A man linked to the local Eastside Crips street gang was arrested Monday by federal authorities in Ohio.
Otis Haralson, 36, was taken into custody by a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive strike team at a residence in Canal Winchester, Ohio without incident, said Sgt. Chris Widmer, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
Haralson was taken into custody on an arrest warrant associated with the Eastside Crips street gang crackdown in Tucson in August after a multi-agency investigation, Widmer said.
Haralson was booked into the Franklin County jail in Columbus, Ohio and is awaiting extradition to Tucson.
No further information on Haralson was released.
Last month, search warants were served at nine locations in Tucson, and more than 80 firearms were seized and 16 people were arrested in the operation targeting the street gang.
The Tucson Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Arizona Department of Public Safety's gang unit carried out the operation.
More than 250 law enforcement personnel were involved in the operation, which connected individuals to shootings, homicides, money laundering and other crimes, said Police Chief Roberto Villaseñor at the time of the arrests in August.
