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escaped criminal stories: 5 news summaries

2 Killers, Rapist Escape Indiana State Prison 

Manhunt under way; trio slipped max-security lockup via tunnels

Jul 13, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(AP) - Three inmates, facing a total of at least 120 more years behind bars, escaped a maximum-security prison in Indiana yesterday, apparently through underground tunnels and pipes. The men, two convicted murderers and a rapist, were considered dangerous, and prison officials used a telephone notification system to send alerts to nearby... More »

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 German Inmate 
 Mails Himself Free 

Warden unsurprised by crazy escape, calls for more guards

Nov 15, 08 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - German police are on a manhunt for a convicted drug dealer who escaped from prison by mailing himself in a cardboard box, the BBC reports. The 42-year-old man crawled into the box after a long shift of making stationery. An unwitting express courier then loaded the box onto his truck... More »

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Prison Escapee, Now Suburban Mom, Caught After 32 Years

She's back in jail to finish drug sentence

May 1, 08 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 53-year-old mother of three, on the lam for 32 years after escaping from a Detroit prison, has been nabbed in a San Diego suburb. A fugitive since 1976, Susan Lefevre left the prison on a work pass and didn't return; she'll now have to finish out the remaining 9... More »

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9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

Militants were guilty
of 2003 Casablanca bombings

Apr 7, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nine Moroccan terrorists convicted of involvement in the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings escaped from prison today, AFP reports. The men, Islamist extremists who were serving 20 years to life, tunneled out of Kenitra detention center, near Rabat. They left a note explaining that, having exhausted the appeals process, they resorted... More »

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terrorism • prison • Morocco • suicide bombing • Casablanca • escape • escaped criminal • Islamist extremists • Islamic terrorism

Jailbird Heads to Hooters

Inmate fled jail while taking out the trash

Aug 31, 07 6:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A convict who managed to extract himself from the county jail in an Indiana town Sunday while taking out the trash was caught yesterday after he was unable to resist bragging about the caper to new-found friends at a nearby Hooters. Charles Smith, the 56-year-old escapee, wasn't even missed until... More »

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