An Alabama man wanted on murder and armed robbery charges was arrested in the Turtle Creek apartment complex on Sunday by the United States Marshals Service Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Savannah-Chatham police.
Kiunte Jerome Furr, 18, was wanted by the Tuscaloosa County, Ala., Sheriff’s Department for capital murder charges stemming from an armed robbery on April 9, said Tommy Long, U.S. Marshals spokesman.
The Gulf Coast Task Force generated information that Furr could be in the Savannah area, possibly at 516 Vinson St. This information was passed to the Savannah Task Force, who went to the address early Sunday to find Furr.
While talking to the residents of the Vinson Street address, Task Force officers determined that the female resident, Sherita Bellinger, sent a text message to her son, who was staying with his girlfriend in Turtle Creek apartments to alert him that the Marshals were at her home, Long said.
Marshals’ Task Force officers and Savannah-Chatham officers immediately went to the Turtle Creek apartments.
Bellinger's son was seen walking in the parking lot of the complex in a suspicious manner and was stopped by officers, Long said. Other Marshals Task Force officers drove through the complex and saw an individual milling around one of the dumpsters in a suspicious manner and confronted the subject. The suspicious subject matched the description and photo of Furr, and he was immediately arrested, Long said.
Furr was taken to the Savannah-Chatham police headquarters to be interviewed by homicide detectives and will then be taken to the Chatham County jail to await extradition proceedings to send him back to Alabama, Long said.
Sherita Bellinger was also arrested for obstruction by hindering apprehension of a fugitive and taken to the Chatham County jail.