FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1980s

The FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives during the 1980s is a list, maintained for a fourth decade, of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, and William Kinsey Hutchinson, International News Service Editor-in-Chief, who were discussing ways to promote capture of the...

of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...

FBI headlines in the 1980s

As a decade, the 1980s list is notable in that it contains the name of the person with the longest-lasting profile as a wanted Top Ten Fugitive, Donald Eugene Webb

Donald Eugene Webb

Donald Eugene Webb is an American career criminal and fugitive wanted for attempted burglary and the murder of police chief Gregory Adams in the small community of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania on December 4, 1980. It was the first murder in the town's history.- Background and family :Donald Eugene...

, 25 years to date. The decade's list also contains his runner-up, with the second-longest profile of all time, Victor Manuel Gerena

Victor Manuel Gerena

Víctor Manuel Gerena is an American fugitive wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the armed robbery, in connection with the Los Macheteros group, of a Wells Fargo armored car facility. On May 14, 1984, he became the 386th fugitive to be placed on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted...

, now wanted for 24 years to date. The 1980s also brought the first man-and-woman couple listed together, who were FALN

FALN

FALN is an acronym for Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional .It can refer to:*Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña*Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional...

terrorist group associates Donna Jean Willmott and Claude Daniel Marks. The couple surrendered together seven years later, then pled guilty together to a Leavenworth prison

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth

The United States Penitentiary , Leavenworth was the largest maximum security federal prison in the United States from 1903 until 2005. It became a medium security prison in 2005.It is located in Leavenworth, Kansas...

breakout conspiracy from 1987.

Among other prominent Fugitives in the decade were Mutulu Shakur

Mutulu Shakur

Mutulu Shakur , is a former proponent of the Republic of New Afrika and a close friend of Geronimo Pratt....

, the stepfather of the later famed rapper Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur , known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2007, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world...

, and also appearing was the sociopath Charles Ng

Charles Ng

Charles Chi-Tat Ng is a serial killer. With Leonard Lake, he is suspected of murdering between 11 and 25 victims at Lake's ranch in Calaveras County, California, United States....

, who had teamed up with the infamous Leonard Lake

Leonard Lake

Leonard Lake was an American serial killer. He often used the alias Leonard Hill. The crimes he committed with Charles Ng became known when Lake committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill shortly after being arrested for a firearms offense.-Life:Lake was born in San Francisco, California...

in as many as 25 sex-slave torture-murders at Lake's ranch in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. The boss of the Colombo crime family

Colombo crime family

The Colombo crime family is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia ....

, Carmine John Persico, also made the list in the 1980s.

The decade also was marked by the start of the popular television program America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...

, which became a major new publicity venue for profiling and then the apprehension of many of the FBI's Top Ten Fugitives.

FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitives to begin the 1980s

The FBI in the past has identified individuals by the sequence number in which each individual has appeared on the list. Some individuals have even appeared twice, and often a sequence number was permanently assigned to an individual suspect who was soon caught, captured, or simply removed, before his or her appearance could be published on the publicly released list. In those cases, the public would see only gaps in the number sequence reported by the FBI. For convenient reference, the wanted suspect's sequence number and date of entry on the FBI list appear below, whenever possible.

As the new decade opened, the following Fugitives from prior years still remained at large, as the members of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list:

Name	Sequence Number	Date of Entry	Notes
Charles Lee Herron	#265	1968	Arrested in June 1986

Katherine Ann Power Katherine Ann Power Katherine Ann Power is an American ex-convict and long-time fugitive, who, along with her fellow student and accomplice Susan Edith Saxe, was placed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted Fugitives list in 1970...	#315	1970	Surrendered to authorities in 1993

Joseph Maurice McDonald	#339	1976	Arrested September 15, 1982

Raymond Luc Levasseur	#350	1977	Arrested November 4, 1984

Carlos Alberto Torres	#356	1977	Arrested April 4, 1980

Charles Everett Hughes	#364	1978	Arrested April 29, 1981

Leo Joseph Koury	#366	1979	Eluded the FBI for 12 years before dying of a stroke Stroke A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage... on June 16, 1991.

