Authorities arrest 205 fugitives in state sweep
Mon, Mar 24, 2008
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LANSING (AP) Officials say 205 fugitives were arrested during a statewide sweep aimed at getting offenders off the streets.
The Project S.A.F.E. (Statewide Apprehension of Fugitives Effort) Street sweep has been conducted quarterly since 2003. The latest one, held March 11-13, resulted in the arrests of 58 parole violators, 27 parole absconders and two probation violators. Law enforcers also made arrests for assault and battery, breaking and entering, domestic violence, forgery, fraud, identity theft, larceny and possession of marijuana.
State police and the state Department of Corrections organized the sweep with help from county sheriff's departments, local police, the U.S. Marshals services, and police from Arizona and Texas.