March 6, 2019
N-DEx System Helps Investigators Outwit Offenders
Criminal justice investigators across the nation use the FBI’s National Data Exchange (N-DEx) System in their daily work to connect people, places, things, and events—often across jurisdictional boundaries—that may at first glance seem unrelated. Here are several recent examples of how agencies have used N-DEx to identify and locate offenders.
N-DEx Helps New Mexico Corrections Department Find Probation Absconder in Texas
Recently, an executive assistant with the New Mexico Corrections Department’s (NMCD’s) Security Threat Intelligence Unit was searching for probation absconders in the N-DEx System. Her search yielded a match in an incident report from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPCSO) in Texas. The NMCD warrant was fully extraditable outside of New Mexico, so a supervisor with the NMCD contacted a staff member at the EPCSO to place a fugitive hold on the subject. Consequently, the subject now faces additional jail time in New Mexico upon his extradition.
N-DEx Locates Three Felony Warrant Subjects for Columbia County, Georgia
A lieutenant with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) in Georgia recently used the N-DEx System to search a batch of outstanding felony warrants for subjects with unknown locations. The search results yielded three offenders who were incarcerated in other jurisdictions. Two subjects, who each had felony warrants, were located in South Carolina prisons. The third subject, a probation violator, was incarcerated in Florida. The lieutenant contacted the appropriate agencies and placed holds on the subjects for extradition to Georgia once they serve their current sentences.
