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An Indiana man sentenced to die next month for the 1994 slayings of his estranged wife and two of her relatives is not requesting clemency from Gov. Mitch Daniels. Indiana Department of Correction spokesman Doug Garrison said Friday that Matthew Eric...
Tags: Indiana State Prison, requesting clemency, Indiana Department of Correction, Indianapolis, Mitch Daniels, Criminal procedure, Pardon, Penology, Law Crime
State officials met Tuesday to tackle issues surrounding the escape of three Indiana State Prison inmates more than a month after the security breach. Convicted murderer Charles Smith, murderer and forger Mark Booher and rapist Lance Battreal used a tunnel...
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The last of three felons who escaped from the Indiana State Prison on July 12 was captured today at an Indianapolis hotel. State Department of Correction officials said Mark A. Booher, 46, a convicted killer from the southern Henry County community of...
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TV and 24/7News Report Authorities say that a convicted rapist described as “very dangerous” by police has been captured after last weekend's escape from the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. The escapee, Lance Battreal, was taken into custody just...
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The search began after workers saw a disheveled man walk out of and then quickly run back into the wooded area near a South Shore train maintenance yard. The convicted rapist escaped Sunday from the prison along with 46-year-old Mark Booher and 49-year-old...
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Authorities are searching a wooded area east of Michigan City for an inmate who escaped Sunday from the Indiana State Prison along with two other inmates. Federal marshal Shannon Robinson says state police, prison guards and others are using helicopters...
Tags: Indiana State Prison, Indiana Department of Correction, Indiana State Police, Michigan City, Lance Battreal, Mark Booher, Charles Smith, prison escaped
They emerged on 10th Street, north of the prison, authorities said. At least two made it to Grand Beach, Mich., eight miles northwest of the prison. Charles Smith, 48, who was convicted of murder in 1999 and sentenced to 95 years in prison, was caught...
Tags: Indiana State Police, Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana Department of Correction, Charles Smith, Grand Beach
A killer who escaped from the Indiana State Prison was caught Monday near the Michigan vacation home of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley by an officer on the mayor's security detail. Police warned nearby residents to stay inside because two other escapees...
Tags: Richard Daley, Michigan City, Chicago, Lake Michigan, chicago mayor, mayor richard, Indiana Department of Correction, Indiana State Prison, Michael Smith
Police and prison guards aided by search dogs hunted Sunday for two convicted killers and a third man who escaped the maximum-security Indiana State Prison, apparently through underground tunnels and pipes. All three men were considered dangerous, and...
Tags: Indiana State Prison, Indiana State Police, Michigan City, Bernard Madoff, Henry County, conviction murders, conviction killers, law enforcement, Grand Beach, security indiana
President Obama unveiled his administration's blueprint for a new national network of high-speed rail lines Thursday, saying that such an investment is necessary to reduce traffic congestion, cut dependence on foreign oil and improve the environment....
Tags: Indiana State Prison, speed rail, Michigan City, Benton Harbor Police Department, Obama, stimulus money, transportation secretary, Chicago, Mark Levenhagen, Steven Grove