Crime & Safety
Update: Manhunt for James Morales
The authorities in Rhode Island are telling the former Reservist, who broke out of Wyatt Detention Center, to turn himself in.
CRANSTON, RI— The U.S. Marshal's office this afternoon updated the search for James Morales. The authorities have a message: turn yourself in.
According to news reports, he was spotted in Framingham, Mass., on Sunday and banged on a woman's door in an attempt to enter the home.
The former Army reservist escaped a Rhode Island prison New Year's Eve by climbing a basketball hoop and cutting through fencing, the warden said Monday.
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It was several hours before anyone at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, R.I., realized he was missing.
Warden Daniel W. Martin said Morales was found to be missing during a 10:30 p.m. inmate count, and video shows him escaping at 7 p.m.
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Morales was tracked early New Year's Day to Attleboro, where a Massachusetts State Police K-9 unit lost the scent.
State Police Still Searching for RI Escapee: https://t.co/92evSroVuG via @MassStatePolice
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) January 3, 2017
A bloody car was discovered in Framingham, and it's believed Morales was driving it.
The federal authorities are involved in the search and have released a new poster.
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