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2004 - Publicized Escapes

Prisoner Location

Front
11

3%

Back
260

82%

Unknown
44

14%

Prisoner Screen

No Cage
15

4%

Cage
224

71%

Unknown
76

24%

Vehicle Status

Damage
145

46%

Stolen
57

18%

Officer Status

Injured
49

15%

Killed
2

1%

Prisoner Status

Injured
33

10%

Killed
16

5%

  • Texas                                               December  2004
    Officers stopped a vehicle which drove through flares and traffic cones at a traffic crash.  As officers approached, they saw the subject reach for a handgun plus saw  four baggies of marijuana and a nearly empty bottle of whiskey in the car.  The officers removed the subject from the car and onto the freeway shoulder, away from traffic.  The man started fighting with the officers and attempted to jump over a highway wall with the officer hanging on.  After being restrained and placed in a police car, the subject while handcuffed managed to open the police car door.  An officer used pepper spray to subdue the subject again.
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  • Wyoming                                          December  2004
    Officers arrested a subject after a fight.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car.  While in the police car, the subject kicked out a window of the police car and fled on foot.  The subject was captured after a short foot chase and had to be taken for medical treatment.
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  • Texas                                               December  2004
    Police handcuffed and sat a man in the locked back seat of a marked police cruiser while the officer was questioning other suspects.  The man somehow was able to get the handcuffs in front of him, manipulate the window and door, and got out.  The officer ran back to his patrol car and tried to hold onto the window as the suspect was driving off, where the officer was dragged for ten feet.  The man slammed the stolen police car into a pickup truck and tried to run, but was captured again. 
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  • North Carolina                                 December  2004
    Officers arrested a suspect for armed robbery and placed in the back seat of a police car.  While the officer was obtaining information, the suspect escaped after kicking through a police car window and crawling out.
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  • Nevada                                            December  2004
    Police arrested a teenager who had made explosive devices.  The officers placed the teen in the back seat of a patrol car while they took statements.  When officers returned to the patrol car, a rear window was smashed and the teen was gone.  The teen was found and captured again.  The teen was treated for an injury and taken to a detention center.
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  • Connecticut                                     December  2004
    Officers made contact with a female who was very intoxicated.  While waiting for an ambulance, officer placed the lady in the back seat of the police car.  The lady kicked out a window of the cruiser, and while police tried to get control of her and take her into custody, she struck one of the officers in the head.  She was transported to the police station, where she continued to be uncooperative and later kicked another officers in the face.  Neither officer suffered serious injury.
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  • New York                                         December  2004
    Police were called to investigate a vehicle which crashed into the side of a house.  The passenger attempted to run from the scene but was arrested and placed in the back seat of the police car.  While the officers were interviewing the driver, the prisoner kicked the back window out of the police car and escaped on foot.  One officer was injured chasing the prisoner. 
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  • California                                        December  2004
    Police arrested a subject for violating a protective order.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of the patrol car where he kicked out a window and escaped on foot.
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  • Texas                                               December  2004
    Police arrested a man who was attempting to fight others.  Police placed the handcuffed man in the back seat of a patrol car when the man started kicking the windows.  The officers had to use pepper spray to stop the man from kicking the windows so officers could place him in leg irons.  At the station, the officer discovered the door frame was dislodged because the man had kicked it.   
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  • California                                        December  2004
    Police handcuffed a passenger in a vehicle who had a gun while another officer found a gun on the driver.  The driver resisted and fought with the officers when one of the officers shot and killed the driver.  During the fight, the passenger escaped.
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  • New York                                         December  2004
    Officers arrested a subject who had a concealed handgun.  The subject fought with officers during the arrest which allowed a second subject to escape.  While handcuffed in the back seat of a police unit, the subject kicked out a window which injured two officers. 
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  • Illinois                                             December  2004
    A lady was struck and killed by a car after being pulled over by a police officer.  The lady was standing between her car and a police car, talking to an officer when she was struck and killed.  A teenaged boy was driving his car when his car hit the lady as it swung onto the road from the shoulder. 
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  • Vermont                                           December  2004
    Officers arrested a man for assaulting his parents.  The man was arrested a placed in the back seat of a police car where he tried to kick out a window.
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  • Virginia                                            December  2004
    An inmate was being transferred back to jail after a court hearing when the inmate tried to escape by breaking through a protective barrier and attacking the officer with the deputy then shooting the prisoner in the upper leg.  During the struggle, the patrol unit crashed over an embankment and struck a rock culvert.  The prisoner was taken into custody with the help of jail officers.  Jail medical staff attended to both the deputy's and inmate's injuries until transferred to a hospital.
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  • Nevada                                            December  2004
    Deputies arrested a subject for burglary and placed him in the back seat of a patrol unit.  While units were searching the area for a second subject, the arrested subject had escaped from the patrol car and fled on foot.
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  • California                                        December  2004
    Police arrested a woman who poured boiling water on a disabled man and kicked an officer in the face.  After being arrested,  the woman was able to damage the patrol unit by knocking a window off its track. 
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  • Tennessee                                       December  2004
    An officer was arresting two subjects who robbed a store in a stolen vehicle then attempted to flee on foot before the officer shot one of the subjects with a Taser.  The officer began handcuffing one of the subjects when the second subject was able to get into the patrol car and speed away with the emergency lights still running.  The subject lost control of the patrol car and struck a culvert, ran up an embankment, and came to rest in a ditch.  The subject then fled the crashed patrol car and broke into a house in which, a lady was asleep inside.  She managed to get out of the house when the subject passed out on the couch.  The subject caused $3,200 damage to the patrol car which had only been in service for one week.
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  • California                                        December  2004
    A man being taken for court was able to escape when the transport officer opened the door of the transport vehicle.  The man fled on foot, but captured a short time later.
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  • California                                        December  2004
    Officers arrested a man for probation violation.  While being detained, the subject was able to get free and attempted to flee on foot, but captured.  The man was then placed in the back seat of a police car and was able to get out of the police car through the back window.  The subject was again captured.
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  • Illinois                                             December  2004
    Deputies were called to the residence for a subject that would not leave.  The subject was taken into custody and being transported to jail when the subject kicked out the rear side window of the squad car.
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  • Texas                                               December  2004
    The two men escaped from a maximum-security prisoner transport van when it stopped at a red light. One suspect was caught shortly after who was serving time for aggravated robbery. The other suspect is still on the loose.  Police used choppers and ground patrol to search for the suspects.   
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  • Wisconsin                                        December  2004
    Police detained a lady who was going to commit suicide.  The woman was taken into protective custody, handcuffed , then placed into the back seat of a police car.  While in custody, the woman kicked the rear passenger side window of the squad car breaking the window frame away from the doorframe.
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  • Indiana                                            December  2004
    An officer located a subject who burglarized a residence and fled on foot.  The officer caught the subject who resisted and fought the officer and attempted to grab the officer's gun.  Other officers arrived and the subject was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car.  The subject then kicked out the rear window of the police car.  The subject and an officer were slightly injured.
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  • Colorado                                         December  2004
    Police arrested a subject following a hit and run crash.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car.  The subject was able to free himself from the handcuffs, get into the front seat, and steal the police car.  The subject attempt to run over a police officers with the police car which caused officers to shoot at the subject.  The subject continued driving and was chased by police until the subject crashed the police car and fled only to be caught hiding later.

