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| Escaped Conn. Inmate Apprehended in New Jersey |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/25/2002 |
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An inmate who escaped from a Connecticut jail in April has been apprehended by FBI agents in New Jersey. Acting on a tip from the Connecticut Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, FBI agents captured Jair Ramirez on Friday in Elizabeth. Ramirez walked out of the Hartford Correctional Center in Connecticut after failing to post $500,000 bail at an April 9 court appearance. He is charged with first-degree burglary, sexual assault, kidnapping and risk of injury to a minor. He was supposed to be transferred to the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Conn. Correctional officers did not immediately notice Ramirez, who was fully shackled and dressed in a jump suit, was missing from the van used to transport inmates. Two weeks ago, Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to Ramirez's arrest. An April report by the state Department of Correction said officers could have prevented the escape by following policies. It said prison officers should have discovered that Ramirez was not in the van before it left Hartford, and witness reports of the escaping inmate should have been relayed to outside authorities more quickly. Ramirez is accused of breaking into a Hartford house in the middle of the night through the window of a young girl's bedroom, threatening her with a knife, sexually assaulting her and stealing her jewelry. |
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