For nearly a decade, authorities said Terry Gomez was on the run from the law.

His streak ended last week when the 52-year-old was among 50 fugitives who were netted in a five-day sweep by local, state and federal authorities.

Now, the Clinton Township man is being held in the Macomb County Jail on a $500,000 bond on criminal sexual conduct.

"The entire metro area is safer because we went after the bad guys who tried to escape these warrants," Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said when authorities announced Thursday the results of the sweep dubbed Operation Crucial Capture.

The 39 men and 11 women who were arrested were charged with serious, violent crimes from child abuse and bank robbery to assault with intent to commit murder and narcotics offenses, Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer said.

Nearly half of the fugitives were arrested in Warren. The others, he said, were captured in more than a dozen communities in the tri-county area including Detroit, Sterling Heights, Royal Oak, Livonia, Hamtramck and Oak Park.

Those arrested range in age from 19 to 64 years old. Dwyer said they were repeat offenders with extensive criminal histories and a history of violence.

The 75-member task force also executed three search warrants — one each in Livonia, Oak Park and Warren, Dwyer said. He said the search warrants resulted in the seizure of six firearms, narcotics and more than $20,000 in cash.

Authorities cleared 80 files, including 69 felonies and 11 misdemeanors. Dwyer said 46 other felony cases and eight misdemeanors also were cleared through the effort.

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Warren Police's Special Operations Unit partnered with other metro Detroit law enforcement agencies and the U.S. Marshals Service in the effort, which began Jan. 13.

Mark Jankowski, acting U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Michigan, wouldn't provide a specific total on the number of fugitives in metro Detroit, but said "there's a lot." Authorities said many of those arrested were on parole.

Investigators said bonds for those arrested ranged from $20,000 to no bond because of their flight risk.

Aaron Garcia, supervisory deputy with the Marshals' Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team (DFAT), said there were no injuries or use of force issues during the arrests, though multiple people were hiding. No one ran or escaped, he said.

Garcia said authorities were unsuccessful in finding several people they were looking for. But the work will continue, and he encouraged those who are wanted to surrender.

The partnership between Warren Police and the Marshals Service began last fall.

Joseph Abdullah, assistant chief deputy U.S. Marshal, said the DFAT team has a Macomb County wing "and our footprint is gonna remain here."

"You're gonna see a lotta results. You're gonna see us continue to be here in Warren and in Macomb County and in the surrounding counties," he said. "If you're doin' bad stuff; if you're committing crimes and you think you are gonna get away from us, you are sadly mistaken."

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