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One Fugitive Caught After Daring 17-Story Escape

Joseph Banks nabbed, but Kenneth Conley remains at large

By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 21, 2012 5:44 AM CST

(Newser) – One of two convicted bank robbers who made a daring escape from a high-rise prison in Chicago on Tuesday—scaling down 17 stories using bedsheets—was captured late last night, reports the Sun-Times. Joseph "Jose" Banks was caught unarmed in northern Chicago around 11:...   Read full story »

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Chicago • prison • manhunt • prison break • Joseph Banks • Kenneth Conley

 
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