For a million fugitives, freedom starts at county line  Suspects
in crimes large and small can escape justice without going very
far.  Brad Heath, USA TODAY  Not all fugitives are wanted  In
many cases, pursuing suspects is a judgment call  LAS VEGAS —
Their arrest warrants pile up by the thousands: One for a man
accused of punching his girlfriend in the face. Another for a
man who crashed, drunk, into a liquor store. Another for a man
charged with killing a teen in a joy ride that went wrong.  But
the authorities are not searching for any of those fugitives,
and even if they happen to find them, they will not pursue them
beyond the county line.  Across the United States, a USA TODAY
investigation has found, police routinely allow as many as half
of the people wanted for crimes large and small to escape
justice simply by venturing a few miles from where they are
wanted. In the Las Vegas area alone, police records list more
than 408,000 arrest warrants for fugitives who won't be pursued
beyond the edges of Cla