John William Sherman	#367	1979	Arrested December 17, 1981

Earl Edwin Austin	#370	1979	Arrested March 1, 1980

Vincent James Russo	#371	1979	Arrested January 4, 1985

FBI Most Wanted Fugitives added during the 1980s

The most wanted fugitives listed in the decade of the 1980s includes (in FBI list appearance sequence order):

1980-1985

Name	Sequence Number	Date of Entry	Time Listed
Albert Victory	#372	March 14, 1980	One year
Albert Victory was arrested at his home on February 24, 1981 after being traced by New York State Police New York State Police The New York State Police is the state police force of over 4,600 sworn Troopers for the state of New York. It was established on April 11, 1917 by the New York Legislature, in response to the 1913 murder of a construction foreman named Sam Howell in Westchester County, which at that time did not... to Lafayette, California Lafayette, California Lafayette is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 23,893. It was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero of the American Revolutionary War... .

Ronald Turney Williams	#373	April 16, 1980	One year
Ronald Turney Williams was arrested on June 8, 1981 at a stakeout at George Washington Hotel in New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... ; was shot and wounded by an FBI Agent.

Daniel Jay Barney	#374	March 10, 1981	One month
Daniel Jay Barney died from a suicidal gunshot following a hostage crisis on April 19, 1981 where he had taken four hostages in a condo in Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains... . After two escaped and the police negotiated the release of the other two hostages, Barney killed himself.

Donald Eugene Webb Donald Eugene Webb Donald Eugene Webb is an American career criminal and fugitive wanted for attempted burglary and the murder of police chief Gregory Adams in the small community of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania on December 4, 1980. It was the first murder in the town's history.- Background and family :Donald Eugene...	#375	May 4, 1981	Twenty-six years
Donald Eugene Webb was wanted in connection with the December 4, 1980 murder of the police chief in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania Saxonburg, Pennsylvania Saxonburg is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,629 as of the 2000 census.- History :Founded in 1832 by John A... who was shot twice at close range after being brutally beaten about the head and face with a blunt instrument. He was removed from the list on March 31, 2007, without ever being located.

Gilbert James Everett Gilbert James Everett Gilbert James Everett was a Kansas bank robber whose crime spree in the southeastern United States during the early 1980s resulted in his being listed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for over four years....	#376	May 13, 1981	Four years
Gilbert James Everett was arrested on August 12, 1985 by local police in Bismarck, Arkansas Bismarck, Arkansas Bismarck is an unincorporated community between Hot Springs and Caddo Valley on State HWY 7 and 84 in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States.... .

Leslie Nichols	#377	July 2, 1981	Five months
Leslie Nichols was arrested on December 17, 1981 in his apartment in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... by FBI Agents and local police.

Thomas William Manning	#378	January 29, 1982	Three years
Thomas William Manning was arrested on April 24, 1985 in Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach.... .

David Fountain Kimberly, Jr.	#379	January 29, 1982	Six months
David Fountain Kimberly, Jr. was arrested without incident on July 8, 1982 in Matecumbe Key, Florida Upper Matecumbe Key Upper Matecumbe Key is an island in the upper Florida Keys.U.S. 1 crosses the key at approximately mile markers 79—83.5, between Windley Key and Lower Matecumbe Key.... by FBI Agents; despite being armed with a loaded .38 caliber tucked in his waistband.

