Danbury, CT
News
Escaped Fugitive Caught In CT, US Marshals Say
A convicted drug dealer who escaped from a federal prison facility in Georgia last month has been captured in Connecticut. The US Marshals Service announced that 43-year-old Israel Rodriguez-Zayes has been apprehended and was taken into custody this week by members of the Violent Fugitive Task Force in Willimantic. In 2013, Rodriguez-Zayes was sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling crack cocaine, heroin and using weapons to advance a drug trafficking crime. He escaped from captivity at the facility in Jessup, Georgia, on March 2. He was captured on Tuesday, April 16. According to the …
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Escaped Prisoner From Cheshire Correctional Institution In Custody
Updated story: The 25-year-old inmate who escaped from Cheshire Correctional Institution is in custody. No additional details were immediately available. Original story: A manhunt is underway after a 25-year-old inmate escaped from a Connecticut prison on Luis Clarke, escaped from Cheshire Correctional Institution on Highland Avenue. The 5-foot-9, 175-pound Luis Clarke escaped around 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, police said. He has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing his gray prison jumpsuit. Clarke was serving 18 months for violation of probation, according to the Depart…
