Prison Escape

Escaped Convict Arrested More Than 31 Years After Fleeing Prison

The Huffington Post | Hilary Tuttle | Posted 05.25.2012

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More than 31 years after he escaped from prison, Armin Christian's life on the lam has ended. Police have arrested Christian, who has been living q...

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Jail Is A Drag: Man Escapes Mexican Prison Dressed As A Woman

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 05.23.2012

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Dwight Worker was thrown into a Mexican prison because of drugs. He got out, however, because of drag. Worker, an American, was arrested in Mexico ...

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2 Inmates At Large After Escaping From Kansas Jail

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 04.19.2012

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TOPEKA, Kan. — A convicted murderer and another inmate remained at large Wednesday night after escaping from a Kansas jail where they'd been tra...

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6 Inmates Recaptured At Sea After Fleeing Island Penal Colony

AP | By MARK STEVENSON | Posted 01.24.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- Six inmates from the last island penal colony in the Americas were recaptured at sea after they used buoyant containers and wood planks...

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Death Penalty For Inmate Who Killed Guard With Pipe

AP | KRISTI EATON | Posted 12.27.2011

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota inmate was sentenced to death Thursday for killing a prison guard by bashing him with a pipe, covering his mo...

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Fugitive Arrested After 32 Years On The Run

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 09.26.2011

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DENVER -- Officers posing as forest rangers surprised a 60-year-old escapee from Florida at a remote Colorado cabin on Wednesday, bringing a sudden en...

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After Conjugal Visit, Woman Caught Sneaking Man Out Of Prison In A Suitcase

AP | Posted 09.03.2011

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CHETUMAL, Mexico (AP) -- Police say a woman was caught trying to sneak her common-law-husband out of a Mexican prison in a suitcase following a conjug...

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Experts Say Al Qaeda Prison Break In Yemen A 'Setback' In Fight Against Terror, 'Harbinger' Of Worse To Come

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 08.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A prison break in South Yemen that saw dozens of al Qaeda militants escape Wednesday is the latest troubling sign that the political uph...

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UK Murderer's Crazy Jail Escape Plot Foiled

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — A murderer's plot to escape from a British jail using a helicopter and secret codes hidden in Sudoku puzzles has been foiled. Brian La...

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Craig "Lazie" Lynch, UK Fugitive Who Taunted Police On Facebook Caught

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — An escaped British convict whose online antics drew an international Internet fan base has been caught after nearly four months on the ...

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2 Convicted Killers Escape From Maximum-Security Indiana Prison

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — Police and prison guards aided by search dogs hunted Sunday for two convicted killers and a third man who escaped the maxi...

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"Snake Man" Slithers Out Of Prison

Reuters | Posted 11.17.2011

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A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday. The 19-year old Kosovan, who w...

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