Alabama Fugitive on the Run Arrested in Greensboro, NC by U.S. Marshals

Greensboro, NC – This morning at 0930 AM, Carl Thomas Bennett Jr., a 27 year old male, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force (JFTF). On July 24, 2015, Lee County, Alabama issued a warrant for arrest charging Bennett Jr. for Second Degree Assault.

On July 23, 2015, officers with the Auburn Police Department responded to a shooting at 1989 Overlook Court in Auburn, Alabama. Upon arrival a victim was found lying in a bathtub suffering from two gunshot wounds to the leg. The victim was taken to the East Alabama Medical Center where he had to undergo surgery. Detectives learned, during the course of the investigation, that the victim had contacted a female via the internet site “Evil Empire” to act as an escort. It is alleged that during the encounter a dispute erupted between the victim and the female resulting in the victim departing the area in his car. Bennett Jr., along with another suspect, chased the victim by car until the victim abandoned his vehicle and attempted to flee on foot. Once the victim exited the vehicle Bennett Jr. and the other suspect began shooting at the victim, hitting him twice in the leg.

The JFTF learned that Bennett Jr. was possibly in the Greensboro, North Carolina area. The JFTF conducted interviews and canvassed the area in search of the alleged suspect. During the investigation, Task Force officers discovered that Bennett Jr. was staying at the Baymont Inn & Suites located at 2001 Veasley Street in Greensboro. Through interviews and surveillance the JFTF verified the room that Bennett Jr. occupied. Upon entry into the room the JFTF encountered Bennett Jr. and two others along with marijuana and scales. During the arrest Bennett Jr. tried to elude law enforcement again by giving the name of “Ryan Gholston”, but later confessed that he was in fact Carl Bennett Jr. from Alabama. Subsequently, one of the occupants in the room was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Distribute Marijuana.

The JFTF transported Bennett Jr. to the Guilford County Jail where is being held on the alleged charges. The U.S. Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force for the Middle District of North Carolina is comprised of investigators from the U.S. Marshals Service, Chapel Hill Police Department, Durham Police Department, GreensboroPolice Department, High Point Police Department, Winston-Salem Police Department, Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Department of Community Corrections – Probation & Parole.

Law Enforcement Stress, Survival and History

Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Police-Writers.com added one police officer who has written on street survival with language skills; one who has written on law enforcement stress; and, one whose writers are part of law enforcement history.

Joe Blanco is a retired police officer from the Greensboro Police Department (North Carolina). After retiring from the Greensboro Police Department, he became a Security Operations Manager for the Department of Homeland Security. He is the author of three books for law enforcement and other emergency services personnel on Spanish: Survival Street Spanish for Police Officers; Survival Street Spanish for EMS/Fire Personnel; and, Survival Street Spanish for 911 Telecommunications.

Lieutenant Peter Pranzo served as a New York Police Department police officer for 21 years. During his career, he earned over 60 NYPD medals and awards including the Police Combat Cross and the Medal for Valor. As a lieutenant, he was assigned to the elite NYPD Street Crime Unit where his team made 2000 felony arrests. A frequent contributor to law enforcement related magazines, Peter Pranzo is the author of Stress Management for Law Enforcement.

According to the book description, “this vital handbook covers stress and trauma associated with the law enforcement and criminal justice professional. Includes: Anatomy of a Breaking Point; From Stress to Burn Out; Learning to Cope; Post Trauma; Cures, Rehabilitation and Treatment; and Psychological Testing for Police Recruits in addition to related topics dealing with this growing problem.”

George W. McWatters was known in some New York social circles as the “Literary Policeman” as well as the “Prince.” Likely born in Scotland, he was raised and educated in Ireland. As an adult he worked in Ireland as a mechanic and early in his adult life moved to London where he continued to work as a mechanic and met his wife. George McWatters and his family immigrated to the United States in the middle of the 19th Century and he studies law in Philadelphia between 1848 and 1849. From Philadelphia he went to California and after nine months returned to the East Coast, settling in New York. He joined the New York Police Department in 1858, and retired in 1870. He is the author of Knots untied: Or, Ways and by-ways in the hidden life of American Detectives.

Police-Writers.com now hosts 515 police officers (representing 216 police departments) and their 1094 books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.