Crime & Safety
Boston Fugitive Caught in Buckhead
Tyrone J. Shorter was arrested on Friday morning and is awaiting extradition to Boston.

Tyrone J. Shorter. Credit: Boston Police Department
A man wanted by Boston police was arrested in Buckhead on Friday, 11 Alive News reports.
Tyrone J. Shorter was on the Boston Police Department’s most wanted list for armed robbery, credit card fraud, and trespassing. Fulton County jail records indicate that Shorter, from Dorchester, MA, was booked into the facility on Oct. 10 as a fugitive from justice.
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A spokesman with the U.S. Marshals Service said that tips provided to Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta by ordinary citizens were crucial to finding and arresting Shorter.
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