Prosecutors: NYC court escapee had disguises, $4K

Prosecutors say a well-dressed robbery suspect who escaped from a New York City courthouse had a fake passport, wigs, phony beards, $4,000 and four gun-shaped cigarette lighters on him when he was captured.

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Ky. inmate who escaped jail returns on own

Chad Toy's escape from jail wasn't what shocked his jailers; it was his plea to be let back in. "When I rang the bell at the jail and told them who I was, they were surprised," Toy told The Paducah (Ky.) Sun newspaper. "I guess they haven't seen that before."

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Ala. inmate escapes after bailiff assault, carjack

Alabama authorities say a jail inmate charged with murder is on the loose after he overpowered a bailiff, took his weapon and uniform, and stole a van at gunpoint.

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Inmate escapes Ark. jail, but leaves flower behind

Crawford County authorities say an inmate escaped the county jail and left behind a rose fashioned out of toilet paper because he felt sorry for breaking out.

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Thrown Rock Helps Nab Escaped Convict

A Helena Prerelease Center employee, hearing something rustling in the bushes, threw a rock at a shrub.

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Police Charge Man Posing As Convict

Police said what started as prank went too far this month when a man posing as an escaped convict alarmed a motorist and caused an unnecessary police search.

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Mom of Escaped Inmate Dies

The ailing mother of a man accused of escaping from a prison van and trekking hundreds of miles in a failed attempt to see her died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer.

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Escaped S. African Criminal Recaptured

A private security guard shot and recaptured South Africa's most wanted criminal Monday, two weeks after the accused killer greased himself with petroleum jelly and squeezed out of the country's top security prison through a window.

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Two investigators from the Cook County state's attorney's office could be fired after a convicted robber escaped from their custody in September and led police on a two-day manhunt.

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Horry County Police arrested a man after he reported a robbery back in August. Investigators arrested Robert E. Kirk who also goes by the name Gary Ray Kirk.

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INVERNESS — One of Florida's most notorious rapists will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Citrus County judge gave the 60-year-old man a 210-year sentence.

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sexually assaulting his girlfriend's 9-year-old daughter in 2004. The mother allowed Cruz to take the girl riding in his ice-cream truck, where he sexually assaulted her. The girl became pregnant, and because she was too young to carry the baby, she had an abortion

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The U.S. Marshals Office said it arrested a Michigan woman who's been on the run for 38 years Wednesday.

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Tragic End of the Spam King's life. Too bad he had to spread death like he spread bad e-mail.

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Illegal immigrant involved in a violent robbery that left him paralyzed was sent to a nursing home, left unguarded, ultimately escaped. Who's in the bed next to your grandpa? You just might be surprised!

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DETROIT -- The Detroit Violent Crimes Task Force Monday captured a fugitive featured on "America's Most Wanted." James "Jimmy" Leevon Patrick, 65, has been on the run since 1998. He escaped while he was awaiting trial in Pennsylvania on charges of raping an 11-year-old girl.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A teenager who was in jail for burglary was taken to his dentist Friday -- and that's when police said his friends, armed with a gun and Mace, broke him free.

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Escaped inmate questioned by police and let go. Video is Barney Fife like. Escape inmate was serving life for murder.

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