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  • Nevada                                            December  2004
    A lady being detained for shoplifting was able to slip out of handcuffs, get out of the police car, and drive off in a vehicle.  During the escape, the lady ran over and injured the officer with the vehicle.
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  • Alaska                                             December  2004
    A Trooper handcuffed a man and put in the front seat of a patrol car on suspicion that he had provided a false name.  The man was able to get the patrol car door open and ran from the patrol car into a wooded area.  The man had two outstanding warrants, but was captured again after a four hour manhunt. 
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  • Pennsylvania                                   December  2004
    After a hearing a juvenile was being transport back to a juvenile detention facility when the handcuffed juvenile started punching a rear-passenger window.  When a member of the transport staff went to get into the back seat, the juvenile fled.
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  • Montana                                          December  2004
    Officers responded to a report of a disorderly man and found the subject which also had an illegal license plates on his vehicle, was driving on a suspended license, and smelled of alcohol.  The subject arrested and placed in the back seat of a patrol unit with the seatbelt on.  While being transported, the subject kicked out the patrol car's window and was able to open the car door while the patrol unit was still moving.  The officer stopped the vehicle, used pepper spray on the subject, and struggled to get the subject back into the vehicle.  About one-half mile later, the subject kicked the patrol car's door open again and two deputies assisted in stopping the subject, who was shocked twice with a Taser.
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  • Colorado                                         December  2004
    A deputy arrested a subject who had kicked in an apartment door.  The subject was handcuffed behind his back, but complained of shoulder pain.  The deputy used two sets of handcuffs connected in a chain to secure the man's arms behind him and placed the subject back in the patrol unit.  While the man was being transported to a nearby substation, the man  slipped out of his handcuffs and got out of the patrol car.  The deputy began struggling with the suspect outside the patrol car when the man reached for the deputy's gun, which came out of its holster with the gun discharging.  Passers-by reported the fight to other deputies in the area which responded and helped capture the man again.  The man and the deputy were both treated for injuries. 

