On Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Greenville Police Corporal
Tim McInerney and other members of the US Marshals Eastern District Violent
Fugitive Task Force were awarded the William French Smith Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Cooperative Law Enforcement at the US Attorney General’s 60th
Annual Awards Ceremony in Washington, DC.
Other members of the Task Force
are Pitt County Deputy Sheriff Joe Reason, Kinston PD Detective Jimmy Moody,
SBI Special Agent Chris Dawson, and Nash County Sheriff’s Investigator Warren
Lewis (posthumous).
Corporal McInerney was recognized by US Attorney
General Eric Holder for his efforts to save fellow Task Force Officer Warren
“Sneak” Lewis after Lewis was fatally struck by gunfire while the team was
attempting to arrest a murder suspect in Kinston, NC.
Task Force Officers partner with Deputy US Marshals to
apprehend violent fugitives in their area. This team is responsible in
part for the closing over 3,300 fugitive warrants in Eastern North Carolina.
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