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The Fugitive Safe Surrender program was aimed at helping to clear up outstanding warrants, said Leonard Sipes Jr., spokesman for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency. The initiative, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, was not an amnesty program, although those who turned themselves in were promised favorable consideration from the courts.
About 30 percent of the 530 people who turned themselves in at the Bible’s Way church in Northwest Washington had traffic charges, and the rest had criminal charges. Fifteen percent of the people who showed up learned they were not wanted on a warrant, Sipes said.
In all, 10 fugitives were arrested, three for alleged domestic violence, five for alleged escape from a correctional facility, one for alleged armed robbery and one for alleged felony assault.
The remaining people received new court dates or had their cases resolved and returned home.
There are about 28,000 outstanding warrants in Washington, 15,000 of which are misdemeanors. People with misdemeanors are the population that the Fugitive Safe Surrender program targets. The program concluded in D.C. and five other cities this weekend.
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9:01 AM MST on Sun., Jun. 8, 2008 re: "Fugitive Safe Surrender program in Detroit gets big turnout"
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James said:
do i now have to stress that they may break down my door just for a in park after dark ticket with vids and pics to prove there was no signs or anything..this was valentines day at 7:30 pm i was with my fiance... or is there really gonna be an alternate day...like they said ??? because id be more then happy to work with them if they would just work with me....my first court date i took my pics n vids..but do to the fact we cant bring cams in...i was forced to put my digital cam in aglove and bury it in the snow outside the colman young building..so its like why should i have to go thru all this jus for nothing practically... News,Other Members or this forum, Detroit officers that may read this...if anyone that could assist me this would be really appreciated.. i dont feel my fine should of been 150 for the ticket and 100 for the bond...conciderin had they let me in to the safe surrender as they said nobody gets turned away and they did...my ticket would of been only 10%
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James said:
Id like to know why they sent most of us home from the surrender somewhere around 11 o clock preaching it is too hot..and sayin go home to watch the news for a new alternate day...and yet when i did so..all the news said all day was how the sweeps will continue.....and they failed to mention how many of us that waited for hours upon hours got sent home....they acted as if everything went smoothly...i witnessed a officer gettin angry and dam near choke holding his cb radio as he yelled at the croud..ive never seen an officer respond in such a matter as this...then to top it off they failed to mention the fact that there was a fight right up at the gate where the majority of all the police were..that is when suddenly the whole program shut down and they gave us there excuse..after the figght they stoppd the line for over an hour and a half....jus to say ok everyone go home..its too hot..i was in line at 5:30 am sharp with the program not starting till 9..... can someone help me please..
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