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  • Arkansas                                         December  2004
    Police were dispatched to a residence of a person refusing to leave.  Police arrested a lady for possession of a firearm after a felony.  The lady was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a patrol car where she began kicking a window and beating her head against the safety cage.  The lady was treated at a hospital for injuries and taken to jail.
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  • Washington                                     December  2004
    Police arrested a man who broke into 4 houses, stole 1 vehicle, broke into another vehicle, and had illegal drugs.  After police put him in a patrol car, the suspect complained of pain. Officers, unaware that he had slipped out of his handcuffs, let him stand up and the man fled on foot. Officers recaptured him after another brief struggle.
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  • Texas                                               December  2004
    Officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation and arrested the man for driving under the influence.  The man was handcuffed in the back seat of a caged patrol car when the man kicked out the rear window and attempted to flee.  The man was captured again and officer discovered the vehicle the man was driving was stolen.  
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  • Tennessee                                        December  2004
    A deputy arrested a man on a warrant and fought deputies.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the patrol unit.  While in the patrol car, the man kicked out the patrol car's driver side window. 
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  • Arkansas                                         December  2004
    A prisoner returning from a dentist's appointment used a stolen dental pick to commandeer a jail transport vehicle and escape.  The prisoner put the dentist's tool to the neck of a jailer as he was driving and forced the jailer out of the vehicle then sped away.  The prisoner also picked the lock on his shackles so he could operate the vehicle's peddles.  The prisoner was captured a short time later.
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  • California                                        December  2004
    Patrol officers arrested a woman for public drunkenness then the woman admitted lacing a marijuana cigarette with cocaine.  The woman was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car where she kicked the window out of the patrol car after she was taken into custody, damaging it.
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  • Ohio                                                December  2004
    Officers arrested a man who fought with officers and refused to identify himself.  The man was handcuffed and fought with officers and eventually subdued him with a Taser.  The subject continued to resist while being transported to the jail and kicked at windows in the back of the patrol car where a Taser was used again to subdue the subject.
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  • Ohio                                                December  2004
    Deputies arrested a man who had threatened to kill his neighbor.  Deputies had to use pepper spray to subdue the subject before being able to handcuff the subject.  The subject was then put in the back seat of a patrol unit where the subject  kicked out a window causing damage.
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  • Florida                                             December  2004
    A subject broke into and stole a shotgun from a patrol unit then barricaded himself in a house after a long stand off.  The subject was arrested later after a SWAT team shot tear gas into the house.  The suspect surrendered and was arrested. 

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  • Florida                                             December  2004
    A subject was arrested for a probation violation.  While handcuffed in the back seat, the subject kicked out a window of the patrol car and bolted.  The arresting officer, fired a Taser at the subject, but the subject managed to keep going.  The officer was assisted by a citizen who with the officer followed subject in a car.  Another citizen tackled the subject and held him until the officer arrived.  The subject was shot a second time with a Taser, then taken into custody. 

