Feds Target Violent Offenders, Over 260 Arrests Made In WI: Reports

MILWAUKEE, WI — Over 260 arrests were made this summer across eastern Wisconsin during a two-month federal operation targeting fugitives wanted in connection with violent crimes, federal officials announced Friday according to reports.

Called Operation Triple Honey Beam, the partnership between the U.S. Marshals Service and local police cleared 860 warrants and led to 268 arrests between May 22 and July 31, according to CBS 58.

Of the arrests made, the Marshals Service reported 47 were in connection with homicides, 81 were for recklessly endangering safety and 60 were connected with sex crimes, according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Officials also seized 56 kilograms of narcotics, the newspaper reported.

Of the 84 firearms seized, "a vast majority" were handguns but there were many rifles and shotguns as well, U.S. Marshals Supervisory Deputy Jeremy Loesch told reporters at the news conference Friday. Further, 122 of the arrests made were in connection with a felon possessing a firearm, Loesch said.

"Out of all of these arrests, not one injury, not one cut, not one scrape was incurred by anyone involved," Loesch said.

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Other property seized during the operation included 3,305 rounds of ammunition, $284,016 in U.S. currency, two vehicles and 35 cellphones, a report by WISN12 noted.

The operation took place across cities in eastern Wisconsin, but the majority of the arrests took place in southeastern Wisconsin, Loesch told reporters Friday.