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Officer poses as home salesman captures chase fugitive
A Cook County sheriff's sergeant dressed as a Century 21 salesman arrested Menard escapee Michael Paulson in an unincorporated Cook County home. Nine guns were found in the residence. Paulson, 23, had fled Menard after a 1978 armed robbery burglary conviction and is suspected in a multi state crime spree culminating in Iowa and Arkansas incidents. He faces possible extradition back to Arkansas and Iowa.
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