# Presentation: 329179

## Taotaomona Task Force

**Taotaomona Task Force**

- Local Marshals
- and Probation

- U.S. Probation

**Notes:**
Good morning.  My name is clark marquez, and I am a Deputy US Marshal assigned to the District of Guam Office.  The subject I will be discussing with you is the TTF.  The Taotaomona Task Force undertakes a significant and specific role in the law enforcement community here on Guam.  

## Mission

**As a multi-agency effort, will remove from the streets of GUAM local and federal fugitives; and bring to justice sexual predators who exploit and commit violent crimes against men, women, and children**

- 		  - U.S. Marshals Service
-                    - Guam Judiciary Marshal
-                    - Guam Police Department
-                    - Customs & Border Protection
-                    - Attorney General Office
-                    - U.S. Attorney
-                    - Department of Corrections
-                    - U.S. Probation/Parole
-                    - Guam Judiciary Probation
-                    - Airport Police
-                    - Military

**Notes:**
This is a pretty significant mission statement, and will it requires the assistance of other law enforcement agencies to be successful.  Some of these agencies have gone as far as assigning a member of their organization to the TTF to ensure its success.  

## SPECIFIC TARGETS

- Violent fugitives on outstanding local, state, federal warrants
- Convicted sex offenders that violate the sex offender registration and notification requirements
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**Notes:**
Read bullet; Regardless of what Jurisdiction issued the warrant, If are wanted, the TTF will locate you, arrest you, and bring you before the judge to answer to your charges. 
 If you are a convicted sex offender and you fail to update your registration and notification requirements, the TTF will arrest you, and if during the course of our investigation, we determine that you have violated the Adams Walsh Act, we will seek prosecution.

## Violent Fugitive Defined

**If the fugitive has a criminal history of violence; or an open case involving one of the following violent crimes, the Taotaomona Task Force will adopt the case:**

- 	- violent crimes against persons 	 	  (homicide, aggravated assault, 	   	  sexual assault, robbery)
- 	- weapon offenses
-        	- felony drug offenses
-        	- violator of the sex offender 			   registration and notification 	          	   requirements

**Notes:**
Read the heading and text.  

## Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006

-      The Act was signed on July 27, 2006, the 25th anniversary of the abduction and murder of 6 year-old Adam Walsh from a shopping mall in Florida.  Adam’s remains were discovered in a canal more than 100 miles from his home.  The perpetrator of the crime has yet to be brought to justice.

- Adam Walsh's father is John Walsh, host of the television program *America's Most Wanted*.  Since the tragic event of his son, John Walsh has dedicated his life to the pursuit of criminals.  He is the driving force behind the enactment of this Act.

## “Adam Walsh Act”

- The Marshals Service is the federal government’s lead agency for conducting investigations involving violations of the sex offender registration and notification requirements, 18 USC 2250.
- This “Act” enhances the ability of the U.S. Marshals Service to assist State and Local law enforcement authorities in locating, apprehending, and prosecuting these violators.

## “Adam Walsh Act”

**Organizes sex offenders into 3 tiers**

**Tier I an offense punishable by imprisonment for less than one year **
**Tier II an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year: abusive sexual contact;**
**Tier III an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year: sexual abuse or aggravated sexual abuse; **

**Notes:**
Sexual contact means any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person 2. sexual abuse cause substantial emotional or bodily pain  3. Aggravated sexual abuse  death, or serious bodily injury, penetration 

## “Adam Walsh Act”

**Mandates that some offenders update their whereabouts every 3 months**
**Makes failure to register and update information a felony**
**Some non-compliance with the sex offender registration and notification requirements is a federal crime, 18 USC 2250, punishable by up to 10 years of imprisonment.**

## ELEMENTS OF 18 USC 2250

- Convicted in federal court who failed to register or update registration,
- OR
- Convicted in Superior Court who:
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**           **- Have failed to register or update registration,** **AND
-            - travel in interstate/foreign commerce
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##    

   “There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and like it, never really care for anything else thereafter.”

					ERNEST HERMINGWAY

-    “There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and like it, never really care for anything else thereafter.”
- 					*ERNEST HERMINGWAY*

## Clark Marquez

- Deputy U.S. Marshal
- District of Guam
- (671) 473-9157

## Si Yu’us Ma’ase

**Si Yu’us Ma’ase**

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