Mutulu Shakur Mutulu Shakur Mutulu Shakur , is a former proponent of the Republic of New Afrika and a close friend of Geronimo Pratt....	#380	July 23, 1982	Four years
Mutulu Shakur was arrested February 11, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, on Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly referred to as the RICO Act or simply RICO, is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization... charges for bank robbery to finance a militant organization, and for having aided his sister, Assata Shakur Assata Shakur Assata Olugbala Shakur is an African-American activist and escaped convict who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army... , in her escape from prison in New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... , where she had been incarcerated for the murder and wounding of one state trooper and another Black Panther member accompanying her in 1973 while stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Charles Edward Watson	#381	October 22, 1982	One year
Charles Edward Watson was arrested October 25, 1983 in Slatington, Pennsylvania Slatington, Pennsylvania Slatington is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is located 15 miles northwest of Allentown, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state... while leaving his residence.

Laney Gibson, Jr.	#382	November 28, 1983	Three weeks
Laney Gibson, Jr. was arrested December 18, 1983 in Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city... at a suburban motel.

George Clarence Bridgette	#383	January 10, 1984	Three weeks
George Clarence Bridgette was arrested January 30, 1984 in Miami, Florida Miami, Florida Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625... after a citizen recognized his photo from an Identification Order in a post office.

Samuel Marks Humphrey	#384	February 29, 1984	One month
Samuel Marks Humphrey was arrested March 22, 1984 in Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States... .

Christopher Bernard Wilder Christopher Wilder Christopher Bernard Wilder was a serial killer who abducted and raped at least ten women and killed at least eight of them during a spree across the United States in early 1984...	#385	April 5, 1984	One week
Christopher Bernard Wilder was killed in a shootout with police at a gas station on April 13, 1984. He was wanted for the murders of several young women in several different states.

Victor Manuel Gerena Victor Manuel Gerena Víctor Manuel Gerena is an American fugitive wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the armed robbery, in connection with the Los Macheteros group, of a Wells Fargo armored car facility. On May 14, 1984, he became the 386th fugitive to be placed on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted...	#386	May 14, 1984	Still at large
Victor Manuel Gerena is wanted in connection with the 1983 armed robbery of approximately $7 million from a security company in Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately... . He allegedly took two security employees hostage at gunpoint and then handcuffed, bound and injected them with an unknown substance in order to further disable them.

Wai-Chiu Ng	#387	June 15, 1984	Four months
Wai-Chiu Ng was acquitted in April 1985 of murder but convicted of 13 counts of first-degree robbery, and sentenced to seven consecutive life terms. He was arrested October 4, 1984 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,... . He became the third suspect, charged in absentia on March 30, 1983 with 13 counts of aggravated first-degree murder; wanted in the February 19, 1983 Wah Mee massacre Wah Mee massacre The Wah Mee massacre was a mulitiple homicide on February 18, 1983, in which Kwan Fai "Willie" Mak, Wai-Chiu "Tony" Ng, and Benjamin Ng gunned down 14 people in the Wah Mee gambling club. Thirteen of their victims lost their lives, but one survived to testify against the three in the high-profile... , the worst mass killing in the history of Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country... , during which thirteen people were shot to death at the Wah Mee Club, a gambling club in Seattle's International District International District, Seattle, Washington The Chinatown-International District of Seattle, Washington is an ethnic enclave neighborhood and is the center of Seattle's Asian American community. The neighborhood is multiethnic, consisting mainly of people who are of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino ethnicity... .

Alton Coleman Alton Coleman Alton Coleman was an African-American spree killer. He was executed by the state of Ohio for the murder of 44-year-old Marlene Walters of Norwood, Ohio during a six-state killing spree in 1984.-Overview:...	#388	July 17, 1984	Three days
Alton Coleman was executed by the state of Ohio on April 26, 2002. He was arrested July 20, 1984 in Evanston, Illinois Evanston, Illinois Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan... by local police due to citizen cooperation; was wanted for the murder of 44-year-old Marlene Walters of Norwood, Ohio Norwood, Ohio Norwood is the second most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The city is an enclave of the larger city of Cincinnati. The population was 21,675 at the 2000 census. Originally settled as an early suburb of Cincinnati in the wooded countryside north of the city, the area is... , among others, during a six-state killing spree in 1984.

