![]() Suddenly, the Marshals receive a call from the suspect’s girlfriend informing them that their fugitive had just arrived home. Sitting in traffic, DePaul fiddles with his handcuffs. Over the next five hours, the team and I “hit the streets.” We shuttled back and forth between the Bronx – where the suspect’s girlfriend and six of their seven children lived – and Manhattan’s Upper East Side – where the suspect spent his days delivering newspapers to street vendors. “So everyday we just hit the ground running.” “Stuff like this is hit or miss,” said DePaul as he jumped in his tinted SUV, featuring cold coffee and handcuffs in the cup holder. They had already spent five months searching for the elusive “perp,” who used numerous aliases to evade police. The Marshals were hopeful, but realistic. “It’s great, we pick each other’s brains, everyone brings something to the group,” Lopez says as she straps me into an oversized flack jacket. Romani outlined the case for the group that included Marshals DePaul, Peppers, and Potucek, as well as Senior Parole Officer Vinny Senzamici, and Detective Roxanne Lopez. No cameras were rolling in the early morning hours when the Marshals assembled in sub zero weather on the corner of 181st Street, replete with guns, badges and numerous layers of clothing. But this is not a hunt you’ll get to see on TV. Romani was also leading the team on the morning I joined the RFTF on the search for a rapist hiding out in the Bronx. “It’s a lot of paperwork, but it’s due diligence.” “We try to stay on top of the game and do our homework,” says Romani. With the help of Deputy Michelle “Michy” Mendez and Commander DePaul, Romani proves just how he earned his new corner office. ![]() In the second part of the season finale, recently promoted Deputy Mike Romani (now Senior Inspector) is on the hunt for a suspect with an extensive criminal history that includes sexual assault and weapons charges. “We are a force multiplier, a piece of a very big puzzle.” ![]() ![]() “We bring in over 100 fugitives a week and we have leads coming in from all over the world. With more then 300 officers from 90 different Federal, State and local agencies, DePaul and his team are able to make up to 5,000 arrests a year. “Somebody has to keep check on our backyard and catch the dangerous, violent criminals operating here at home,” says Commander Lenny DePaul.ĭePaul, a Navy veteran and former Secret Service agent, is in charge of the New York-New Jersey RFTF, the first of 16 nationwide. PHOTOS: The Post Tags Along With ‘Manhunters’Ĭreated in 2002 by Congressional mandate, the members of the RFTF track down criminals all over the United States. When the suspect’s trail leads the Marshals a long way from home, they soon realize nothing about this hunt is going to come easy. In the first part of the finale, Detective Rasheen “Pep” Peppers leads Inspector Danny Potucek and Investigator Matthew Testa on a hunt for a cold-blooded murderer who is accused of killing his best friend. ![]() In tomorrow’s hour-long season finale of A&E’s “Manhunters,” the US Marshals of the Regional Fugitive Task Force (RFTF) put taxpayers’ dollars to good use by cleaning up the streets of America. ![]()
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