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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Safety officials confirmed on Saturday that a recent FBI Pittsburgh-led operation resulted in nineteen wanted fugitives getting arrested from an operation called “Summer Heat”, which is a nationwide initiative from the FBI targeting crime that was violent. These arrests were ultimately made after the individuals were identified with a collaboration between the FBI Pittsburgh office, the United States Marshals Service, the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit between October 6th through October 10th, 2025. Officials also stated that these arrests were made as far as Kansas and North Carolina, even though the“Summer Heat”operation mostly focused on the western Pennsylvania region. According to a media release from FBI Pittsburgh, those arrested were wanted for offenses such as drug trafficking, firearms possession, sexual battery of a child, rape of children, terroristic threats, and human trafficking.