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Alleged Eastern Shore Bloods Gang Member Arrested By US Marshals In Pocomoke City

POCOMOKE CITY, Md. (WJZ) -- An alleged Bloods gang member wanted for attempted murder charges in Accomack County, Virginia since late March was arrested Thursday in Maryland.

Robert "RJ" James Northan Jr., 34, was arrested as a result of an extensive multi-agency fugitive investigation.

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U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force members from Norfolk, Virginia, and Salisbury, Maryland, arrested Northan around 9:45 a.m. at a hotel in Pocomoke City, Maryland.

RJ Northan
RJ Northan

He was wanted in the March 25 shooting of a man on Tyler Lane. Northan is being held at the Worcester County Detention Center and is awaiting return to Virginia.

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