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| Violent Offender Task Force Captures 1000th fugitive; successful program may be cut |
| By q13fox.com- David Rose |
| Published: 11/10/2016 |
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EVERETT — The arrest of a 33-year-old Granite Falls man wanted for assaulting law enforcement with a deadly weapon marked the 1,000th capture for the Snohomish County Violent Offender Task Force. Steven Linton was wanted after he failed to appear in court for a pending case for assaulting a Sheriff’s Deputy with a knife. Linton was arrested this week outside a family cabin along the Stillaguamish River near Granite Falls. The multi-agency task force was formed in 2013 and includes Snohomish County deputies, U.S. Marshals, Dept. of Corrections, Everett Police, Mukilteo Police, Lake Stevens Police and Arlington Police. Since they started, they’ve taken 156 firearms out of the hands of dangerous felons. The task force focuses on fugitives who target vulnerable adults, children and anyone committing violent crimes. About a third of their arrests are sex offenders like convicted child rapist Ronald Brennan who they caught in Everett on Wednesday. He was capture #1002. Brennan has admitted to having 26 victims and was wanted by the Department of Corrections for not checking in as he is required by law to do. sex-offender-caughtThe task force credits tips from the public for much of their success. “You`ve seen us work out here all day but without the citizens we would probably not have located him,” said Snohomish County Sgt. Keith Rogers. Past captures have included sex offenders living with vulnerable children. “Those were some of our more satisfying arrests in that we were not just locating and arresting the fugitives, but we were also preventing future crimes,” said Sgt. Rogers. Read More. |
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