MONONGALIA COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Today, members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force, Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, West Virginia State Police, Westover Police Department, and Star City Police Department arrested a Pennsylvania man wanted out of Pittsburgh, PA for homicide.
William Fitzgerald, 50, of Pennsylvania was taken into custody on I-79 northbound outside of Morgantown.
The Pittsburgh Police Department identified Fitzgerald as the primary suspect in the stabbing death of his estranged wife, 47-year-old Tarea Washington.
The U.S. Marshals Service Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force contacted the United States Marshals Service Northern West Virginia and the Mountain State Fugitive Task Force to assist in locating and apprehending Fitzgerald.
U.S. Marshals believed Fitzgerald to be traveling through North Central West Virginia northbound on I-79 and requested BOLOs and assistance from local agencies in Harrison County, Marion County, and Monongalia County along the I-79 corridor.
Officers from the Monongalia Sheriff’s Department, West Virginia State Police, Westover Police Department, and Star City Police Department identified Fitzgerald driving northbound I-79, local officers stopped Fitzgerald on I-79 outside of Morgantown just past mile marker 155.
Fitzgerald was taken into custody without incident.
“The U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force is designed to assist state and local law enforcement to apprehend the most dangerous felons and this arrest is a perfect example. The Marshals Service was glad to assist in this case and safely bring this suspect to Justice,” said Acting U.S. Marshal Terry Moore.