U.S. Marshals Task Force Finds Child Rape Fugitive in Florida
Jackson, Tenn. – A coordinated fugitive investigation by the U.S. Marshals Two Rivers
Violent Fugitive Task Force in Jackson, Tennessee and the USMS in the Northern District
of Florida has led to the arrest of Robert Galler, 50, on four counts of Rape of a Child out
of Dyersburg, Tenn.
On August 8th, 2022, the Dyersburg Police Department issued a warrant for Galler’s
arrest on Four counts of Rape of a Child. The case was adopted by the Two Rivers
Violent Fugitive Task Force.
On August 16th, Marshals in Jackson received a tip that Galler was in Jacksonville, Fla.
Three hours later, U.S. Marshals in North Florida apprehended Galler, without incident,
off Club Duclay Dr. in Jacksonville. Galler was transported to the local jail and will await
the extradition process back to Dyersburg.
The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force within Western
Tennessee. The Western Tennessee Division of the TRVFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and
its membership is primarily composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies,
Memphis Police Officers, Fayette County Sheriff’s Deputies, Jackson Police Officers, and the
Tennessee Department of Corrections Special Agents. The primary mission of the Task Force is to
arrest violent offenders and sexual predators.
