‘Operation Clean House’ frees up housing for those without outstanding warrants.
Alaw enforcement operation found that more than 50 fugitives with felony warrants were taking advantage of taxpayer-funded housing in Columbus, Ohio.
U.S. Marshals partnered with agents from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office on “Operation Clean House,” targeting suspects living in HUD housing.
The warrants issued in the operation included rape, drug trafficking, endangering children, strangulation, and failure to register as a sex offender.
U.S. Marshal Michael Black with the Southern District of Ohio said that HUD reached out to him to cooperate on the operation, which lasted six days.
“Every time we do this, we’re making our community safer, one arrest at a time,” Black said.