the dumbass escaped jail three days before his three month sentence for parole violation was to end...
Exactly. Apparently, some people say that he thought they were gonna keep him in much longer, but in reality, he was just there for perole violation. Others say he escaped to see the birth of a granddaughter. As far as most wanted goes, I'm pretty sure in saying that he's the most wanted man in America right now. He's definitely number one on America's Most Wanted's list...
The reward's now been upped to 425 or 450 thousand, I can't remember. Plus, something about the FBI also offering 100 grand. Also, if you turn in someone that's harboring the guy (many people, apparently), you get 50 thousand. Man I could use some of that.
Also, he's now been added to the FBI's 10 most wanted list. I'm not sure if that's the list including the terrorists or not, but that's kind of a big deal. He's been on the 15 most wanted by the US Marshalls (they keep having commercials about it) for a while, though.
Flipping through channels see a press conference for Bucky Phillips capture. Link: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/08/ny.manhunt/index.html Source: 'Most wanted' fugitive captured CARROLL, New York (CNN) -- Fugitive Ralph "Buck" Phillips, wanted for shooting three New York state troopers, one fatally, after escaping from prison in April, was captured Friday evening after a daylong hunt, the New York state police said. No gunfire was exchanged during the arrest in Akeley, a town in northwestern Pennsylvania near the New York border, the police said. The town is 10 miles southeast of Jamestown, New York. Two reported sightings of Phillips prompted police to cordon off a square mile of Pennsylvania woodland earlier Friday. "I can tell you there is a rather significant full-court press going on," New York State Police Superintendent Wayne Bennett said during the search. Phillips was placed on the FBI's 10 most-wanted list Thursday. He was being sought in connection with the June 10 shooting of a trooper during a traffic stop near Elmira, New York, and the August 31 shootings of two troopers in Chautauqua County. Trooper Joseph Longobardo, 32, was killed and Trooper Donald Baker, 38, remained hospitalized Friday in critical condition, Bennett said, adding that Baker seemed to be recovering. The Pennsylvania sightings came about 3 p.m. Friday, Bennett said. Dozens of police, SWAT teams and federal officers converged near Allegany State Park at the New York-Pennsylvania state line. A perimeter of blockades was set up, and the area was swept with search dogs, helicopters and officers on foot in an effort to flush Phillips from the woods. Local police were deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service so they could cross back and forth over state lines. The search for Phillips began just before 2 a.m. Friday after a Warren County, Pennsylvania, sheriff's deputy pursued a car believed to be stolen, said Bennett. The car crashed into a tree, and the man inside fled, Bennett said. About 25 minutes later, there was a report of another stolen car. As two troopers chased that vehicle, the car crossed into New York, where the driver jumped from the moving vehicle and fled into a wooded area. A backpack containing camouflage clothing was found inside the first car. A hat found in the pack appears to match the one Phillips was wearing in a wanted poster photograph, two federal law enforcement sources said. About 9 a.m., a trooper with a dog met up with a man in the woods he believed to be Phillips, Bennett said. The man allegedly waved a pistol toward the trooper, who fired several shots, Bennett said. The trooper was uninjured, and there was no trail of blood indicating the fleeing man had been hit, he said. (Watch for scenes from Friday's pursuit when shots were fired -- 3:45) Police asked residents in the area to stay in their homes and evacuated the Cable Hollow Golf Course in Warren County, in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, said Heather Bortz, daughter of the golf course owner. At least two schools in northern Pennsylvania also were placed on lockdown. Eileen Anderson lives near the golf course where Friday's search began. "I was just down on my porch and the helicopters were flying around here. All of a sudden I heard four shots right across up over the hill, right in front of my house -- four right in a row. The helicopter has been flying over that spot ever since." The 44-year-old Native American escaped from the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden, New York, after prying open a roof vent in the jail's kitchen area with a can opener. CNN's Deb Feyerick and Zak Sos contributed to this report.
This kind of surprises me that nobody's posted anything in here about this. Today was a very long day, but in the end, they caputred "Bucky" about 10 miles from here, about 2 miles over the Pennsuylvania border. At the hospital all day, I was wondering if he'd get shot and they'd bring him through my department for x-rays or something, but in the end, nobody got hurt. All is well again. (If I weren't so tired, I'd post a link and fully describe. Sorry.)
