Fugitive From Justice Arrested In Milford, $500K Bond Issued: PD

MILFORD, CT — A fugitive from justice, Travis Simon, 30, of Manhattan, NY was arrested in Milford and was ordered held in lieu of a $500,000 bond, police said.

On March 4, Milford police and U.S. Marshals took custody of Simon in regards to an active warrant for his arrest. Simon was wanted on an extraditable warrant by the New York Office of Parole for Violation of Supervised Release. He is charged as a fugitive from justice and given a $500,000 bond.

New York City Patch reported in late February that Simon escaped a Midtown Manhattan state Department of Corrections facility after finding out he would be sent to a treatment facility for violating his parole.

Simon, who was granted release in February, fled the West 40th Street and Eighth Avenue parole office around 5 p.m. on Feb. 27, state officials said. Parole officers informed the felon that he was going to be sent to a 45-day program right before the man's escape.

"Community Supervision staff have been working with the parolee since his release on various violations of his conditions of parole. During a recent office report, it was determined he violated his conditions in an important respect and he was being referred to a 45-day treatment program in NYC when he fled custody," state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision spokesperson Thomas Mailey said in a statement.

Simon was sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of first-degree assault in New York City in 2011, according to state corrections records. He was found guilty of slashing a man in the neck in Harlem, state officials said. Simon's parole was set to end in 2022, according to state records.

With reporting By Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff