U.S. Marshals capture West Tennessee rape fugitive in Michigan
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE:
U.S. Marshals Capture West Tennessee Rape Fugitive in Michigan
Trenton, TN – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in the Western District of Tennessee and the Eastern District of Michigan coordinated to capture a fugitive, Cedric Joseph Howell, who was wanted for sex crimes in Tennessee.
Following an investigation by the Trenton (TN) Police Department and the TN Department of Children’s Services, arrest warrants were issued on September 12, 2024, charging Cedric Howell, 39, of Trenton, with rape and incest. Trenton police requested assistance from the USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Jackson, Tennessee, to locate and apprehend Howell.
The TRVFTF developed information that Howell had fled to the Detroit, Michigan area and provided investigative leads to the USMS. On September 20, deputy marshals from the fugitive task force tracked Howell to a store in Pontiac, Michigan. He was taken into custody on the parking lot and will be held at a detention facility pending extradition back to Tennessee.
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