All 9 juveniles who escaped from detention center after riot in Pennsylvania captured



Nine inmates escaped from a detention center in Pennsylvania following a riot Sunday, but all have since been apprehended. The brevity of the manhunt — which comes just weeks after a murderous illegal alien broke out of a Pennsylvania prison — was the result not only of a quick response on the part of law enforcement but also some of the escapees' apparent lack of fortitude.

"It probably was planned, but poorly planned," said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper David Beohm, reported the Associated Press.

The motley crew, ages ranging between 15 and 17, made their escape from Abraxas Academy, a youth detention center in Morgantown that deals with delinquents known for their "habitual offending behaviors or for a history of sexual offending behavior," according to its website.

A riot erupted at the facility Sunday, affording some inmates a distraction that they immediately seized upon.

The Caernarvon Township Police Department noted at 9:27 p.m. that state and local law enforcement had restored order at the academy; however, the facility was then short nine inmates.

Authorities indicated that the inmates had broken free after overtaking two female guards and stealing their keys, reported ABC News.

"They were able to get the keys and then they were able to get out the side door, or one of the doors," said Beohm.

The Robeson Township Police Department issued an alert Sunday evening, notifying anyone in the area of Interstate 176 and Route 10 to "be vigilant," adding that the escapees were all wearing white and grey shirts and shorts.

Boehm said that four rogues were taken into custody just before 6 a.m. on Monday after having "basically given up."

"They were done, they were tired, they were cold," said the trooper.

Unable to hack the cold and lack of sleep, the first group of escapees knocked on the door of a random home on Oak Grove Road in Morgantown and surrendered.

The remaining five who had not been so quickly defeated by the prospect of discomfort took off in a stolen truck.

Police indicated that at least two cars had been broken into.

Troopers chased the truck down and bagged four of the inmates. The fifth managed to flee into a nearby field on foot, but he too was hunted down and captured alive.

All nine were picked up within four miles of Abraxas Academy.

Beohm indicated that all nine, who came in "pretty weary looking and dirty," will be charged with escape. Additional charges may also be applied where applicable.

"We're going to interview all nine of them," said Beohm. "I know there's stuff in the works right now to decide where they are going to go after that takes place."

Abraxas Academy is no stranger to riots or the expressions of concern by locals.

A riot broke out at the facility involving 50 teenagers on July 4, reported CNN.

"We’re concerned. We’re concerned that this institution which houses our most serious juvenile offenders who’ve been accused of a crime or convicted of a crime – they have to be able to maintain control," said Berks County District Attorney John Adams.

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Convicted child rapist arrested in another state after allegedly escaping Arkansas prison with family on pickup truck and jet skis



An Arkansas man convicted of raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter — who reportedly escaped his prison sentence a year ago with the help of his family, pickup truck, and jet skis — was finally arrested after a manhunt.

Samuel Hartman, 39, was on prison work detail on Aug. 12. Suddenly, a pickup truck showed up near the East Arkansas Regional Unit prison work detail. Two women reportedly exited the truck and fired gunshots toward the prison guards, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

Hartman – sentenced to life in prison in 2013 for a rape conviction out of Franklin County – reportedly jumped into the pickup truck, and the three suspects drove off. Correctional officers pursued the suspects until they allegedly reached the Mississippi River – where the suspects purportedly had two pre-staged jet skis ready to escape, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

"Law enforcement officers in Mississippi and Arkansas later located the two abandoned jet skis on the Mississippi side of the river," KCRA-TV reported.

Investigators later determined that Hartman's mother – 61-year-old Linda Annette White – had ties to West Virginia. White's 52-year-old boyfriend – Rodney Trent – is reportedly from West Virginia.

Arkansas authorities teamed up with U.S. Marshals, West Virginia State Police, Lewisburg Police Department, and the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Office.

On Tuesday, Hartman – previously charged with multiple offenses, from possession or manufacturing of contraband items to battery to sexual activity – was arrested along with his 39-year-old wife, Misty Hartman; his mother; and his mother's boyfriend in West Virginia.

Trent is facing charges for allegedly harboring a sex offender and helping the three fugitives evade authorities, according to the Marshals Service. Authorities did not indicate what charges Misty Hartman and White might face.

A spokesperson with the Arkansas Department of Corrections said the suspects are expected to be extradited to Arkansas as soon as possible.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) said the arrests were "the culmination of a year of outstanding, dedicated work by our heroic law enforcement officers."

"Now that they have brought this dangerous fugitive to justice, all Arkansans can sleep safer at night," she added in her statement released on Tuesday.

"In my nearly 30 years of law enforcement, I cannot recall a task force that has the level of dedication to accomplishing the mission and making our communities safer than that of CUFFED (Cops United Felony Fugitive Enforcement Division Task Force)," said Michael Baylous, U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia. "The apprehension of these dangerous fugitives demonstrates the close and outstanding relationship that CUFFED enjoys with our local and state partners, other USMS Districts, and the USMS Domestic Investigations Branch."

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Las Vegas police capture at-large bomber who used battery acid and dummy to make movie-like prison escape, correctional officers didn't know about jailbreak for days



A Nevada inmate serving a life sentence executed a movie-like prison escape. Correctional officers didn't know that the prisoner made a jailbreak for days. Las Vegas police finally captured the at-large inmate days after he made an unbelievable escape.

Porfirio Duarte-Herrera and his co-defendant Omar Rueda-Denvers were convicted in 2010 after a jury found him guilty of murdering 24-year-old Willebaldo Dorantes Antonio. The men allegedly executed a revenge plot and detonated a pipe bomb on the roof of the Luxor Hotel parking garage in retaliation for Antonio dating Rueda-Denvers' ex-girlfriend.

"Duarte-Herrera has been serving a life sentence after using a motion-activated pipe bomb hidden in a coffee cup to kill a casino hot dog stand worker on the Las Vegas strip in 2007," the Daily Beast reported.

While serving time at the Southern Desert Correctional Center, Duarte-Herrera reportedly used battery acid to break down the window frame of his prison cell. The inmate purportedly created a dummy – possibly made out of cardboard – to fool prison guards.

The convicted bomber was housed in a unit with approximately 200 prisoners and did have a cellmate.

The inmate escaped the medium-security correctional center by slipping past the guards and the prison's perimeter fence.

Paul Lunkwitz – the president of the Fraternal Order of Police Nevada C.O. – told KVVU-TV, "Not only could that tower see the unit, but the tower could see the fence line where the damage was that allowed the inmate to get through."

Lunkwitz said the prison tower had been unmanned for a couple of years.

The Nevada Department of Corrections said in a statement that Duarte-Herrera was officially reported missing at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. However, prison authorities believe that he may have escaped as early as Friday night.

A search was initiated about an hour after he was reported missing from the Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs.

Then on Thursday morning, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received a tip and took Duarte-Herrera into custody in downtown Las Vegas after he was on the lam for five days.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) said of the prison break, "This is unacceptable. My office has ordered NDOC to conduct and complete a thorough investigation into this event as quickly as possible. This kind of security lapse cannot be permitted and those responsible will be held accountable."

Lunkwitz put some of the jailbreak blame on Sisolak, "He hired the director. He knows how this department is being run. He knows those towers have not been staffed for as long as they haven’t been staffed for, and that’s a legislatively approved budgeted position."

Lunkwitz said, "There are a lot of things that could have been avoided, and a lot of security measures that could take place that isn’t happening primarily due to staffing."

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