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Bolivar Murder Fugitive Captured in Middle Tennessee

Bolivar, TN – On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, U.S. Marshals captured a West Tennessee murder fugitive in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Rodriquez McNeal, 35, of Bolivar, was wanted for First Degree Murder for a 2021 homicide in Bolivar.

On September 19, 2021, Montreal Harris, 33, of Bolivar, was found shot to death on South Madison Street in Bolivar. The Bolivar Police Department and FBI investigated the crime. In January 2024, a Hardeman County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Rodriquez McNeal with First Degree Murder.  

The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force in Jackson was asked to assist in finding McNeal. Task Force investigators developed information that McNeal fled to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Marshals Middle Tennessee Joint  Fugitive Task Force in Nashville arrested McNeal at an apartment on West Northfield in Murfreesboro. He was booked at the Hardeman County Jail.


The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force within Western Tennessee. The TRVFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily composed  of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby, Fayette, and Tipton County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis and Jackson.


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