narcotics, including 138 pounds and more that 550,000 pills of deadly fentanyl.
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