Jessie Lee Butler III is the Fugitive of the Week

(Cleveland) - The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Jessie Lee Butler III.  

Butler is wanted by the United States Marshals Service and the Stark County Sheriff’s Office for complicity to discharge a firearm into a habitation and tampering with evidence. 

Butler is accused of being in a vehicle that was used in a drive-by shooting into an occupied residence. He is also accused of washing the vehicle to remove gunshot residue. The shooting happened on May 22, 2018 at a home in the 2500 block of 45th Street NW in Canton Ohio.

Butler, 21, is a black male, standing approximately 5 feet-11 inches and weighing 176 pounds, and is known to frequent the Canton and Louisville areas.

If you have any information in reference to Jessie Lee Butler III,  please contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED or Text keyword WANTED and tip to 847411 (tip411). Tipsters can remain anonymous and reward money is available.

(Photo is provided by the U.S. Marshal's Service)

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