Operation Falcon II: The Empire Strikes Back (Again)
So, over a week or so last week, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies engaged in a dragnet to arrest over 9,000 people. Here's an excerpt from the article I read about it:
"Ten years to the day after allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl, a California man was arrested in a roundup of fugitives that law enforcement officials say snared more than 1,100 sex offenders.
The concentrated search for people wanted for federal, state and local crimes "targeted the worst of the worst," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday at a news conference announcing the results of "Operation Falcon II."
Authorities arrested 9,037 people April 17 to last Sunday in a 27-state dragnet led by the U.S. Marshals Service and timed to coincide with National Victims Rights Week. Among those apprehended were 1,102 people wanted for violent sex crimes or failure to register as sex offenders."
and now here's the U.S. Marshall's website:
Operation FALCON II - Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally - This massive fugitive dragnet took place the week of April 17-23, 2006 and covered the western half of the United States. As a prelude to National Crime Victim's Rights Week, this cooperative effort removed some of the country's most dangerous wanted criminals from the streets.
Deputy US marshals teamed up with their state, local, and federal colleagues in the largest fugitive sweep to ever primarily focus on violent sex offenders. FALCON II resulted in the arrest of 9,037 fugitives and the clearance of 10,419 warrants. Of those fugitives arrested, 462 were wanted for violent sex crimes, 311 for other sex crimes, and an additional 783 failed to register as Sex Offenders.
For the record, the "more than 1,100 sex offenders" made up 10.6% of the cleared warrants (I don't know what "cleared warrants" means, but I assume that's what the 1,100 figure comes out of). I wonder who the other 89.4% were and why they aren't profiled extensively in the article or the press release or the Marshall's department website.
Well, for Operation Falcon I--also done as a press spectacular during Crime Victim's Week, last year, about 40% were drug-related and about another 20% were for burglaries.
So my question is this--did the AP writer just cut and paste the FBI press release or what?
"Ten years to the day after allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl, a California man was arrested in a roundup of fugitives that law enforcement officials say snared more than 1,100 sex offenders.
The concentrated search for people wanted for federal, state and local crimes "targeted the worst of the worst," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday at a news conference announcing the results of "Operation Falcon II."
Authorities arrested 9,037 people April 17 to last Sunday in a 27-state dragnet led by the U.S. Marshals Service and timed to coincide with National Victims Rights Week. Among those apprehended were 1,102 people wanted for violent sex crimes or failure to register as sex offenders."
and now here's the U.S. Marshall's website:
Operation FALCON II - Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally - This massive fugitive dragnet took place the week of April 17-23, 2006 and covered the western half of the United States. As a prelude to National Crime Victim's Rights Week, this cooperative effort removed some of the country's most dangerous wanted criminals from the streets.
Deputy US marshals teamed up with their state, local, and federal colleagues in the largest fugitive sweep to ever primarily focus on violent sex offenders. FALCON II resulted in the arrest of 9,037 fugitives and the clearance of 10,419 warrants. Of those fugitives arrested, 462 were wanted for violent sex crimes, 311 for other sex crimes, and an additional 783 failed to register as Sex Offenders.
For the record, the "more than 1,100 sex offenders" made up 10.6% of the cleared warrants (I don't know what "cleared warrants" means, but I assume that's what the 1,100 figure comes out of). I wonder who the other 89.4% were and why they aren't profiled extensively in the article or the press release or the Marshall's department website.
Well, for Operation Falcon I--also done as a press spectacular during Crime Victim's Week, last year, about 40% were drug-related and about another 20% were for burglaries.
So my question is this--did the AP writer just cut and paste the FBI press release or what?
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