Cleveland McKinley Davis	#389	October 24, 1984	Three months
Cleveland McKinley Davis was arrested January 25, 1985 in New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... by FBI Agents and local police.

Carmine Persico Carmine Persico Carmine John Persico, Jr. also known as "Junior", "The Snake" and "Immortal", has been the de-facto boss of the Colombo crime family since the early 1970s. Persico has overseen gang wars, murders, and major rackets, most of the time from prison. He has been serving life imprisonment without...	#390	January 31, 1985	Two weeks
Carmine Persico a.k.a. Junior is serving a 100 year sentence after being convicted of murder and labor and construction racketeering in 1986. He was arrested February 15, 1985 in Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States... by FBI Agents. Persico was boss of the New York-based Colombo crime family Colombo crime family The Colombo crime family is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia .... .

Lohman Ray Mays, Jr.	#391	February 15, 1985	Seven months
Lohman Ray Mays, Jr. was arrested September 23, 1985 in Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the... by local police.

Charles Earl Hammond	#392	March 14, 1985	One year
Charles Earl Hammond was wanted in connection to drug-related murders in Kansas City in May 1980 along with brother Michael Hammond. Apprehended August 4, 1986.

Michael Frederic Allen Hammond	#393	March 14, 1985	One year
Michael Frederic Allen Hammond was wanted in connection to drug-related murders in Kansas City in May 1980 along with brother Charles Hammond.

Robert Henry Nicolaus	#394	June 28, 1985	One month
Robert Henry Nicolaus was arrested July 20, 1985 in York, Pennsylvania York, Pennsylvania York, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862... after a citizen recognized his photo on an Identification Order at a post office.

David Jay Sterling	#395	September 30, 1985	Five months
David Jay Sterling was arrested February 13, 1986 after being pulled over in a routine traffic stop near Covington, Louisiana Covington, Louisiana Covington is a city in and the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,483 at the 2000 census. It is located at a fork of the Bogue Falaya and the Tchefuncte River.... by local police.

Richard Joseph Scutari	#396	September 30, 1985	Six months
Richard Joseph Scutari was arrested March 19, 1986 in San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,... . He is currently serving a 60-year sentence.

Joseph William Dougherty	#397	November 6, 1985	One year
Joseph William Dougherty was arrested December 19, 1986 by FBI Agents in Antioch, California Antioch, California Antioch is a city in Contra Costa County, California. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, it is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland. The city's population was 102,372 at the U.S... , outside a local laundromat.

1986-1989

Name	Sequence Number	Date of Entry	Time Listed
Brian Patrick Malverty	#398	March 28, 1986	One week
Brian Patrick Malverty was arrested April 7, 1986 in San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round... after a citizen recognized his photo on an Identification Order at a post office.

Billy Ray Waldon Billy Ray Waldon Billy Ray Waldon , aka Billy Joe Waldon and Nvwtohiyada Idehesdi Sequoyah, is the creator of the constructed language Poliespo . Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, he is on Death Row in California for murder. On May 16, 1986 he became the 399th fugitive listed by the FBI on the Ten Most Wanted List...	#399	May 16, 1986	One month
Billy Ray Waldon is on death row Death row Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found... in California for murder. He was arrested June 16, 1986 in San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round... after local police attempted to pull him over for a routine traffic citation. He was wanted for murder of a mother and her 13-year-old daughter during a 1985 robbery in Del Mar, California Del Mar, California Del Mar is an upscale beach town in San Diego County, California. The population was 4,161 at the 2010 census, down from 4,389 at the 2000 census. The San Diego County Fair is hosted on the Del Mar Fairgrounds every summer. Del Mar is Spanish for "of the sea" or "by the sea", because it is located... . Two weeks later, Waldon fatally shot a Kensington man in the head while running from police.

