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Leonardtown-California, MD
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Mechanicsville Escapee Wanted After Cutting Off Ankle Monitor, Fleeing In Leonardtown: Sheriff
A court-ordered GPS monitor wasn't going to keep one Maryland woman from disappearing, authorities say. Melissa Irene Richards, 34, of Mechanicsville, remains wanted after deputies responding to a tampering alert on Sept. 9 found her monitoring device cut off and discarded in a tree line along Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. Richards was on pre-trial release at the time, and investigators say she hasn't been found since the monitor was discovered. Deputies were called to the 28000 block of Point Lookout Road after receiving the alert …
Leonardtown-California, MD
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Off-Duty Deputy Returning From Jury Duty Apprehends Escape Suspect In St. Mary's County
An off-duty member of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office went above and beyond to capture a wanted man who escaped custody, officials say. Capt. Richard Russell, the Special Operations Commander for the department, received an alert on Tuesday morning regarding Leonardtown native Jordan Poetzman, who removed his GPS monitoring device while attending court-authorized inpatient treatment at a facility in California. Capt. Richard Russell St. Mary's County Sheriff At the time, he was returning from jury duty. With one civic duty done, Russell decided to join the hun…
Fairfield, CT
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CT Fugitive Caught After Decades On Run
A man who has been wanted in Connecticut for nearly three decades has been taken into custody in South Carolina. On Wednesday, April 3, the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force captured Ted Lee Livingston, the Horry County Police Department announced. Livingston has been wanted in the state of Connecticut for 29 years on an escape charge dating back to April 1990. According to police, to evade capture, Livingston changed his birthday and ID information on his South Carolina driver’s license. Livingston was arrested on Pint Circle in Longs, police said, and taken to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.…
