Office of the Sheriff

UNDERSHERIFFS DENNIS R. McMANIMON CAROL E. WALTON ASSISTANT TO THE SHERIFF CATHLEEN G. GARTON

JOHN A. KEMLER
ACTING SHERIFF

MERCER COUNTY CIVIL COURT HOUSE 175 SOUTH BROAD STREET P.O. Box 8068 TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 08650-0068 TELEPHONE: (609) 989-6100 FAX: (609) 989-6185

CHIEF SHERIFF'S OFFICER RICHARD S. PIOTROWSKI, JR CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER JAMES H. KOSTOPLIS

July 12, 2011

Mercer County Acting Sheriff Jack Kemler announces the arrest of Mercer County fugitive Sherief Treadwell, a four-star general of the Gansta Killa Bloods, in Falls Township, Pa., after failing to appear for pre-arraignment conference on charges of attempted murder and weapons possession, and sentencing in relation to possession of CDS..

On Monday, July 11, 2011, members of the United States Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force, and Mercer County Sheriffs Office, with assistance from the Falls Township Police, arrested Mercer County fugitive Sherief Treadwell of Trenton, NJ. Treadwell (DOB/ 6-6-1986), aka Whiteboy and a self-admitted four-star general of the Gangsta Killer Bloods street

gang, had been wanted since June 24, 2011, on two Mercer County Superior Court warrants for failing to appear for pre-arraignment conference on charges of attempted murder and weapons possession, and sentencing in relation to possession of CDS. Treadwell was considered armed and dangerous due to numerous arrests for gun possession, which included possession of an AK-47 assault rifle and MAC-11 machine gun. Investigation by Sheriffs detectives and task force officers revealed Treadwell had fled New Jersey and was moving between two apartments in Falls Township, Pa. The apartments were identified as belonging to Treadwells girlfriend, and the other belonging to Treadwell and his mother. An attempt to locate Treadwell at the girlfriends apartment was unsuccessful, but success was found at the second apartment. With the assistance of Treadwells mother in negotiating a peaceful surrender, and a request for the activation of the Falls Township SWAT team, Treadwell finally emerged from the apartment after about an hour and was taken into custody without incident. In announcing the arrest, Sheriff Kemler stated, I cant stress enough what our partnership with the US Marshals Service means to not only our agency, but to the law enforcement community as a whole. The resources available to us has given my detectives the ability to track down and remove another violent criminal from the streets in a very expedient manner, Treadwell was transported to the Falls Township Police Department, where he was charged as a Fugitive of Justice and then brought before Falls District Judge, Jan Vislosky, who ordered Treadwell be held in the Bucks County Jail in lieu of $10 million bail while he awaits extradition to New Jersey.

William Osterman Public Information Officer Mercer County Sheriffs Office 609-989-6132 (Office) 609-847-1231 (Cell) wosterman@mercercounty.org