Mar. 22—Two older men from small towns east of Lewiston, Idaho, were killed by a prison escapee and his accomplice during a 36-hour violent crime spree that began early Wednesday at a Boise hospital and ended with arrests in Twin Falls, according to the Idaho State Police. Investigators said James L. Mauney, 83, was walking […]
Authorities are investigating whether the deaths of an 83-year-old man who was walking his dogs and a 72-year-old man who lived in a remote cabin are connected to the escape of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang member and an accomplice after a Boise hospital ambush. The escaped prisoner, Skylar Meade, and the accomplice, a […]
An inmate and his alleged accomplice were apprehended Thursday, one day after they escaped police custody and ambushed three correctional officers at an Idaho hospital on Wednesday, Boise police said. Skylar Meade, the 31-year-old inmate, and Nicholas Umphenour were arrested around 2 p.m. MT in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Thursday — about 130 miles from […]
Police are investigating two homicides that could potentially be linked to an Idaho inmate and his accomplice who allegedly helped him escape from a hospital visit on Wednesday by shooting at state corrections officers, police say. Following a 36-hour manhunt, the inmate, Skylar Meade, and the alleged shooter, Nicholas Umphenour, were captured Thursday afternoon in Twin Falls, […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A dog who escaped after a Kansas City, Kansas crash is back with his owner. “Hey Cosmo what’s up you tough puppy?” Ezra Adams said as he and Cosmo were reunited, a moment he’s been waiting for since Monday. That’s when the car he was riding in crashed with a semi […]
Mar. 21—A white supremacist prison escapee and his accomplice suspected of coordinating a violent ambush outside a Boise hospital may be connected to two killings in North Idaho after police found prison shackles at the scene. The Boise Police Department announced 31-year-old Aryan Knights member Skylar Meade, an Idaho Maximum Security Institution inmate, and his […]
An inmate who escaped from an Idaho hospital with an accomplice who opened fire on the correction officers transporting him in a “brazen” attack have been captured, Boise police said. The Idaho Department of Correction inmate, Skylar Meade, and shooting suspect Nicholas Umphenour were located in the Twin Falls area around 2 p.m. MT Thursday, […]
[Source] A cat that made a daring escape after falling into a vat of hazardous chemicals at a factory in Japan over the weekend has prompted city officials to issue a public health warning. What happened: The incident occurred at the Nomura Mekki Fukuyama factory in Fukuyama, a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, on Monday. An […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti have ordered a nighttime curfew after an explosion of violence when gang gunmen overran the two biggest prisons and freed thousands of inmates over the weekend. A 72-hour state of emergency began Sunday night. The government said it would set out to find the killers, kidnappers and other […]
The Louisiana murder suspect who escaped custody by pepper-spraying his transporting deputy and stealing her vehicle following a hospital visit, was found Tuesday in a New Orleans hotel, officials said. Leon Ruffin, 51, had been in custody on a second-degree murder charge when he brazenly escaped custody Sunday. Two days later, he was tracked down […]
A prisoner who escaped from a transport van prompted a large search by multiple law enforcement agencies Monday night. Around 6 p.m., the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department notified State Police one of their prisoners broke out from a transport vehicle on Route 95 southbound near Exit 41 in Waltham, according to an MSP spokesperson. Authorities […]
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who escaped from custody in a JPSO unit on Sunday, Feb. 25. Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said Leon Ruffin is a convicted felon who’s been in custody for second-degree murder since last July. According to the sheriff, he’s been in the […]