http://www.mail.com/subjects/47190-prison-breaks.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/47190-prison-breaks.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104560-2011-jail-breaks-political-issue-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power. The prison breaks added to the chaos during the 18-day uprising in 2011, and the ... Thu, 23 May 2013 06:38:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104560-2011-jail-breaks-political-issue-egypt.html 2013-05-23T06:38:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079512-2-inmates-charged-mo-with-attempted-kidnapping.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two inmates who fled a Kansas prison face several charges in Missouri where they're accused of trying to ambush the officers pursuing them and of attempting to kidnap the mayor of the small town where they were eventually captured after less than a day on the run. Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd said Allen M. Hurst and Scott A.... Sat, 11 May 2013 22:52:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079512-2-inmates-charged-mo-with-attempted-kidnapping.html 2013-05-11T22:52:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058052-gadhafis-son-appears-libya-court-case-delayed.html ZINTAN, Libya (AP) — Wearing a sky-blue safari suit and a pair of sandals, the imprisoned son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi made his second court appearance this year on Thursday in a local court in Libya's western mountains where he is facing charges of harming state security. Jailed in the town of Zintan, whose fighters captured him as he was fleein... Thu, 02 May 2013 21:14:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058052-gadhafis-son-appears-libya-court-case-delayed.html 2013-05-02T21:14:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020152-brazen-escape-lands-french-bandit-interpol-list.html PARIS (AP) — Redoine Faid's escape from a French prison landed him on Interpol's most wanted list Monday, two days after he took four guards hostage and used explosives hidden inside tissue packets to blast his way out of a prison in Lille. Faid freed his hostages along his getaway route. It wasn't the first time that Faid, an armed robber being held in t... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:49:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020152-brazen-escape-lands-french-bandit-interpol-list.html 2013-04-15T14:49:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009250-escapee-who-allegedly-deputys-help-sought.html DENVER (AP) — A search was underway Tuesday for a man accused of wearing a sheriff's deputy jacket to escape from Denver's jail, allegedly with a deputy's help. Felix Trujillo, 24, was awaiting sentencing in a home invasion when he escaped Sunday night. Investigators on Monday searched for Trujillo at a home in Thornton, north of Denver, but turned up no ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:33:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009250-escapee-who-allegedly-deputys-help-sought.html 2013-04-09T21:33:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2001420-texas-inmates-jail-capture-barn.html SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Two inmates in an East Texas jail took advantage of a guard distracted by other duties in his office when they pulled open part of a chain-link fence in a recreation yard and slipped through, triggering a two-day manhunt, a local sheriff's office spokesman said Friday. Brian Allen Tucker, who is charged with capital murder, a... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:27:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2001420-texas-inmates-jail-capture-barn.html 2013-04-05T20:27:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1993988-2-flee-texas-jail-1-faces-capital-murder-charge.html SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Two inmates with long criminal histories — including one awaiting trial for capital murder — escaped an East Texas jail, dumped their black-and-white scrubs and were fleeing a manhunt Tuesday, authorities said. Brian Allen Tucker of Sulphur Springs and John Marlin King of Cumby slipped past a fence around a recreation yard at... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:26:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1993988-2-flee-texas-jail-1-faces-capital-murder-charge.html 2013-04-03T00:26:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1980802-50-inmates-escape-libyan-prison-1-killed.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan security official says nearly 50 inmates have fled a prison in an oasis city in the country's southern desert, and authorities shot one dead during the escape. The security official said the inmates broke out of the prison in Sabha early Tuesday. He said prison guards fired warning shots to stop them, which resulted in the d... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:20:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1980802-50-inmates-escape-libyan-prison-1-killed.html 2013-03-26T20:20:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1974906-greece-2-hurt-11-escape-prison-shooting.html TRIKALA, Greece (AP) — At least 11 inmates escaped from a Greek prison Friday night after gunmen brazenly attacked the site with grenades and automatic weapons, kicking off a nightlong standoff between police and prisoners. Two guards were injured, one of them seriously. A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized t... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:51:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1974906-greece-2-hurt-11-escape-prison-shooting.html 2013-03-23T23:51:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1963822-2-inmates-recaptured-helicopter-escape.html MONTREAL (AP) — Two inmates made a daring daylight escape from a prison northwest of Montreal in a hijacked helicopter, then led police in a car chase and exchanged gunfire at a rural cabin before they were finally recaptured, authorities said Monday. Police said the helicopter pilot was held hostage in the Sunday jail-break and was not a suspect. He was ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:00:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1963822-2-inmates-recaptured-helicopter-escape.html 2013-03-19T02:00:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1960832-prison-escape-artist-free-this-time.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — His first two prison escapes in Greece were spectacular and successful, aboard helicopters chartered by accomplices. But when Albanian inmate Alket Rizaj tried to break out of another lockup — this time by taking hostages — his gamble just didn't pay off. After a 24-hour standoff Rizaj, a convicted contract killer, surrendered to pol... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:58:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1960832-prison-escape-artist-free-this-time.html 2013-03-17T21:58:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1948900-3-shoeless-inmates-escaping-mo-jail.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two murder suspects and a third inmate who escaped from a southeast Missouri jail were found hiding Tuesday in the cab of a truck at a salvage yard, still wearing their orange jail suits but without their shoes, authorities said. The trio — Matthew Brandon Cook, Kade Reaves Stringfellow and Rodney Joe Green — were taken into custody aroun... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:13:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1948900-3-shoeless-inmates-escaping-mo-jail.html 2013-03-12T23:13:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1912456-greece-helicopter-prison-escape-attempt-foiled.