Armed and Dangerous Fugitive Captured

Norfolk, VA – A violent criminal who failed ‎to show in court on multiple felony charges has been brought to justice. 30-year-old Michael Anthony Greene was arrested in Suffolk yesterday by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and

Chesapeake Criminal Apprehension Unit.

On March 31, 2014, Greene was charged with breaking and entering, robbery, abduction and kidnapping, use of firearm in commission of a felony, and possession of firearm by a convicted felon. When he failed to appear for subsequent court hearings in relation to these charges, a warrant was issued for his arrest by Portsmouth Police Department in April of this year.

The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force took the case in May and began looking into Greene’s whereabouts. A lengthy investigation showed several different locations Greene may be hiding at. Recently, the task force developed information that Greene may be staying with an associate in the 1200 block of Kansas Street in Suffolk. Several days of surveillance at this location paid off. On August 27, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Greene was observed by task force members getting dropped off in a vehicle at the suspect residence.

Deputy Marshals, Task Force Officers, and members of the Chesapeake Criminal Apprehension Unit immediately surrounded the residence Greene was observed walking into just moments before. After officers knocked on the door, a female resident answered and stated that Greene was not home. Greene, who is known to carry firearms and considered armed and dangerous due to his criminal history, was given lawful commands to come out from the residence, but he refused to comply. Task force members made entry into the residence and quickly took Greene into custody in a back bedroom.

Greene is currently being held at Portsmouth City Jail.

The U.S. Marshals-led Fugitive Task Force consists of law enforcement officers from the U.S. Marshals, Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office, Newport News Police Department, Portsmouth Police Department and Norfolk Police Department. The main objective of the task force is to seek out and arrest violent offenders with outstanding federal and state warrants.

The U.S. Marshals Service, America’s oldest federal law enforcement agency, arrested more than 33,700 federal fugitives, 71,000 state and local fugitives and 11,600 sex offenders in 2014. Our investigative network and capabilities allow for the unique ability to track and apprehend any fugitive who attempts to evade police capture, anywhere in the country.

Shooting Suspect Arrested in Chicago

Faces Federal Firearms and State Attempted Murder Charges in Des Moines

Riverdale, IL – A three-month manhunt for a Des Moines, Iowa shooting suspect has ended with the fugitive’s arrest in Riverdale. A team of law enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals arrested James Matthew Butler, 29, around 2:40 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of 140th and School St.

Butler was wanted by the Des Moines Police Department on three counts of attempted murder in connection with the May 27 shooting of a 33-year old woman and a 36-year old man in the 1100 block of 27th St. Butler is also accused of shooting at a third individual who was not injured. At the time of the alleged shooting, Butler was on federal pre-trial release. He was awaiting trial in the Southern District of Iowa on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Butler on May 28.

On Thursday, acting on information from Polk County Crime Stoppers and the U.S. Marshals Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force in Des Moines, U.S. Marshals in the Northern District of Illinois – assisted by their task force - observed a man matching Butler’s description in a vehicle with several other individuals in Riverdale. As the vehicle neared the area of 140th and School St., Deputies conducted a felony traffic stop of the vehicle. The man believed to be Butler attempted to give Deputies a false identity. Deputies were able to confirm Butler’s identity and arrested him without incident.

Butler is being held at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago where he is awaiting extradition back to the Southern District of Iowa.

Kansas Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison in Plot to Explode Car Bomb at Airport

Airport Worker Intended to Use his Access to Secure Areas to Commit Terrorist Attack

A Wichita, Kansas, man working as an avionic technician for an aeronautics company and possessing restricted access to secure airport areas, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison today for attempting to explode a car bomb at the airport in Wichita, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Barry R. Grissom of the District of Kansas announced.

Terry Lee Loewen, 60, pleaded guilty on June 8 to one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.  Loewen was arrested in December 2013 when he tried to enter the grounds of the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport for the purpose of exploding a bomb.  (The airport was recently renamed the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport).

“Terry Loewen abused his privileged airport access to attempt to perpetrate a terrorist attack in Wichita,” said Assistant Attorney General Carlin.  “The National Security Division’s highest priority is protecting the United States against terrorist threats.  We will continue to pursue justice against those who seek to carry out violent attacks against Americans, whether at home or abroad.”

“Here in the heartland, terrorism will never shake our faith in the things this country stands for – freedom, fairness and opportunity,” said U.S. Attorney Grissom.  “We won’t give way to those who would inflict violence on their fellow citizens.”

In his plea, Loewen admitted he came to the attention of the FBI late in May 2013 when he became a Facebook friend of a person who was posting comments advocating violent jihad.  The FBI began communicating with Loewen through an undercover employee.  After Loewen expressed his desire to engage in violent jihad, the undercover employee offered to introduce him to someone who could help him do it.

Loewen told the undercover employee he was waiting for what he called “the green light” from Allah to carry out a violent attack on a civilian target.  He said that he did not expect to live through any of the attacks he had in mind.  Loewen also said that he was inspired by the teachings of Osama bin Laden and Anwar Al Awlaki, and that he had downloaded thousands of pages of information on jihad.

In September 2013, Loewen sent photos of airplanes on the tarmac at the Wichita airport.  He commented that he could have “walked over there, shot both pilots … slapped some C4 on both fuel trucks and set them off before anyone even called TSA.”

In October 2013, Loewen met with a second undercover FBI employee who Loewen believed was a “brother” and would help him blow up a plane.  Loewen said that he had scouted the airport to determine a time and place for an attack that would be sure to kill as many people as possible.

Loewen assisted the second FBI employee in the final assembly of an improvised explosive device.  He was not aware that the explosive materials used in the device were inert.  In the early hours of Dec. 13, 2013, the second FBI employee picked up Loewen at a Wichita hotel.  They drove to where the bomb was stored and finished wiring the device.  When they reached the airport, Loewen used his badge twice at a card reader to attempt to get onto the tarmac before he was arrested.

Loewen was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Monti L. Belot of the District of Kansas.

Assistant Attorney General Carlin and U.S. Attorney Grissom commended the Wichita FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, which includes members from the FBI, the Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Office and Kansas Highway Patrol.  Assisting with the investigation were the FBI Kansas City, Missouri, Division, the Transportation Security Administration, the Wichita Airport Authority and the Wichita Police Department.  Assistant Attorney General Carlin and U.S. Attorney Grissom also commended the prosecutors on the case, Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Smith and Tony Mattivi of the District of Kansas and Trial Attorney Erin Creegan of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.