Escaped inmate gets hit by car after breaking out of prison

KAUAI, HI – An audacious jailbreak attempt took a turn for the worse when an escapee was severely wounded in a hit-and-run incident. The escapee, Matthew J. Ornellas Jr., 33, was an inmate at the Kauai Community Correctional Center in Hawaii, serving time for a drug-related charge. Ornellas reportedly broke out from the correctional facility around 1 a.m. Friday. He ran into the traffic on Kuhio Highway after scaling the jail’s razor-wire fence. His run …

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Missing murder suspect shoots himself after being found by police

MACON, GA – In a dramatic turn of events, the search for four men who escaped from a Georgia jail on October 16 led officers to discover a murder suspect who had been missing for over seven months. The breakthrough occurred when the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force acted on a tip regarding potential information about the escapees. Upon arriving at a Macon apartment, officers were met with gunfire as someone shot through the door. …

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