In the Dayton area, ONS FY24 investigators arrested 187 fugitives, including six for homicide, four for forcible sexual assault, 12 for robbery, 36 for aggravated assault and 25 for firearms violations. Local investigators seized four firearms, more than $5,000.00 in U.S. currency, and almost half a kilogram of illegal narcotics.

In the East St. Louis area alone, Operation North Star led to the capture of 602 fugitives, including 34 for homicide, 34 for forcible sexual assault, 29 for robbery, 119 for aggravated assault and 177 for firearm violations, according to Jeremy Wyatt, chief deputy U. S. Marshal.

Investigators with the U.S. Marshals Service's "Operation North Star" reportedly arrested 34 homicide fugitives, 34 forcible sexual assault fugitives, 29 robbery fugitives, 119 aggravated assault fugitives, and 177 firearm violation fugitives, the Service said in an emailed press release. The Service did not share details on the other 209 arrests.