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  • Illinois                                             December  2004
    Police had driven up to the police department with a subject in custody in the police car.  The subject was arrested on a warrant and handcuffed behind his back.  The subject complained of back pain and his handcuffs were removed, the subject then jumped from the police car and ran through a security gate.  Police captured the subject with one officer suffering minor injuries.  The subject has been arrested previously for escape.
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  • Pennsylvania                                   December  2004
    Officers responded to an intoxicated lady and her husband fighting.  The lady continued screaming and was arrested for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.  The lady continued to fight officers and was placed in handcuffs.  The lady was placed in the back seat of a police car where she tried to kick out the car’s back windows of the police car.
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  • Oklahoma                                        November  2004
    Officers arrested a subject and placed him in the back seat of a caged police unit.  The subject kicked out a window and escaped from the police car, but was captured again.   
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  • Pennsylvania                                   November  2004
    Officers stopped a vehicle that made several traffic violations.  Officers were talking to the subjects outside the patrol unit when officers found alcohol in the vehicle and the passenger gave a false name.  When officers attempted to take the passenger into custody, he fled on foot.  The driver was told he was going to be detained and started flailing his arms and struck an officer in the face.  He ran away from police, entered his vehicle, and fought with police as he tried to speed away.  The subjects were caught but two officers sustained injuries during the incident.
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  • Illinois                                             November  2004
    Police were investigating a hit-and-run accident and arrested a subject.  While sitting handcuffed in the back seat of a police car, the subject's mother opened the police car door allowing the subject to escape.  The subject was located again and fought with police this time before being taken into custody again.  One officer was injured in the fight.
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  • Illinois                                             November  2004
    An officer stopped a subject for speeding, not wearing a seat belt, and arrested for DUI.  The subject was handcuffed behind his back and placed him in the back seat of an unmarked squad car.  The officer then returned to inventory the subject's vehicle.  The subject somehow managed to bringing the cuffs to the front of his body, climb into the front seat of the police car, and drive away with the emergency flashing lights flashing.  The subject was stopped and arrested a short time later.
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  • Arizona                                            November  2004
    After being arrested for a string robberies, the suspect claimed he was sick and couldn't breathe. He was checked by paramedics and found to be faking.  As a precaution, police used two sets of handcuffs to restrain the man's hands behind his back. When police arrived at the Precinct, the man had managed to bring his handcuffed hands to the front so when the officer opened the back door of a patrol vehicle, the suspect knocked the officer to the ground and ran.  The suspect was able to scale a precinct block wall and the suspect attempted to get control of the vehicle and car-jack an older man.  The officer caught up with the suspect and they fought, with the officer shooting the suspect to stop the kidnapping.
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  • New Mexico                                     November  2004
    A man arrested for an outstanding warrant was being transported in the back seat of a patrol car.  The man broke the set of plastic handcuffs he was wearing and broke the back window of the patrol car with his head, then squeezed out the window as the patrol car slowed to a stop.  The officer chased and caught the man then shot him with a taser gun and held him until backup.  The man and officer were both taken to the emergency room for minor injuries.
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  • New York                                         November  2004
    Officers arrested a man for a parole violation.  The officer handcuffed the man and locked him in the back seat of his patrol car, but the man was able to escape and steal the police cruiser.  
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  • Illinois                                             November  2004
    Police responded to a report of a loud party.  Officers were talking to a group of people when one of them became agitated and at one point, taunting the police dog.  After that the man began fighting with officers and was arrested being handcuffed and placed in a police car.  Once inside the police car, the man kicked out a window and damaged the door frame.     
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  • Idaho                                               November  2004
    Officer detained three subjects when stolen property was found.  Officers had one of the subjects in the back seat of a patrol unit, when the subject damaged the unit in an attempt to escape from the patrol unit.  The subject was caught.
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  • California                                        November  2004
    A prisoner being transported from court to a federal detention facility tried to escape from a transport van by kicking the window out.  The van driver stopped and the two deputy marshals in the van requested help from sheriff's deputies and police officers, who assisted in subduing the prisoner again.
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  • Maryland                                         November  2004
    Officers arrested two suspects for outstanding warrants and placed both of them in the back seat of a police unit.  As officers placed the suspects' mother into custody for harboring a felon, one of the suspects was able to free one hand from the handcuffs and charged uniformed officers in an attempt to prevent his mother's arrest.  The suspect resisted arrest for several minutes before he was placed into custody again. 

