Governor George Pataki is expected to announce today that more than 150 dangerous fugitives and sexual predators from Nassau County were arrested in a five-day blitz last week as part of a sting operation that pooled resources across agency lines. Fourteen 10-person teams in Operation Rolling Thunder fanned across the county - and beyond - on July 24, sweeping up fugitives wanted for rape, arson, burglary, robbery, assault, probation and parole violations, weapons and narcotics violations and sex crimes. In addition to the arrests, 215 warrants were cleared and 208 cases were closed.

(New York)

Submitted on: 08/01/06