10,000 FUGITIVES CAPTURED NATIONWIDE SWEEP INCLUDES L.A. AREA.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer More than 10,000 wanted criminals - including nearly 200 from the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area - have been apprehended in the nation's largest-ever fugitive roundup, U.S. marshals announced Thursday. Code-named Operation Falcon Operation Falcon may refer to:
, the marshals and local police agencies worked around the clock April 4 through Sunday, rounding up fugitives wanted for violent offenses, gang activity and crimes against children and the elderly. ``This was an enormous challenge that produced the largest number of arrests ever recorded by a single operation,'' said Adam Torres, the U.S. marshal for the Central California region. In the weeklong sweep, authorities in Los Angeles and Orange counties picked up fugitives wanted for assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger , robbery, rape and drug offenses. In one of the more high-profile captures, authorities nabbed 26-year-old Sebastian Hernandez Obando, who was wanted in Mexico for a 1997 kidnapping and killing. He was arrested April 7 in South Gate. On April 8, authorities arrested Jesus Navarro in El Sereno, near East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. . He was in the U.S. illegally after being arrested and deported at least four times previously for drug offenses, grand theft and assault on a police officer. The marshals and local law enforcement officials called the fugitive sweep a big success, particularly because officers spent just a week on the streets. To make it work, the federal and local officials put down other tasks and spent the week focused entirely on fugitives. As a result, authorities picked up 63 people wanted on Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . warrants. ``That's more people than we would have been able to get on our own. They doubled the number of people we would take in a week,'' said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Cmdr. Harlan Ward, assistant commanding officer of the Detective Bureau. Nationwide, the fugitive roundup put 3,000 law enforcement officers on the street during the effort. Texas had the most arrests - 902 - followed by Tennessee, with 785; Florida, 685; Ohio, 631; Oklahoma, 565; California, 507; Illinois, 401; Pennsylvania, 368; Louisiana, 349; and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , 345. ``We arrest 10,000 one week and there's probably 1,000 new warrants generated during the same time,'' said U.S. Deputy Marshal Jimell Griffin. ``But it definitely sends a clear message to fugitives and people in the community.'' Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com |
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