{"id":41688,"date":"2026-07-02T14:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=41688"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:35:09","slug":"operation-patriot-shield-results-in-arrest-of-224-fugitives-in-illinois-and-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/41688-operation-patriot-shield-results-in-arrest-of-224-fugitives-in-illinois-and-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Patriot Shield Results in Arrest of 224 Fugitives in Illinois and Missouri"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States Attorneys and United States Marshals for the Southern District of Illinois and Eastern District of Missouri announced today the results of a regional public safety initiative led by the U.S. Marshals Service and its task force law enforcement partners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coordinated effort was executed over the month of June and was designed to promote safe communities in advance of our country\u2019s 250th Birthday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since June 1, the U.S. Marshals Service and task force members have arrested 224 fugitives in both Missouri and Illinois during Operation Patriot Shield, clearing 290 outstanding felony arrest warrants. Sixteen of those arrested in Illinois and six in Missouri have been linked to gangs. About 31% of those warrants were for narcotics charges, 28% for weapons offenses and at least 20% for violent crimes including homicide. Deputy U.S. Marshals also seized fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamines, marijuana and 32 firearms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputy Marshals also located three missing children.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of Illinois has indicted 11 defendants for violent crimes, including crimes involving firearms, assault, drugs, and child sexual exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these cases are part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/dag\/media\/1393746\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/dag\/media\/1393746\/dl?inline&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1783106510945000&amp;usg=AOvVaw268T-IV5qYkSsxCTMmlH1f\">Operation Take Back America<\/a>, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Marshals Service Southern District of Illinois Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force consists of participating agencies from the Illinois State Police, Belleville Police Department, Granite City Police Department, Alton Police Department, ATF Chicago, Homeland Security Investigations, Illinois Department of Corrections \u2013 Parole, St. Clair County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Madison County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Department and the Effingham County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Attorneys and United States Marshals for the Southern District of Illinois and Eastern District of Missouri announced today the results of a regional public safety initiative led [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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