Marshals lock up 8 murder suspects

Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force -- a super group of law enforcement types that involves the marshals, the Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police, Darby Township Police, Philly D.A.'s Office and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole -- have arrested eight homicide suspects in the Philadelphia area since Feb. 2.

Jim Burke, the marshals' supervisory deputy, said the suspects included two accused murderers whose mugshots had recently been featured in the pages of the Daily News: Darryl Jones and Stanley Green.

Jones, who was charged with fatally shooting Mustafa Scruggs on Jan. 17, was arrested on Feb. 3 on the 5200 block of Sylvester Street. Investigators tracked him down based on a tip from Daily News readers, Burke said.

The other accused killers who were tossed behind bars were:

*Hakeem Brown, who was arrested on Feb. 3 inside a house on the 4600 block of Tackawanna Street and charged with fatally shooting Gary Jones and wounding another man outside the Eagle Bar at Germantown and Erie Avenue on Jan. 15.

*Jason Thorn, who was arrested Feb. 3 in Tinicum and charged with fatally shooting Joshua Palumbo in Wildwood, N.J., on Feb. 1.

*Stanley Green, who was arrested near 61st and Locust streets on Feb. 11 and charged with riddling Stephen Walker with gunshots on Oct. 23, 2010.

*Quinzell Riddick, who was locked up on the 4400 block of Richmond Street on Feb. 9 and charged with fatally shooting Carnall Combs on Jan. 12 and wounding another man.

*Marvin Hill, who was arrested on the 1900 block of East Orleans Street Feb. 15 and charged with fatally shooting Stacy Sharpe on Jan. 7, 2010.

*Joel Rodriguez, who was arrested in Philadelphia on Feb. 2 in Philadelphia and charged with murdering an American Airlines pilot and another airline worker in Miami on Jan. 14.