Claude Lafayette Dallas, Jr. Claude Dallas Claude Lafayette Dallas, Jr. was a self-styled mountain man. The son of a dairy farmer, he spent his early years in Luce County, Michigan, later moving to rural Morrow County, Ohio where he liked to trap and hunt game. Dallas graduated from Mount Gilead High School, Mount Gilead, Ohio in 1967...	#400	May 16, 1986	One year
Claude Lafayette Dallas, Jr. was arrested March 8, 1987 in Riverside, California Riverside, California Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California... by FBI Agents while he was leaving a convenience store.

Donald Keith Williams	#401	July 18, 1986	One month
Donald Keith Williams was arrested August 20, 1986 in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... by FBI Agents through assistance of a concerned citizen.

Terry Lee Conner	#402	August 8, 1986	Four months
Terry Lee Conner was arrested December 9, 1986 in Arlington Heights, Illinois Arlington Heights, Illinois Arlington Heights is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about 25 miles northwest of the city's downtown. The population was 75,101 at the 2010 census.... by the U.S. Marshals Service United States Marshals Service The United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice . The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States; it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789... and the FBI.

Fillmore Raymond Cross	#403	August 8, 1986	Four months
Fillmore Raymond Cross surrendered voluntarily to the FBI on December 23, 1986 in San Francisco, California San Francisco, California San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland... .

James Wesley Dyess	#404	September 29, 1986	Two years
James Wesley Dyess was arrested March 16, 1988 in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... when he was stopped on a routine traffic violation and recognized by a Los Angeles Police Los Angeles Police Law enforcement in Los Angeles County is conducted by a variety of law enforcement agencies.-County agencies:Los Angeles County Coroner's OfficeLos Angeles County Probation Department*Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department... officer.

Danny Michael Weeks	#405	September 29, 1986	Two years
Danny Michael Weeks was arrested March 20, 1988 at his son's home in Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country... due to an FBI task force and citizenship cooperation. He had been featured on America's Most Wanted America's Most Wanted America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode... .

Mike Wayne Jackson	#406	October 1, 1986	One day
Mike Wayne Jackson killed his probation officer in Indianapolis on September 22, 1986 before fleeing to Missouri. He committed suicide by shotgun on October 2, 1986 in Wright City, Missouri Wright City, Missouri Wright City is a city in Warren County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Interstate 70 at mile marker 200 approximately west of downtown St. Louis. Wright City is a small, semi-rural community area with primarily single-family housing, with some multi-family dwellings. As of 2005, the... .

Thomas George Harrelson	#407	November 28, 1986	Three months
Thomas George Harrelson was arrested February 9, 1987 in Drayton, North Dakota Drayton, North Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 913 people, 401 households, and 249 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,548.9 people per square mile . There were 440 housing units at an average density of 746.5 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 97.81% White, 0.22%... while trying to flee the scene of a bank robbery.

Robert Allen Litchfield	#408	January 20, 1987	Four months
Robert Allen Litchfield was arrested May 20, 1987 at Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. At a surface elevation of , it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is , making it the USA's second-deepest... in Zephyr Cove, Nevada by FBI Agents in close cooperation with the U.S. Marshal Service and the Sheriff's office.

David James Roberts	#409	April 27, 1987	Ten months
David James Roberts was arrested February 11, 1988 in Staten Island, New York in an apartment after hiding for four days, due to FBI investigation and citizen information. He was convicted for murder, kidnapping, arson and rape, and was given six life sentences in an Indiana State Prison. However, after his daring escape from a prison vehicle while on the way to the state prison, he worked as the director of a homeless shelter in Staten Island, New York, under his alias Bob Lord. He had seen himself on the first episode of a reality TV show from FOX called America's Most Wanted (AMW) on February 7, 1988. He was not only the first fugitive to be profiled in such show, but also the first direct capture as a result of the program and the first from the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. He is currently serving several consecutive life sentences at Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana.

