PETERSBURG, Va. -- In a day-two operation, more than a dozen people wanted for various crimes in Central Virginia were arrested.
On January 11 and 12, Petersburg Police teamed up with the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force and Virginia State Police to arrest suspects wanted by Petersburg and surrounding jurisdictions.
According to Petersburg Police, the following people were arrested during the operation:
Jaytrez Mason
Probation violation for brandishing a firearm and malicious wounding
Justin Alston
Failure to appear (x3), distribution of schedule I&II controlled substance, posession of a firearm with schedule I&II
Carlo Hayes
Possession of firearm by felon
Thomas Clanton
Failure to appear (x2), suspended license, assault on a family member, felony destruction of property, and strangulation
Byron Anderson
Capias- revocation of suspended sentence (poss. schedule I&II controlled substance)
Jamarcus Hayes
Violate condition of release and driving without a license
Major Bland
Abduction, larceny, strangulation, and assault on a family member
Tyree Tyler
Larceny, failure to appear (concealed weapon), and possession of schedule I&II controlled substance
Dakwan Price
Break and entering, and assault on a family member
Salvatore Scaturchio
Suspended operators license, failure to appear, and threats of death of bodily injury
Jimell Townes
Possession of firearm by convicted felon
Cameron Friend
Failure to appear (possession of firearm convicted by felon)
Tavares Spratley
Suspended operators license, speeding, felony eluding, and reckless driving
Tikayla Dunston
Obstruction of justice, felony eluding, expired registration, reckless driving, driving without a license, and a window tint violation
Kywone Lewis
Aggravated malicious wounding (x2), use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and shooting into an occupied vehicle
A 15-year-old juvenile also received a juvenile detention order for probation violation for robbery.
Police say four more wanted suspects were also arrested before the operation.
