Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve - Foreign Affairs

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Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Explorers(op): 6:30am On Jan 03, 2020

An inmate who escaped from a South Carolina Department of Corrections work crew in 1979 was captured in Delaware on New Year's Day, according to the department.

Jose Chico Romero, 64, had been living under an assumed name when he was first arrested December 28, 2019 after showing Dover police a fake ID, according to Chrysti Shain, director of communications for the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

Police processed and released him under the fake name Arnaldo Figueroa but his fingerprints later came back as a match for wanted Romero.

He was arrested on Wednesday.

He is being held in Georgetown, Delaware, on a fugitive warrant and has waived extradition.

He is also charged with public intoxication, loitering, trespassing, forgery, criminal impersonation and being an out-of-state fugitive.

Romero was serving an 18-year sentence for armed robbery when he managed to escape from a work crew in Anderson County, South Carolina, on December 13, 1979.

After he is returned to the South Carolina Department of Corrections, Romero will be required to serve the remainder of his original sentence, which is about seven years, plus any time added for an escape conviction, Shain said.

His picture as inmate in the 1970s and after his arrest in 2020.

https://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_2542e65ad9342df4876ad2bded2b6ce4

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by dasphinx1(m): 6:32am On Jan 03, 2020*

Damn!!!!

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Prec1ous(m): 6:33am On Jan 03, 2020

Should have stayed out of crime atleast!

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by izzou(m): 6:36am On Jan 03, 2020

[color=royalblue]He was running 40 years?

That's some heavy burden to carry. Watching your back every blessed day for 40 years

I feel for him sha. Maybe it's time he accepts the consequences for his actions

Chai angry

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by overdrive(m): 6:40am On Jan 03, 2020

Village people again.

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by EzendiEgo1: 6:43am On Jan 03, 2020

Nice one but let the man go

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Oxb90: 6:44am On Jan 03, 2020

System that's working. Who wouldn't wish he came from a place like USA

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by izzou(m): 6:53am On Jan 03, 2020

Oxb90:
System that's working. Who wouldn't wish he came from a place like USA

[color=royalblue]The system Is working but that guy beat the system.

If he didn't get into crime again, he would never ever have been found.

Since 1979, and they are just busting him now. Imagine how many more that are out that haven't been found [/color]

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by donstan18: 6:53am On Jan 03, 2020

Low budget Michael Scofield.

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by fran6co(m): 6:56am On Jan 03, 2020*

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by MJBOLT: 7:00am On Jan 03, 2020

he was on the run for 40 years,if he had served his 18 year prison sentence,he might have been a free man today.

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Nobody: 7:10am On Jan 03, 2020

fran6co:
if it were to b my country him case file go dun rotten, him matter go dun even de forgotten and buried.

he would be running for senate by now or already a 2time senator by now

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by CAPSLOCKED: 7:11am On Jan 03, 2020

Prec1ous:
Should have stayed out of crime atleast!

ONCE A CRIMINAL, ALWAYS A CRIMINAL.

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by fran6co(m): 7:23am On Jan 03, 2020*

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Kendumazy(m): 7:25am On Jan 03, 2020

Woow

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by qualityovenbake(m): 7:26am On Jan 03, 2020

Wow! Enjoyed freedom for 40yrs.

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Theflint1(m): 7:27am On Jan 03, 2020

MJBOLT:
he was on the run for 40 years,if he had served his 18 year prison sentence,he might have been a free man today.

And waste the better part of his life? Man looks to have got a good deal escaping.

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Nobody: 7:29am On Jan 03, 2020

fran6co:
lol after then he will now sit as a major stake holder and God father selecting who will become the next governor.

ogami I tire ooooo

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Babacele: 7:38am On Jan 03, 2020

Chai! this guy should have left US or go stay in some rural farm area and lay low, but hell no. US gov should ask him how he was able to beat them for 40 good years.

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Uyi168: 7:46am On Jan 03, 2020

EzendiEgo1:
Nice one but let the man go

..
Why

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Kreamie(m): 7:59am On Jan 03, 2020

Lol

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Kingrexyl(m): 8:05am On Jan 03, 2020

Goddammit!

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by SarakiBukola: 8:22am On Jan 03, 2020

A friend has a similar experience....

TheFacelessMan:

Many years back i was on Death Row at KiriKiri Maximum Prisons

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I was in on a manslaughter charge for punching my landlord too hard.

Who could have known his neck was so easily broken ?

The very day i started my sentence, i was marked

Every day i dreamt of freedom...

The jail warden, Sergeant Okoro, was a bald headed nasty m***fvcker straight from Hell...

3 guys that had planned this escape for weeks - Garba, Obinna and i

6 armed guards were on the 15 of us....we were at least 300 miles from civilization.

In blistering scorching sun, sweat was pouring from our bodies, the salt stinging our eyes as we brought down the sledgehammers again and again.

Garba started coughing violently, the signal for show-time. He was spitting out his lungs practically.

Prison or Tuberculosis, it was a toss up what would kill him first.

Just as the 2nd guard bent over Garba, Okoro with his beady eyes that missed nothing, KNEW something was amiss.

Obinna coming from behind, grabbed the bent over guard by the throat and squeezed …..

His handcuffs sank into the neck of the fat ass guard, there was a fine mist of blood that splashed everywhere.

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ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE!

The prisoners descended on the guards like ants on sugar. 3 prisoners to each guard.

Okoro shouted "KILL THE RATS" and gunshots rang out, blood everywhere, skulls crushed with hammers.

I immediately took off and ran in the direction of the swamps.

[b]I had packed alligator pepper, the extra-strong one Yorubas like into both pockets; stolen over 2 weeks from kitchen duties.

I quickly sprayed it behind, any dog that followed my scent would get a nasty noseful.

I kept hearing screams, wails, gunshots and dogs barking.

15 mins into my lung bursting run close to the river, all fell silent. It was the silence of a graveyard at midnight, eerie and tense.

Panting, i rested against the tree and listened carefully with every single cell of my body.

I heard them faintly doing a head count. The rebellion had been quashed !

I heard shouts and dogs barking ....coming closer and closer....

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by EJIOGBENIMI(m): 8:27am On Jan 03, 2020*

Na wa.....Only to be caught 40 years later.

fran6co:
lol after then he will now sit as a major stake holder and God father selecting who will become the next governor.

And if anybody dares talk about this. Then, you will see his shameless supporters fuming from both sides of their useless mouths saying something like: “at this critical time of our democracy, this is nothing but a malicious propagation of lies from his political enemies, who are jealous of his widespread political influence, haven served this great country in many capacities” grin

.
Naija na joke wallah

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by beylinko(m): 9:34am On Jan 03, 2020

SarakiBukola:
A friend has a similar experience....

I like your story and the way you write. where is the conclusion.

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Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by akejujoe(f): 9:35am On Jan 03, 2020

That is where he will spend the rest of his life this time.

Re: Inmate Escaped U.S. Prison In 1979, Recaptured On New Year's Eve by Oxb90: 9:48am On Jan 03, 2020

izzou:
[color=royalblue]The system Is working but that guy beat the system.

If he didn't get into crime again, he would never ever have been found.

Since 1979, and they are just busting him now. Imagine how many more that are out that haven't been found [/color]

what i mean is that after all these years they are able to match him through his finger print. The country has a functional database and they also have dedicated staffs that are operating it.

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