Violent criminals are escaping from Massachusetts and fleeing to Maine, with authorities within the northern New England state arresting two fugitives from the Bay State throughout the previous week.
The U.S. Marshals Service apprehended Jameel T. Clark-White, a 32-year-old New Bedford man who has a prolonged rap sheet in Massachusetts, in Bangor on Tuesday, 5 days after authorities in Maine gained custody of a Trinitarios gang member who had warrants out of the Bay State.
“Through continued collaboration, unwavering dedication, and exceptional investigative efforts, another dangerous fugitive has been successfully apprehended,” Maine’s Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Josh Taylor mentioned after Clark-White’s arrest Tuesday evening.
“There is no safe haven for wanted persons in the State of Maine,” Taylor added in an announcement.
The Maine Violent Offender Activity Pressure, via the Marshal Companies, obtained a “collateral lead” from the USMS in Massachusetts that authorities “believed Clark-White had fled to Maine and may be staying with discovered associates,” in line with a launch.
After “developing significant information,” investigators in Maine tracked Clark-White down at a Bangor residence, from which the Activity Pressure noticed the New Bedford man leaving and coming into a car as a passenger.
The Activity Pressure, receiving help from the Bangor Police Division, stopped the car shortly after and took Clark-White into custody with out incident.
Authorities within the Bay State had been looking for Clark-White on warrants for a slew of prices that embrace drug possession, possession of machine gun, three counts of possession giant capability firearm, carrying loaded firearm and not using a license, firearm violation with (3) prior violent drug crimes, carrying firearm on college grounds, receiving stolen property, leaving the scene of property injury accident, and working a motorized vehicle with a suspended license.
The Marshals Service in Maine mentioned that the costs have been filed in Wrentham District Court docket after Clark-White had been launched on bond from Middlesex Superior Court docket in reference to a capturing and armed theft in Cambridge that hospitalized one sufferer in March 2021.
Clark-White was additionally indicted in April on drug and weapon prices stemming from that incident.
The Marshals Service charged the person as a Fugitive from Justice, pending his extradition again to the Bay State. Authorities then discovered Clark-White in possession of medicine whereas at a jail facility, with Bangor PD charging him with Trafficking Schedule W and Trafficking-In Jail Contraband.
Clark-White’s arrest got here after the Marshals Service apprehended Yonaidry Lascano Rosario, a 24-year-old identified member of the Trinitarios Gang, in Bethel, Maine, final Thursday.
The Maine Violent Offender Activity Pressure had been attempting to trace Rosario down for months after receiving a collateral lead from Massachusetts in April, in line with a launch.
Investigators carried out “surveillance, interviews, and developed leads, which finally resulted in a credible location” for the fugitive, surrounding a Bethel residence the place they ordered Rosario to give up
Rosario was needed in Massachusetts for 2 counts of assault to homicide (Armed), accent after the actual fact, assault and battery with a harmful weapon, assault with a harmful weapon, and firearm carry and not using a license.
“This is simply the direct result of multi-agency collaboration,” Taylor mentioned in an announcement, “between our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners who are dedicated and sharply focused on apprehending dangerous persons in Maine communities in order to safeguard our residents.”
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