Ronald Glyn Triplett	#410	April 27, 1987	Three weeks
Ronald Glyn Triplett was arrested May 16, 1987 in Tempe, Arizona Tempe, Arizona Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale... .

Claude Daniel Marks	#411	May 22, 1987	Seven years
Claude Daniel Marks pled guilty on May 9, 1995 to a prison escape conspiracy in Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... . He surrendered December 6, 1994 along with his partner Willmott (Fugitive #412). He and Willmott had purchased 36 pounds of explosive from undercover FBI in 1985 to attempt to free a FALN FALN FALN is an acronym for Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional .It can refer to:Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional PuertorriqueñaFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional... leader from Leavenworth prison.

Donna Jean Willmott	#412	May 22, 1987	Seven years
Donna Jean Willmott pled guilty on May 9, 1995 to prison escape conspiracy in Illinois. She surrendered on December 6, 1994 along with her partner Marks (Fugitive #411). She and Marks had purchased 36 pounds of explosive from undercover FBI in 1985 to attempt to free a FALN FALN FALN is an acronym for Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional .It can refer to:Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional PuertorriqueñaFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional... leader from Leavenworth prison.

Darren Dee O'Neall	#413	June 25, 1987	Four months
Darren Dee O'Neall was arrested October 25, 1987 on an auto-theft charge in Lakeland, Florida Lakeland, Florida Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4. According to the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 94,406... . Louisiana State Police Louisiana State Police The Louisiana State Police is the state police department of Louisiana, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state, headquartered in Baton Rouge. It was created to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Louisiana. It falls under the authority of the Louisiana... later discovered his "Top Ten" identity. O'Neall had been wanted for the rape and murder of multiple women.

Louis Ray Beam, Jr.	#414	July 14, 1987	Four months
Louis Ray Beam, Jr. was arrested November 6, 1987 at home with his wife in Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... . During the arrest, Beam's wife opened fire and critically injured a Mexican police officer.

Ted Jeffery Otsuki	#415	January 22, 1988	Eight months
Ted Jeffery Otsuki was arrested September 4, 1988 in Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality... by Mexican Federal Judicial Police and the FBI who had set up a surveillance team and waited for him at his apartment. He had been featured on America's Most Wanted.

Pedro Luis Estrada	#416	April 15, 1988	One year
Pedro Luis Estrada was arrested October 1, 1989 by a SWAT SWAT A SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers... team of FBI Agents at his home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania... . He had been featured on America's Most Wanted which received information leading to his arrest.

John Edward Stevens	#417	May 29, 1988	Six months
John Edward Stevens was arrested November 30, 1988 in Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's... . He was found in a motel with his girlfriend. He had been featured on America's Most Wanted and suspected of more than 25 robberies in eight states.

Jack Darrell Farmer	#418	May 29, 1988	Three days
Jack Darrell Farmer was arrested June 1, 1988 in Lantana, Florida Lantana, Florida Lantana is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 9,437 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 10,389.-History:... after being featured on America's Most Wanted. He was recognized by a co-worker who called in.

Roger Lee Jones	#419	May 29, 1988	One year
Roger Lee Jones was arrested March 4, 1989 in Great Falls, Montana Great Falls, Montana Great Falls is a city in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 58,505 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cascade County... at KOA Kampgrounds of America Kampgrounds of America is a franchise chain of nearly 470 campgrounds throughout North America based in Billings, Montana, USA. The current CEO of Kampgrounds of America Inc. is James D. Rogers. The President is Pat Hittmeier. - History :... campground, after being featured on America's Most Wanted. He was the first suspected child-molester to be named to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.

Terry Lee Johnson	#420	June 12, 1988	Two months
Terry Lee Johnson was arrested August 17, 1988 in San Diego, California by San Diego Police. Johnson was sleeping in his pick-up when local police, upon noticing his truck had expired tags, arrested him on an unrelated traffic warrant under the name Lee Johnson. After spending several days in San Diego County Jail Johnson was being released. FBI agents at the County Jail picking up another prisoner recognized Johnson from a recent episode of "Americas Most Wanted" and stopped his release.

