AG Barr announced today that Operation Legend has resulted in 1500 arrests in seven states and over 200 have already been charged with federal crimes. Here’s the breakdown:
#OperationLegend has resulted in 43 defendants charged with federal crimes in Kansas City, Missouri. pic.twitter.com/1BydqXhNW1
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) August 19, 2020
#OperationLegend has resulted in 61 defendants charged with federal crimes in Chicago, Illinois. pic.twitter.com/f4mIdj0oKv
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) August 19, 2020
#OperationLegend has resulted in 16 defendants charged with federal crimes in Albuquerque, New Mexico. pic.twitter.com/XdPrW5SN95
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) August 19, 2020
#OperationLegend has resulted in 32 defendants charged with federal crimes in Cleveland, Ohio. pic.twitter.com/CgoBWRdpLd
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) August 19, 2020
#OperationLegend has resulted in 22 defendants charged with federal crimes in Detroit, Michigan. pic.twitter.com/GLDtnGCEIR
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) August 19, 2020
#OperationLegend has resulted in 11 defendants charged with federal crimes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. pic.twitter.com/FPgMfxJTeG
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) August 19, 2020
#OperationLegend has resulted in 25 defendants charged with federal crimes in St. Louis, Missouri. pic.twitter.com/0JGAaLAKj1
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) August 19, 2020
#OperationLegend has resulted in 7 defendants charged with federal crimes in Memphis, Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/58v7I58D1K
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) August 19, 2020
In related news, Kansas City has announced that they’ve arrested the man who killed the namesake of Operation Legend, 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro:
BREAKING: 22-year-old Ryson B. Ellis has been has been charged with the murder of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was killed while asleep in an apartment June 29. LeGend is the namesake of #OperationLeGend. Great work by detectives getting justice for his family. pic.twitter.com/JafzaKc8pa
— kcpolice (@kcpolice) August 13, 2020
We arrested Ellis in Tulsa, OK, this morning. More info: https://t.co/YfH4DGurOg
— kcpolice (@kcpolice) August 13, 2020
Watch the full presser from Barr on all of this from earlier today: