U.S. Marshals Arrest Seven Fugitives In Area

February 26, 2011

The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force in Pensacola was busy this week rounding up fugitives in the area.

Friday morning, the Task Force assisted the Escambia County Gang Unit and a K-9 officer to apprehend two men wanted by Escambia County in a Pensacola motel. Darius Louis Hunter, 23, is wanted for armed robbery and Deangelo Deon Bender, 21, wanted for violation of probation and failure to appear on cocaine charges.

Thursday, the FRFTF teamed up with the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force from Mobile to arrest 39 year old Dennis Ray Burkhart in the parking lot of the Bass Pro Shop in Spanish Fort, Ala. Burkhart was wanted in Escambia County, Fla. for failing to register as a sex offender and by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office for dangerous drugs and a probation violation.

Also arrested by the FRFTF Thursday was Daniel Lamar Sanders, 27, wanted in Okaloosa County for cruelty toward a child/abuse causing great godily garm when he allegedly burned a small child with cigarette and held it to the child’s skin. Sanders was captured by the Task Force after trying to flee out of a window at home on the 7800 block of Red Barrow road in the Blackmon Community in north Okaloosa County.

Wednesday evening in south Okaloosa County the Task Force arrested 25 year old Tristan Richey in an apartment located at 28 8th Street in Shalimar. Task Force Officers had to make a forced entry after Richey slammed the door on them. Richey is wanted by Okaloosa County for a probation violation on a vehicular manslaughter charge from 2005. Also arrested in Okaloosa County was Kenneth Wayne White wanted in Walton County on a burglary and theft warrant. White, 49, was arrested without incident in Ft. Walton Beach at a home on the 100 block of Windham Avenue.

Earlier in the week the Task Force captured Henry Dewayne Watson wanted by the U.S. Marshals in Pensacola on a federal warrant for failure to appear on a convicted felon in possession of a firearm charge. Watson, 32, who also has Santa Rosa County warrants for aggravated stalking was found hiding in a trunk of a car.

The Task Force was assisted by Task Force Officers from Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton and Washington County Sheriff offices, as well as from FDLE, Defuniak Springs and Chipley police departments and the State Attorney’s Office.

Comments

2 Responses to “U.S. Marshals Arrest Seven Fugitives In Area”

  1. all fires should be looked at very hard on February 28th, 2011 11:16 am

    Lets hope so Jim but it is sounding more and more like it’s a really big job.

  2. Jim W on February 26th, 2011 1:39 pm

    And the sweep continues. May they will sweep all the garbage out soon.

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