Stanley Faison	#421	November 27, 1988	One month
Stanley Faison was arrested December 24, 1988 in Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River... by FBI and local police. He had been featured on America's Most Wanted.

Steven Ray Stout	#422	November 27, 1988	One week
Steven Ray Stout was arrested December 6, 1988 in Gulfport, Mississippi Gulfport, Mississippi Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson. It is the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. As of the... after being featured on America's Most Wanted.

Armando Garcia	#423	January 8, 1989	Five years
Armando Garcia was arrested January 18, 1994 after being featured on America's Most Wanted.

Melvin Edward Mays	#424	February 7, 1989	Six years
Melvin Edward Mays was arrested March 9, 1995 by the FBI's Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Force. He was wanted for terror conspiracy on behalf of Libya Libya Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.... . Mays evaded arrest in 1986 and was featured on America's Most Wanted as well as Unsolved Mysteries Unsolved Mysteries Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until 2002, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008... .

Bobby G. Dennie	#425	February 24, 1989	Eight months
Bobby G. Dennie was arrested October 28, 1989 in Lake Wales, Florida Lake Wales, Florida Lake Wales is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 10,194 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 11,802 . It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area... by the FBI and Polk County Polk County, Florida Polk County is located in central Florida between the Tampa Bay and Greater Orlando metropolitan areas. The county was established by the state government in 1861 on the eve of the American Civil War and named after former United States president James K. Polk. The county seat is Bartow and its... detectives after receiving information following his feature on Unsolved Mysteries. He had also been featured on America's Most Wanted.

Costabile "Gus" Farace Costabile Farace Costabile "Gus" Farace, Jr. was a low-level criminal with the Bonanno crime family who murdered a teenage male prostitute and a federal Drug Enforcement Agency agent in New York City.-Early years:Farace was born in 1960 in Bushwick to Costabile Farace Sr...	#426	February 24, 1989	Nine months
Costabile "Gus" Farace was murdered by an unknown assailant in Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated... on November 17, 1989. He had been featured on America's Most Wanted.

Arthur Lee Washington Jr.	#427	October 18, 1989	Eleven years
Arthur Lee Washington Jr. was wanted in the attempted murder of a New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... state trooper using a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun on April 12, 1989. Washington had been associated in the past with militant black prison groups and the Black Liberation Army Black Liberation Army The Black Liberation Army was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981... . There was evidence that he may have been an injection drug user, due to the old track marks on both arms. Removed from the list in December 2000 for no longer meeting the list criteria.

Lee Nell Carter	#428	November 19, 1989	One day
Lee Nell Carter was arrested November 20, 1989 in Detroit by FBI Agents and Detroit police. Citizens identified him during the broadcast of America's Most Wanted.

Wardell David Ford	#429	December 20, 1989	Nine months
Wardell David Ford was arrested September 17, 1990 in New Haven, Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and... after being featured on America's Most Wanted. He had also been featured on Unsolved Mysteries.

End of the decade

As the decade closed, the following were still at large as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives:

Name	Sequence number	Date of entry
Leo Joseph Koury	#366	1979
Donald Eugene Webb	#375	1981
Claude Daniel Marks	#411	1987
Donna Jean Willmott	#412	1987
Armando Garcia	#423	1989
Melvin Edward Mays	#424	1989
Arthur Lee Washington Jr.	#427	1989
Wardell David Ford	#429	1989

One spot on the list of Ten remained unfilled from a capture late in the year 1989. It was filled the next month in 1990.

FBI directors in the 1980s

William H. Webster (1978–1987)
John E. Otto (1987)
William S. Sessions
William S. Sessions
William Steele Sessions is a civil servant who served as a judge and 4th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

(1987–1993)

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