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| D.C. jail escapees caught |
| By The Washington Post |
| Published: 06/05/2006 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The second of the two men who escaped from the D.C. jail Saturday was recaptured late last night in the Seat Pleasant area of Prince George's County. The other man had been picked up early in the day at a Fairfax County motel. Ricardo Jones, 25, of Hyattsville, a murder suspect, was seized about 11:30 p.m., the U.S. Marshals Service said. The arrest followed a foot chase and then a methodical search of an area about four miles east of the jail, a Marshals Service spokesman said. Prince George's police received a tip indicating that Jones was hiding in a garage or shed in that area, Jim Werking of the Marshals Service said. When police spotted Jones, a brief foot chase ensued, and officers lost sight of the fugitive. Members of a fugitive task force enclosed the area and began searching. Sgt. Joe Gentile, a D.C. police spokesman, said Jones was hiding in a shed in the 500 block of 71st Street, about a half-mile east of the Prince George's-District boundary. It was not clear last night why Jones was in Seat Pleasant. The other man sought in the escape, Joseph Leaks, 32, of Northeast Washington had been arrested without incident about 1:20 a.m. yesterday after officers broke down the door of the Alexandria area motel where he was staying, Werking said. Leaks, who has prior convictions for assault and weapons violations, was indicted last month on charges including accessory after the fact to murder and obstruction of justice. The first-degree murder charge against Jones and the accessory charge against Leaks stem from the July 6 shooting death of David Valentine in Northeast Washington. Jones also had been charged with illegal firearms possession. Leaks and Jones, who had been at the jail since August, escaped just after 10 a.m. Saturday by getting into the warden's office and smashing a reinforced window, officials said. A D.C. corrections official spotted the men and tried to catch them. Authorities said the fugitives took a Metro shuttle bus from near the Stadium-Armory Station to the Minnesota Avenue Station. Those who live near the jail questioned yesterday whether enough had been done to notify them. A jail siren alerts neighbors to emergencies, but people who live within two blocks of the facility said they heard nothing around the time of the incident. |
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