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  • Oregon                                            November  2004
    An officer arrived at the scene and arrested two men who were involved in a fight.  One subject was handcuffed and placed in a police car without incident.  Officers attempted to place the resisting subject in handcuffs, but he fought back.  The man continued to resist officers as they tried to put him into a nearby police car. In an effort to control him, officers used a Taser, which enabled them to subdue the resisting man long enough to get him into the patrol car.  After only a few seconds, the resisting subject kicked out the rear driver's window of a police car. Officers removed him and further retrained him prior to transporting him to Jail.
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  • Maine                                              November  2004
    Officers responded to a store for two girls who were stopped in the store for shoplifting and then both girls punched an employee.  When the officers arrived, the girls were placed in separate police cruisers where each girl kicked out a window in each of the police cars.

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  • Florida                                             November  2004
    An armed robbery suspect was being transported handcuffed behind his back and in the back seat for questioning, when he  kicked out the back window of the patrol unit.  The suspect was able to get his hands in front of his body, remove his belt, and then attempted to strangle a deputy as they were arriving the station.  Other officers saw the struggle and assisted. 
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  • California                                        November  2004
    A deputy was transporting a prisoner to jail who was accused of shooting someone to death during a gang fight.  The prisoner was handcuffed and being transported in the back seat of the patrol unit, when the prisoner somehow got free of the handcuffs and out of a sheriff's transport car then fled on foot.  The prisoner has already escaped once before.

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  • Washington                                     November  2004
    An officer arrested a lady for DUI and handcuffed behind her back then placed in the back seat of a patrol unit.  While the officer was arresting a passenger of the vehicle, the lady was able to open the door and get out of the patrol unit, but caught by a another officer that just arrived at the scene.
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  • Iowa                                                November  2004
    A prisoner was being transported from the main jail where he was working as a trustee in the kitchen back to his cell at the Jail Annex when he was able to escape from the transport van.  The prisoner reached through the window and used the door handle on the outside of the vehicle.  The transport van has bars on the windows and the windows open only so far, but the prisoner was able to get to the outside handle which allowed the prisoner to open the door from the inside.  Four other prisoners were in the van at the time, but decided not to try and run.  The van door has now been modified.
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  • Kentucky                                         November  2004
    A prisoner sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting a man and a woman, was being transported back to jail handcuffed behind his back with shackles on in the back seat of a caged patrol car.  The prisoner got out of the shackles and handcuffs, then escaped the back seat of the patrol car and fled.  The prisoner was captured the next day.
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  • Ohio                                                November  2004
    Police arrested a subject for a series of burglaries.  The subject was handcuffed and in the back seat of a police car when an officer drove the subject to a different location to identify another suspect.  The subject climbed through the divider and into the driver seat then started to drive away.  The suspect hit another car and drove on, ditching the police car later then running away even though he was still handcuffed.  The cruiser was found a short time later.
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  • Washington                                     November  2004
    A jail inmate on a corrections bus slipped out of ankle shackles and kicked out a window to escape when the bus stopped at an intersection.  The inmate ran across a parking lot with jail guards chasing him and firing a couple of shots, but no one was hit.  A bystander tackled the inmate who was being held for investigation of robbery, assault and possession of a stolen firearm.
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  • Illinois                                             November  2004
    Police arrested a subject for domestic disturbance after he threatened to attack a lady with a knife and brass knuckles.  The subject was cuffed with his hands behind his back and seated in the back seat of a squad car with the doors locked.  While two police officers were inside a house talking with the lady; the subject he managed to free his hands, climbed through an opening in the plastic window between the front and back seats, and exited through a front door.  The subject fled on foot but was captured again about an hour later.     
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  • Maine                                              November  2004
    Officers responded to a car accident which the driver fled the scene.  A passenger in the car was placed in the back of a police cruiser for questioning.  The subject kicked out the rear driver's side window and was arrested.
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  • Hawaii                                             November  2004
    A subject was arrested for a parole revocation warrant.  The subject was handcuffed and being transported to jail when he climbed out of a police car window and fled on foot.

