Public Records Directory Blog

Are you concerned that a criminal is in your neighborhood?  Or perhaps you’ve seen someone participating in suspicious activity.  Reviewing the Most Wanted pages can be a great way to set your mind at ease, or help your state and country apprehend dangerous criminals.  People on the Most Wanted list include bank robbers, extortionists, kidnappers, murders, and terrorists.    Providing information that leads to an arrest of a dangerous criminal can also result in substantial rewards, sometimes into the millions of dollars.   

The Federal Government maintains a list of Most Wanted criminals on the FBI website.  However, most states also have their own list of Most Wanted criminals.

Most Wanted lists provide detailed information of the crime(s) committed, and if names and pictures of the Wanted are available, then this information is available as well.  The FBI site, as well as many state run websites, provides direct access to a list of the Most Wanted criminals.  However, some states, such as Delaware have online systems that require the submission of a name to determine if that person is on the Most Wanted list.  Also, while some states maintain their own Most Wanted list, the majority of states are grouped into divisions run by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).  For example, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are all part of the DEA’s New Orleans Field Division.

For more information and to find direct links to online listings of the Most Wanted criminals in your state, visit the Free Public Records Directory and click on your state of interest.