Prison escape trio recaptured after highway chase
Three young federal prisoners Thomas E. Thomas James Sykes and David Lee Carpenter fled Cleveland jail with two women hostages. Chased across two states by more than 50 officers and helicopters their escape cruiser blew a tire at a Kentucky roadblock and was surrounded. No injuries reported.
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Sal Giuffre
Lexington
UPI
Cleveland
Thomas E. Thomas
James Sykes
Mississippi
David Lee Carpenter
Lakewood
Ohio
Thomas
Sykes
Cuyahoga County
Carpenter
George Zeitlow
Zietlow
Dellaria
Honor
Dull Day Turns Unlikely Stop For Gas Station
Gaylord Downing watched as about 50 police cruisers and an escapee vehicle pulled into his father’s Ohio station. Three inmates from Cuyahoga County Jail held two women at gunpoint while negotiating with officers and FBI agents over a $13 gas bill. Downing recounted the scene and noted the fugitives paid with a credit card, though deputies said they would return to settle the $6.96 gas charge.
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Washington D.H
Ohio
UPI
Gaylord Downing
Cuyahoga County
Gaylord
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Downing
Communications praised and criticized in Ohio chase
CINCINNATI CPI reports Sheriff Ralph Kreiger cites poor communications between Ohio law enforcement agencies as a key problem during the 339 mile seven hour pursuit of three escaped prisoners and two hostages. He praised Ohio sheriffs for road clearance while commending Kentucky State Police for the capture. No one was hurt.
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Cincinnati
CPI
Cuyahoga County
Ralph Kreiger
Ohio
Georgetown
Kreiger
Buckeye
Kentucky
Man Charged Over False Imprisonment After Wife Sealed In Truck
In Houston a woman was found chained inside a pickup with windows taped and supplies nearby. Police detained Willie Thomas, her 29 year old husband, who said nothing and was charged with false imprisonment.
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Houston
UPI
Willie Thomas
Thomas
Justice of the Peace
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