Crime & Safety

FBI Searches for Convicted Gang Member Eluding Capture

Considered armed and extremely dangerous, Jamar Manners has ties to Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers.

(Federal Bureau of Investigation)

WESTCHESTER, NY — The FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force, Yonkers Police Department, and U.S. Marshals Service are asking the public for help finding Jamar Manners, aka: Gutter, who has been charged federally for possession of a firearm by a felon. He should be considered armed and extremely dangerous.

The FBI New York is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Agents and detectives say Manners violated the terms of his probation twice after serving time in federal prison for a gang conviction. Manners was once the leader of the Elm Street Wolves, a violent street gang in Yonkers. He has ties also in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, the FBI said.

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While searching for Manners for his second probation violation, agents spotted him on December 17, 2019, in the area near Alder Street, between Spruce and Elm Streets. He jumped from the car he was driving, and ran away. Agents recovered a loaded gun in the car.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Manners is asked to call the FBI Westchester Safe Streets Task Force at 212-384-1000.

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