Hundreds arrested in US Marshals southeast Wisconsin operation

ZOE. THANK YOU. MORE BREAKING NEWS AT THIS HOUR. HUNDREDS OF SUSPECTED CRIMINALS ARRESTED IN A FEDERAL ROUNDUP OPERATION. 12 NEWS MALLORY ANDERSON IS FOLLOWING THIS FROM THE NEWSROOM. AND MALLORY NEARLY 30 OF THESE ARRESTS ARE FOR HOMICIDE, RIGHT? GERRON 29 PEOPLE WANTED FOR HOMICIDE WERE PLACED IN HANDCUFFS. THIS OPERATION WAS CALLED BIG TOP, AND THE U.S. MARSHALS SAY THEY INTENSIFIED THEIR WORK TO FIND DANGEROUS FUGITIVES LEADING UP TO SUMMER, WHEN THERE’S AN INFLUX OF VISITORS TO THE MILWAUKEE AREA. THE 260 ARRESTS WERE MADE AROUND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BETWEEN APRIL FIRST AND JUNE 30TH, WITH THE HELP OF POLICE AND SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENTS IN MILWAUKEE, RACINE, WAUWATOSA, AND WAUKESHA. TAKE A LOOK AT THE U.S. MARSHALS RESULTS 260 ARRESTS, 29 OF WHICH WERE PEOPLE WANTED FOR HOMICIDE, 437 WARRANTS CLEARED AND 83 GUNS, 132KG OF DRUGS AND OVER $84,000 SEIZED. AS I MENTIONED, THE U.S. MARSHALS CITED SUMMER VISITORS AS A REASON WHY THEY RAMPED UP THEIR INVESTIGATIONS. THOSE 260 FUGITIVES WERE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE RNC, WHICH WE KNOW STARTS NEXT MONDAY AND HAS ALREADY HAS A HUGE NATIONAL SECURITY PRESENCE WITH 50,000 VISITORS DESCENDING ON MILWAUKEE. MALLOR