Public Bulletins

Incident: "Financial Crimes" Division

06/28/2006
Incident Date: May 2005 to May 2006
File Number: 06-32284
Investigator: Det. Cpl. Steven Kemp, Financial Crimes Division and Det. Cpl. Eric Strickland, U.S. Marshals' Fugitive Task Force

On June 27, 2006, Kimberly Susan Buratt who was wanted by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office "Financial Crimes" Division pursuant to an embezzlement investigation was apprehended in Atlanta, Georgia, by the United States Marshals' Office. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshal's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana located and apprehended Kimberly Buratt. Kimberly Buratt was located in an apartment complex where she and a Hurricane Katrina Evacuee had just recently occupied. After having been apprehended, Kimberly Buratt was transported to the DeKalb County Jail where she was booked as a Fugitive pursuant to an affidavit arrest warrant issued by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office for Felony Theft (in excess of $246,454.01), Access Device Fraud, Computer Fraud, Fraudulent Acquisition of a Credit Card, Forgery, and Identity Theft. Kimberly Buratt will be extradited back to Baton Rouge for prosecution.