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  • Arkansas                                          November  2004
    Police stopped a vehicle with three people inside. While officers were talking to the other passengers, the driver fled into a wooded area.  
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  • Oklahoma                                        November  2004
    Troopers stopped a vehicle and had a subject standing in the ditch during a search for illegal drugs in the vehicle.  While the Troopers were searching, the subject fled on foot into a wooded area and not captured.   
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  • New York                                         November  2004
    Three officers were transporting a teen female subject with her hands handcuffed behind her back.  Two officers went to pick up another suspect, leaving the teen female subject with a sergeant in the transport vehicle.  The teen slipped the handcuff off her left hand, then slipped her cuffed right hand into the open cuff and hit the sergeant in the face then fled on foot.  The sergeant was treated and released.   
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  • Illinois                                            November  2004
    Officers responded to a business about an unruly patron refusing to leave. Officers arrested the subject after he attempted to strike another patron.  The subject was handcuffed behind his back and placed in the back seat of a police car where he attempted to kick out the back window of the police car. 
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  • Oklahoma                                        November  2004
    Officers arrested a subject after he fled in a vehicle then ran on foot.  The subject was running because of illegal drugs.  A Trooper made contact and arrested the subject.  The subject was handcuffed behind his back and put into the front seat of the patrol unit, when the subject kicked out the windshield and radio equipment.  A police car with a cage was called and the subject was placed in the back seat of the caged unit with the subject banging his head into the plastic cage window and breaking it.  During transport, the subject attempted to slip his handcuffs under himself and after securing the subject again, another officer rode in the back seat with the subject onto jail. 
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  • Nebraska                                         November  2004
    A deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for running a red light, but the subject attempted to flee officers but deputies boxed the subject in.  The subject was cuffed by the ankles and wrists in the back of a patrol car en route to jail when he managed to get his seatbelt off then laid down in the backseat and kicked out the rear window.   The subject then attempted to crawl out of the moving patrol car, but captured again.
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  • Connecticut                                     November  2004
    Officers arrested a subject who was involved in a motor vehicle crash then left the scene.  The intoxicated subject was located and arrested.  The subject was handcuffed behind his back and placed in the back of a police cruiser.  When the cruiser was arriving the police station, the subject kicked out the cruiser’s rear window and spit at an officer.   
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  • Illinois                                            November  2004
    Officers arrested a man for stealing a vehicle and the stereo system from that vehicle.  While being transported to jail, the subject kicked the rear passenger window from two different squad cars and threw himself from one of the moving cars in an attempt to escape police.  The man was handcuffed and strapped into the squad cars with a seatbelt restraint system when he kicked out the squad windows and attempted to escape.  He was transported by ambulance and hospitalized.
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  • Oklahoma                                        October  2004
    Officers arrested a subject for DUI.  The subject was handcuffed behind her back and placed in the front seat of the patrol unit with a seatbelt applied.  Officers from another department arrived and were watching the subject while the arresting officer did a vehicle inventory.  During the inventory, the officers watching the prisoners told the arresting officer that the prisoner was about to steal his patrol car.  The officer got to the subject before she could get away.
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  • Texas                                              October  2004
    Officers arrested a lady for stealing jewelry from a law firm's vault where she worked.  While being transported to jail the lady asked officers to take her out and shoot her, then kicked out a police car window.   
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  • Hawaii                                             October  2004
    A subject was being transported to court to appear on warrants for contempt of court and failure to appear.  During transport, the subject was somehow able to ran away from officers. 

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  • Alabama                                         October  2004
    A subject was taken into custody by a deputy and the subject became unruly.  The subject kicked the glass out of the patrol car and was able to obtain a taser gun and repeatedly shocked the deputy.  As assistance arrived, an investigator with the sheriff's office shot and killed the subject. 

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  • Alabama                                         October  2004
    Police stopped a vehicle for speeding and during a search found 17.5 pounds of pot hidden under blankets.  While the suspect was detained in the back of a squad car, he reached through an open window, unlatched the door and fled on foot. 

