BOSTON — They got the child-burner in Virginia. They got the child rapist in Panama. They got the man who allegedly shot a Boston woman in the head, the man wanted for two homicides in the Dominican Republic, and the pair who allegedly shot a ninth grader in Brookline. They did it in 31 days.
The US Marshals Service apprehended 49 fugitives in May who were wanted for violent crimes committed in Massachusetts, federal authorities announced Wednesday. The arrests, reported by the Boston Globe, stretched from Boston and Lawrence to Loudoun County, Virginia, and Panama City, Panama. The Marshals' Fugitive Task Force for the District of Massachusetts led the operation alongside state and local law-enforcement partners.
"We are the manhunters of the federal government," US Marshal Dennis Matulewicz said in a statement. "No one does it better, but we don't do it alone. We are extremely fortunate to have amazing local, state, and federal law enforcement partners across Massachusetts with whom we work tirelessly every day to apprehend the most dangerous and violent fugitives to make our communities safer."
A handful of the cases show the range.
The man who allegedly burned a 3-year-old
Kener Bautista-Zepeda, wanted by the Revere Police Department for allegedly burning and violently assaulting a 3-year-old child in the spring of 2026, was arrested May 12 in Loudoun County, Virginia. The charges: aggravated battery on a child with injury, strangulation, and reckless endangerment.
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The Boston shooter
Jaynell Sumler, wanted by Boston police for allegedly shooting a woman in the head and a man in the arm and leg on May 10, was arrested in Boston on May 13. He faces two counts of assault to murder, discharge of a firearm striking a building, and multiple firearm- and ammunition-licensing violations.
The Dominican homicide suspect
Yan Gil, arrested May 20 in Lawrence, was wanted for two alleged homicides in the Dominican Republic — one in Moca on September 26, 2021, the other in Santo Domingo on May 11, 2019.
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The child rapist who fled to Panama
Erick Buenrostro had fled the country after learning he was wanted in Suffolk County on four counts of statutory rape of a child. He was arrested May 20 in Panama City and returned to the United States.
The Brookline shooting of a ninth grader
Omari Cassell and Corinne Nurse-Sherrod were arrested May 22 in Brookline for the May 15 shooting of a ninth-grade student near the Boston Collegiate Charter School. Cassell has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily injury, possessing a firearm without a license, possessing ammunition without an FID card, and firearm discharge within 500 feet of a building. Nurse-Sherrod has been charged as an accessory after the fact.
The Marshals' tip line for fugitive information is 1-877-WANTED2, or via the USMS Tips App.
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