U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrests Murder Suspect

U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrests Murder Suspect

The following news release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service on Nov. 10, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Quindarrius Pritchford for First Degree Murder.

The Panola County Mississippi Sheriff’s Office issued an arrest warrant for Pritchford on July 26, 2021. The Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force. When information was developed that the fugitive was possibly in the Memphis area, the U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force began to search for him.

The Two Rivers Task Force located Pritchford on foot in the area of 4200 Eastwind Drive, Memphis, Tennessee. He was taken into custody without incident.

“The Task Force system developed by the Marshals Service and enhanced by our local partners enable the timely arrest of violent fugitives," said U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller.

The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force in the Western District of Tennessee with offices in Memphis and Jackson. Its membership is composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis Police Officers, Fayette County Sheriff’s Deputies, Jackson Police Officers, and Special Agents with the Tennessee Department of Correction. The primary mission of the Task Force is to arrest violent offenders and sexual predators.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service

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