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Escaped Inmate From Fairfield County Apprehended In Georgia Escaped Inmate From Fairfield County Apprehended In Georgia
Escaped Inmate From Fairfield County Apprehended In Georgia A 31-year-old man who escaped while serving a sentence in Fairfield County for a robbery charge was apprehended in Georgia. The Henry County Sheriff's Office in Georgia announced on Saturday, Oct. 1, that Forenza Rakeem Murphy was arrested. Authorities reported that Murphy left a Connecticut Department of Corrections Halfway House in Bridgeport on Monday, Aug. 8, and had been on the run ever since. "It was a great collaborative effort with The Connecticut DOC that led to the apprehension of Murphy," Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett said in the announcement.

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by Nicole Valinote
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Manhunt Underway For Prisoner Who Escapes Custody In Area Manhunt Underway For Prisoner Who Escapes Custody In Area
Manhunt Underway For Prisoner Who Escapes Custody In Area A massive search is underway after a 22-year-old headed to the Westchester County Jail escaped custody. Isaiah Washington, 22, was being transported to the jail in a minivan in Mount Vernon when he managed to slip out of his handcuffs and run off in the area of Manor Ridge Road and Boston Post Road in Pelham overnight Saturday, May 25. Washington had reportedly asked for the handcuffs to be loosened. Multiple police agencies and K9 units joined in the search. Police in Pelham and New Rochelle are working with the NYPD in their search. Information on the crime Washingto…

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Norwalk Man Nabbed After Halfway House Escape Norwalk Man Nabbed After Halfway House Escape
Norwalk Man Nabbed After Halfway House Escape A man with a conviction for a weapons charge may be heading back behind bars after attempting a great escape from his halfway house in Fairfield County. Branden Huertas, formerly of Norwalk, was arrested by members of the Norwalk Police Department Special Services Division on School Street earlier this week after escaping from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. According to the indictment that was Huertas, 36, escaped custody at the Chase Center in Waterbury on June 22, where he had been to complete his term of incarceration following a 2015 conviction for unlawful possession of a firear…

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by Zak Failla
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SEEN HIM? Manhunt On For Deportee Who Escaped ICE Agents At JFK SEEN HIM? Manhunt On For Deportee Who Escaped ICE Agents At JFK
Seen HIM? Manhunt On For Deportee Who Escaped ICE Agents At JFK A Senegalese national escaped ICE agents who were deporting him at JFK Airport, said authorities who were searching for him. Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke, 31, "was in ICE custody awaiting removal via a commercial airline flight through JFK Tuesday before absconding" at Terminal 4's Gate B23, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Khaalid Walls. The agents apparently had removed Mbacke's handcuffs to bring him through screening when he bolted, authorities said. He hopped into a cab around 9 p.m. and was gone, Walls said surveillance video show. Mbacke, who'd been living in D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Still On The Loose: Connecticut State Police Searching For Escaped Inmate Still On The Loose: Connecticut State Police Searching For Escaped Inmate
Still On The Loose: Connecticut State Police Searching For Escaped Inmate Connecticut State Police have released a wanted poster as they continue to search for a 25-year-old inmate who escaped from a state prison on Sunday. "Jerry Mercado is wanted for ESCAPE from Carl Robinson Correctional Institution in Enfield on 1/7/18," the wanted poster says.  Here is a description of the suspect:  Name: Jerry Mercado  Date of birth: 10/18/1992  Age: 25  Race: White/Hispanic  Height: 5 foot, 4 inches  Weight: 137 pounds  Tattoo: “Time Waits For No One” on his left temple and right side of neck  Aliases: Joshua, Jalyssa  At 3:15 p.m. Sunday, the prison was placed …

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