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Brothers Given Long Terms After Double Theft Escape
Two brothers Archie Janis Lucas and Paul Ellsworth Lucas were sentenced in Maryland Circuit Court for breaking into the Fred McCracken store in Cooksville and the West Friendship garage owned by Sidney Marcus. Archie Lucas received ten years for each burglary to run concurrently plus one year for attempted jail escape. Paul Lucas got five years for the West Friendship break in and one year for attempted escape. They were moved to Maryland Penitentiary to serve the terms. both had been caught trying to dig out of the Ellicott City jail after prior confinement in Baltimore City jail. Charges for the Lisbon garage break were nolled.
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West Friendship
Howard County
Ellicott City
James Clark
Archie Janis
Lucas
Virginia
Fred F. Mee
Paul Ellsworth Lucas
Baltimore
Maryland
Paul
McCracken
Arthur Cecil Poole
Lisbon
Baltimore City