Law enforcement collaborations result in 180 arrests

YOUNGSTOWN — A four-year-old collaboration of federal, state and local law enforcement has resulted in the recent arrests of about 180 people wanted on warrants for various crimes in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties, according to supervisory deputy U.S. Marshal David Kasulones.

Those fugitives were among 1,211 people arrested across northeast Ohio on 1,703 warrants last month in the program, known as Operation FALCON (Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally), he announced today at a news conference with local police chiefs.

Those arrested in northeast Ohio included 58 people charged with sex crimes or failure to register after a sex crime conviction, five people charged in homicides, 311 people wanted on drug charges, 103 wanted on assault charges and 352 wanted on burglary, robbery or larceny charges.

Thirteen guns and $20,032 in cash were also seized, the U.S. Marshal’s Service said.

The program focuses on those charged with violent crimes or sex crimes.

Since the program’s inception in 2005, it has made 91,086 arrests across the country in periodic multi-state sweeps and accounted for the largest nationwide mass arrests in U.S. history.