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  • Washington                                     October  2004
    A prisoner bashed in the window of a squad car parked in the parking lot, somehow got the car started, and took off.  The prisoner made it to a remote lake area where he left the car and took off on foot.  The prisoner took the rifle from the squad car, and broke into a nearby house, threatening the elderly couple inside.  A neighbor confronted the suspect, and the prisoner shot at the man wounding him, but not seriously.  The suspect kept running, but was caught a short time later.
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  • New York                                         October  2004
    Police arrested a subject who caused a drunken-driving car accident that killed another man.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in a police car when the subject tried to kick the rear window out of a police cruiser, causing more than $250 worth of damage.
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  • Virginia                                           October  2004
    Officers made contact with a subject who was disorderly and arrested the subject for public intoxication.  The subject was handcuffed behind his back and put in the back seat of a police car where the subject kicked out a window.

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  • North Carolina                                 October  2004
    A man was arrested for outstanding warrants.  The man was handcuffed behind his back and placed in the back seat of a police car which had a locked prisoner partition in it.  The prisoners worked his handcuffs from behind his back, climbed through a partition in the cruiser and sped away, hitting things and damaging the police car.  The man lost control of the police car and slid into a parking lot slamming into a 1986 Ford F-150, sending the truck onto its side.  A lady and her  great-granddaughter were in the parking lot approximately 10 feet away from the crash.  The truck that was damaged was uninsured and had about 117,000 miles on it.  The owner of the truck doesn't think he'll ever find another truck like it and plans on filing a lawsuit against the city for allowing the prisoner to steal the patrol car and hit his truck.  The prisoner suffered minor injuries while the police car sustained extensive front-end damage, and the pickup truck was a total loss.

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  • Tennessee                                       October  2004
    Officers arrested 3 subjects for drug charges.  The subjects were handcuffed and placed in a police car for transport.  While transporting the subjects to jail, the officer drove up on a motor vehicle crash with an injured person partly ejected and yelling for help.  The officer called for assistance and went to help the injured person.  While the officer was helping with the crash, one of the arrested subjects started kicking the window of the police car.  The officer tried to radio for help again, but one of the subjects jumped out of the police car and ran away still handcuffed.
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  • Mississippi                                       October  2004
    A prisoner being transported by a private prisoner transport company escaped.  The prisoner escape on a college campus in early morning hours and was not found.  The prisoner was in custody for charges of sexual conduct with a minor and being transported to another jail when he was able to escape and flee on foot.

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  • Tennessee                                       October  2004
    An accused rapist and armed robber was being transported to a maximum security jail, when the subject kicked open the doors of the transport van and fled on foot while being handcuffed.  After a manhunt, the subject was captured again.
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  • Oregon                                            October  2004
    Police arrested a man on charges of disorderly conduct and harassment violations.  When a deputy arrived, he observed broken glass and evidence of a physical altercation between the intoxicated man and a woman in the living room. The man was uncooperative and, while in the patrol vehicle, kicked and damaged a rear door. While being transported to the jail, the man banged his head against the plexiglass screen, cutting his forehead.    
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  • California                                        October  2004
    A female was arrested for public intoxication and possession of methamphetamine and heroin.  The lady was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a patrol car where she became violent and kicked out a patrol car window while being transported to jail.
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  • Pennsylvania                                   October  2004
    Officers stopped a man on traffic violations and a struggle ensued.  A loaded semiautomatic pistol dropped from the subject's pants during the fight.  The subject punched, kicked, and clawed the officers in an effort to retrieve the weapon, but was handcuffed behind his back and placed in the back seat of a police car.  The subject continued to resist and kicked out the window of the patrol car and bent the doorframe of a police car.  Police recovered the gun with 15 rounds of ammunition and an obliterated serial number. Also found was 15 grams of crack cocaine.
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  • Indiana                                            October  2004
    A subject assaulted his estranged wife and was caught.  Officers handcuffed the subject behind his back and placed him in the back seat of a police car.  When the officer went to check on the victim, the subject  was able to escape through a back window of the car and ran away.  After a 12 hours manhunt, the subject was captured again.
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  • Oklahoma                                        October  2004
    A lady was detained during a vehicle search, when she exited the patrol car and attempted to flee from the traffic stop after several plastic baggies of illegal drugs were found in her vehicle.  
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  • New York                                         October  2004
    Workers were transporting a juvenile male rape subject in the back seat wearing leg shackles and not handcuffed.  The juvenile was able to reach through an open window and open the car door, then fled on foot into a wooded area.
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  • Ohio                                                 October  2004
    During a traffic stop, a man gave a Trooper a false name and information.  The man had two outstanding warrants and was found to have marijuana and crack pipe in his possession.  The man was handcuffed behind his back and placed in the back of the patrol car.  As the Trooper finished the traffic contact, the man was able to get out of the patrol car and flee on foot.
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  • Oklahoma                                        October  2004
    Police arrested a lady and placed her handcuffed in the back seat of a caged police car.  While the officer was gathering information, the subject was able to kick out and damaged a back door and window frame of the police car.

