BACA: ESCAPE 'EMBARRASSMENT' CONVICTED FELON STILL AT LARGE AFTER FLEEING JAIL.Byline: Martin Kuz Staff Writer VAN NUYS - The escape of violent felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. Kevin Jerome Pullum from the Men's Central Jail downtown was an ``embarrassment,'' Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. said Tuesday, and the department will review its security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security to prevent future lapses. ``We think we have the system pretty well figured out, but it's not perfect,'' Baca said. ``It's no question that (Pullum's escape) is an embarrassment to the system and to us.'' Pullum, a four-time convicted felon, remained at large Tuesday as authorities continued their manhunt man·hunt n. An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal. manhunt Noun an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive Noun 1. . Investigators said he visited his girlfriend after slipping away from the jail Friday just hours after a Van Nuys Superior Court jury convicted him of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. . He hasn't been seen since. Baca speculated that the 31-year-old Pullum, who was convicted of shooting a man two years ago in an apparent drug deal in Van Nuys, escaped from the high-level security jail by switching identification bracelets with another inmate. All inmates wear a bar-coded wristband wristband An identifying bracelet attached to a Pt's wrist at the time of admission to a health care facility, which may be the only identifier used during a person's stay in a hospital that, when electronically scanned, reveals their name, race, age, height, weight, eye and hair color, and criminal charge classification. ``We're going to press hard to continue our search, and when he has been apprehended - which he will be - then we'll find out how he did it,'' Baca said. Pullum is described as African-American, 6 feet tall and weighing 240 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes Brown Eyes (브라운 아이즈) was a Korean musical duo, specializing in ballads. Although both members have powerful voices, they were initially disregarded because of their physical looks. . His last listed address was in the 15100 block of Sherman Way in Van Nuys, and he has two known aliases, Michael Hill Michael Hill is the name of:
Although Pullum fled the jail Friday evening, authorities kept word of his escape under wraps as they conducted a search of the facility and attempted to double-check any possible oversight of his whereabouts, Baca said. Sheriff's officials didn't announce his escape until Monday, angering jurors and court personnel who helped convict him. The lag time between authorities discovering Pullum's absence and announcing his escape was a matter of procedure and not an attempt to cover up a mistake, according to Baca. He added that the number of inmates handled daily by the country's largest jail system increases the chances for error. ``We take 2,000 inmates to court every day. We have 500 inmates released and another 500 taken into custody. So every day we're dealing with about 3,000 inmates,'' Baca said. A jury found Pullum guilty of shooting Robert Clark six times with a .38-caliber handgun on a stretch of Sherman Way in Van Nuys in May 1999, in what police said was a drug deal that turned violent. Clark, also a convicted felon, identified his assailant by name while recovering in a hospital. Pullum has three prior felony robbery convictions, including one that occurred before the state's ``three strikes, you're out'' law went into effect in 1994. For his latest conviction, he is facing 25 years to life in prison. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: PULLUM |
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