Fugitive arrested in Phillips County

On Wednesday, Aug. 25, at approximately 11:30 p.m., officers of Holyoke Police Department along with Haxtun Police Department and Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office assisted the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force in an operation that yielded the arrest of a felony fugitive identified as 48-year-old Yano Wayne Gipson.

Gipson was wanted for jumping bond on a Wisconsin case where he was charged with several violent felony domestic abuse charges and intimidating a victim. Gipson was on the run across several states and made his way to Colorado.

After a month-long investigation by Holyoke Police Department in cooperation with the U.S. Marshals VOTF, Gipson was tracked back to Phillips County where he was hiding to evade capture.

The information was forwarded to the U.S. Marshals VOTF where an operation was conducted with the assistance of Holyoke Police Department, Haxtun Police Department and Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office in the late evening of Aug. 25.

After a short standoff, Gipson was successfully taken into custody on his valid felony fugitive of justice warrant. He was subsequently booked into the Logan County Jail where he awaits extradition back to Wisconsin to face his charges. No suspects or officers were injured in the operation.