CENTRAL TEXAS — Law enforcement officers arrested 90 people and cleared more than 70 warrants during Operation Joint Venture, a five-day enforcement effort conducted May 4 through May 8 across Central Texas. The operation was carried out by the U.S. Marshals Service-sponsored Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and the Texas Department of Public Safety Repeat Offender Program.

Investigators seized 13 firearms, approximately 1,073 grams of narcotics and $4,384 in cash during the operation. The effort targeted individuals with active warrants, including violent offenders, gang members, drug dealers, parole violators and other fugitives. All arrests were carried out without injury or death.

Among those taken into custody was Daylyn Harris, 22, of Houston, who was arrested in Temple without incident. Harris was wanted by the Austin Police Department in connection to an April 26 shooting at Sam's Barbecue in Austin. A separate arrest in Killeen led investigators to seize an AR-15 rifle, three handguns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and marijuana and cannabis plants.

Participating agencies included multiple local police departments and sheriff's offices, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice Office of Inspector General, Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations.

Coryell County Sheriff Scott Williams addressed fugitives still at large. "We're coming to get you and you can't hide from us," he said. Williams also described the value of the multi-agency approach. "Separately we're not a very big force, but collectively we're a force to be reckoned with. When we come together like this, we're kind of like the boogeyman to the boogeyman," he said.

Bell County investigator Sgt. Corey Powell said the partnership reflected the geographic reach of criminal activity in the region. "We are seeing crime crossing city limits and county lines. So us partnering together only makes Central Texas safer," he said. Powell also addressed the volume of arrests. "We got 90 people off the street. We got 90 more that need to come, and that's OK because we got all the jails to put them in," he said.

McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said the combined operation would continue. "We're not going to let up. We're not going to forget about them and we're going to be coming on strong," he said. McNamara also called the effort "This is an unbelievable combined effort on the part of so many agencies," he said.