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  • Maine                                              October  2004
    Campus security and a police officer arrested an intoxicated man who was fighting.  The man was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police unit.  The man was able to kick out a portion of the right rear window frame of the cruiser. 
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  • Oregon                                            October  2004
    County drug agents handcuffed a man following a raid on a marijuana garden.  The man escaped before agents placed the man into a patrol vehicle when a deputy walked about 10 yards away from him to attend to another issue.    
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  • Pennsylvania                                  October  2004
    A Constable was transporting a prisoner for court.  During the 30-mile trip, the prisoner managed to use a twisted paper clip to pick four different locks on his handcuffs and leg shackles before bailing out the rear door and escaping into a wooded area.  The prisoner was caught a few days later.  

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  • Michigan                                          October  2004
    Police stopped a car for erratic driving.  The subject was swearing profusely and did not have any identification with him or paperwork for the car.  Dispatch was unable to locate any record on the name given by the subject, so the subject was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police car.  While the officer was searching the subject's car, the subject escaped from the back seat of the patrol car and not located by the officer. 

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  • Missouri                                           October  2004
    Police arrested a subject for an outstanding warrant.  The subject complained of stomach pain, and was taken to a hospital but diagnosed as having kidney stones.  As an officer was taking him to the jail to be held, the subject jumped from the car as it slowed near an intersection.  The officer chased the subject on foot, and a manhunt was started, which included a police dog and helicopter.  The subject was caught about an hour later. 

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  • Michigan                                          October  2004
    A subject was arrested after he refused to answer questions about a possible retail fraud.  The subject was handcuffed and placed in the police car.  The subject tried twice to kick out the windows of a police cruiser and twice slipped his handcuffed hands from behind his back to the front while swearing and boasting he is the Gingerbread Man. 

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  • Canada                                            October  2004
    Montreal police are looking for a man who led them on a chase early Wednesday morning after he drove off in a stolen police car.  Police arrived at a residence on Gordon St. in Verdun after receiving complaints of a man yelling threats outside the premises. They tried to arrest the man, but he resisted and fled in a patrol car.  In the ensuing chase, the man stole a Verdun public works vehicle which he ultimately crashed into a pole in an alley near the intersection of 5th Ave. and Champlain Blvd.  Despite the crash, the suspect managed to escape on foot. Police are attempting to find him, but have no description of the man.

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  • Oklahoma                                        October  2004
    Police arrested a man and placed him handcuffed in the back seat of the caged police car.  While the officers were gathering information, the subject was able to kick and damaged a back door and window of the police car.

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  • Ohio                                                 October  2004
    A man along with four females were arrested after the man allowed known prostitutes to gather there to smoke crack cocaine in the presence of his 13-year-old daughter.  After one of the females had been placed under arrest, was able to maneuver her way out of her handcuffs and slipped out the rear door of the house, but was captured.
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  • Arkansas                                          October  2004
    A large fight started at a nightclub during a motorcycle rally.  Officers arrested four people for disorderly conduct.  One person damaged a police car window by kicking it from the back seat after the arrest.

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  • Texas                                               October  2004
    Officers responded to a domestic disturbance with a weapon.  Officers arrested a lady who was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a caged police car, but the lady somehow was able to escape from the police car and eluded police for 30 minutes.  
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  • Tennessee                                       October  2004
    An Officer stopped a vehicle for a traffi