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A helicopter swooped down on a prison courtyard Sunday as armed men on board fired on guards and lowered a rope to help a convicted killer make his fourth attempt to escape from a Greek prison. But the plot was foiled after the prisoner was shot and the chopper forced to land in the prison's parking lot. The dramatic escape attempt w... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:09:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1912456-greece-helicopter-prison-escape-attempt-foiled.html 2013-02-24T22:09:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1896254-texas-police-fatally-shoot-fugitive-fla-prisoner.html GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Florida prisoner who escaped in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was fatally shot early Saturday after refusing to cooperate with officers and lunging at them, police said. Alberto Morales was shot in a wooded area of Grapevine, a community near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. It put an end to a... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:32:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1896254-texas-police-fatally-shoot-fugitive-fla-prisoner.html 2013-02-16T23:32:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1889012-escaped-prisoner-described-a-schizophrenic.html GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Florida prisoner who stabbed a detective and escaped near Dallas while being transported to Nevada is "a schizophrenic" who vowed not to return to prison, according to authorities and a 911 call released Wednesday. Alberto Morales, 42, escaped Monday after using a piece from his eyeglasses to stab Miami-Dade Detective Jaime Par... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:56:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1889012-escaped-prisoner-described-a-schizophrenic.html 2013-02-14T00:56:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1887348-correction-prisoner-escape-texas-story.html MIAMI (AP) — In a Feb. 12 story about the escape near Dallas of a prisoner being transferred from Florida to Nevada, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a plane he was transported on landed in Dallas. The plane landed in Houston, and he escaped after detectives decided to drive him the rest of the way. A corrected version of the story is below:... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:27:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1887348-correction-prisoner-escape-texas-story.html 2013-02-13T20:27:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1873970-texas-prison-escapee-caught-16-years.html HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas prison escapee on the run for almost 16 years has been captured by authorities in Mexico and awaits extradition to the U.S. to finish serving his sentence on charges of attempted capital murder of a police officer, state Department of Criminal Justice officials said Wednesday. Juan Salaz was apprehended last week. The 37-year-old Am... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1873970-texas-prison-escapee-caught-16-years.html 2013-02-07T00:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813434-iraqi-inmates-seize-weapons-escape-prison.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A dozen prisoners including al-Qaida-linked death row inmates escaped from a prison near Baghdad on Friday, the latest sign that Iraq still struggles with basic law and order more than a year after American troops withdrew, officials said. The brazen prison break happened hours before thousands of mostly Sunni protesters rallied in the capi... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813434-iraqi-inmates-seize-weapons-escape-prison.html 2013-01-11T16:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1801824-2nd-recaptured-bank-robber-appears-court.html CHICAGO (AP) — Shackled in chains and pushed in a wheelchair by U.S. marshals, a bank robber who was captured more than two weeks after fleeing a high-rise Chicago jail was brought back to federal court on Saturday to face escape charges. Kenneth Conley, who had disguised himself as an old man with a cane and a beret, scuffled with a resident and officers... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1801824-2nd-recaptured-bank-robber-appears-court.html 2013-01-05T21:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1800512-feds-2nd-inmate-who-escaped-chicago-jail-captured.html CHICAGO (AP) — Weeks after a pair of bank robbers made a daring escape from a downtown Chicago high-rise jail, police said Friday they captured the last of the two men but didn't notice him at first because he had disguised himself as an older person. Kenneth Conley was arrested in the Chicago suburb of Palos Hills after a short foot chase. Palos Hills De... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1800512-feds-2nd-inmate-who-escaped-chicago-jail-captured.html 2013-01-05T01:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1797966-charges-dropped-chicago-high-rise-jail-escape.html CHICAGO (AP) — A convicted bank robber no longer face charges for climbing out of a high-rise jail in downtown Chicago on a rope made of bed sheets and leading authorities on a two-day manhunt that ended with his capture on the city's North Side. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Baker asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss the escape charges because Jos... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1797966-charges-dropped-chicago-high-rise-jail-escape.html 2013-01-03T18:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1780970-lawyer-man-chicago-jail-escaped.html CHICAGO (AP) — A convicted bank robber captured days after a daring escape from a high-rise jail in downtown Chicago will likely return to the same federal lockup, though this time he'll most likely be held in a special isolation unit, his attorney said Friday. Joseph "Jose" Banks, 37, made an initial appearance in court, shackles on his leg, arms and wri... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1780970-lawyer-man-chicago-jail-escaped.html 2012-12-21T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1778528-chicago-jail-escape-resembles-1985-breakout.html CHICAGO (AP) — This week's daring escape from a downtown Chicago jail bore striking similarities to the last time anyone broke out of the high-rise facility, nearly three decades ago. Sometime before 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, authorities say, convicted bank robbers Kenneth Conley and Joseph Banks apparently broke their cell window, then rappelled down about 20 s... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1778528-chicago-jail-escape-resembles-1985-breakout.html 2012-12-20T11:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1775778-fbi-escaped-inmates-took-cab-chicago-jail.html CHICAGO (AP) — Two convicted bank robbers who pulled off a daring overnight escape from a high-rise Chicago jail had changed from their prison garb by the time they hopped into a cab near the lock-up, investigators said Wednesday as they expanded their manhunt for the men. Authorities were raiding houses and combing through records looking for anybody wit... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1775778-fbi-escaped-inmates-took-cab-chicago-jail.html 2012-12-20T01:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1774408-2-inmates-escape-high-rise-jail-chicago.html CHICAGO (AP) — Two bank robbers pulled off a daring escape from downtown Chicago's high-rise jail Tuesday by apparently scaling down about 20 stories using a makeshift rope tied to the bars in a cell window. Police helicopters and canine units swarmed the area, but not until more than three hours after Joseph "Jose" Banks and Kenneth Conley went unaccount... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1774408-2-inmates-escape-high-rise-jail-chicago.html 2012-12-19T03:01:00Z