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| Man Confesses To Stay In Prison Longer |
| By nwitimes.com |
| Published: 06/21/2010 |
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A formerly homeless man with Lake County ties now has long-term housing in the Michigan prison system, but court and police records show it took him a few tries to get there. And the Lake County sheriff said the tale is similar to that of a growing number of homeless people who commit crimes to obtain shelter, meals or medical treatment inside jails or prisons. The case of Edward Hammer-Perez, 33, garnered mention in local media and on criminal justice blogs in 2007 when it was discovered he had slipped through the cracks of the Lake County Jail and courts, sitting in the jail for 19 months for the mere crime of shoplifting a bottle of Pepsi from a Schererville retail store. Read More. |
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