US Marshals Nab 7,100 Fugitives In 6-Week Nationwide Sweep

STOCKTON (CBS13/AP) -- The U.S. Marshals Service says it has rounded up 7,100 fugitives in a six-week nationwide sweep that focused on seven cities shown to have a high number of people wanted by the law.

Almost 100 people were arrested in the Stockton and Lodi areas as a part of the operation.

U.S. Director Stacia Hylton joined law enforcement officials in Camden, New Jersey, on Thursday to announce the results of the effort called Operation Violence Reduction 7.

Benjamin Wagner, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, along with representatives from the U.S. Marshals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Stockton Police Department and the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office spoke in Stockton about the sweep's local results.

Hylton says the effort focused on finding the most dangerous fugitives in seven cities and surrounding areas.

She says those arrested included 519 people wanted for homicide and 583 for sexual assault.

She says 10 missing children were also located in the sweep.

Besides Stockton and Lodi, the operation took place in  Atlanta; Baltimore; Camden, N.J.; Chicago; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; New Orleans; and Oakland, California.

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