Monday, October 5, 2009

6,000 fugitives are expected to turn themselves in at Newark church

By Alexi Friedman/The Star-Ledger

NEWARK -- Charles Scott woke one morning to pounding at his front door. A dozen federal marshals armed with shotguns and wearing bulletproof vests were looking for his daughter, Sonia Scott, who had long since fled to North Carolina to avoid six warrants for offenses she committed in Gloucester and Camden counties.
For two years she was on the run, Charles Scott said. Then, last fall, the father found out about a federal law enforcement initiative that gives fugitives with open warrants for non-violent crimes a second chance to surrender, with little risk of jail time. FULL STORY

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