US Marshals in Texas safely recover missing Lincoln juvenile
LINCOLN, Neb. – A missing Lincoln juvenile was safely recovered in Texas on Thursday. A woman
suspected of taking the juvenile was also arrested.
The U.S. Marshals Service Western District of Arkansas Fugitive Task Force (WAFTF) arrested the
woman at a park in Texarkana, Texas. The missing juvenile was located with her.
The woman was wanted by the Lincoln Police Department (LPD) for misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
June 26, LPD received a report of a missing juvenile who had gone to a friend’s house on June 25 but
did not return home. LPD investigators learned that the juvenile had been seen near the People’s City
Mission in Lincoln with a friend and the woman. LPD investigators later learned the woman had
purchased three Greyhound bus tickets to Texarkana, Arkansas.
On Monday, the U.S. Marshals Service District of Nebraska’s Metro Fugitive Task Force (MFTF) was
asked to assist in locating the juvenile and arresting the woman. The MFTF requested the assistance of WAFTF to locate the juvenile and arrest the woman in Texarkana. Thursday, the WAFTF and
Texarkana Police Department located both the juvenile and the woman at a park in Texarkana.
The woman is being held in Texarkana, awaiting extradition to Nebraska. The juvenile appeared in
good health and was taken into protective custody.
The Texarkana Police Department assisted the U.S. Marshals Western District of Arkansas Fugitive
Task Force, U.S. Marshals Service District of Nebraska Metro Fugitive Task Force and Lincoln Police
Department with the arrest and recovery.
In 2015, the Justice for Juvenile Victims of Trafficking Act was passed, granting the U.S. Marshals
Service the authority to assist in all missing child cases regardless of a fugitive nexus. To manage this
new authority, the Missing Child Unit was formed. Since Congress passed the law, the U.S. Marshals
Service has assisted in finding or recovering 5,281 missing children. If you have any information about
wanted fugitives or suspected victims of trafficking, please contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office, or
the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov.