COURTHOUSE FUGITIVE CAUGHT AFTER 11 DAYS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer A convicted burglar who escaped 11 days ago from the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Courthouse was captured Monday after deputies received a tip that he was staying at a Lancaster house Lancaster House is a mansion in the St. James's district in the West End of London. It is close to St. James's Palace and much of the site was once part of the palace complex. It is a Grade I listed building. , the Sheriff's Department said. Steven Dobbins, 26, who had been facing a sentence of up to 42 years in prison when he knocked down a guard Jan. 26 and ran from a jail bus, was caught Monday after a chase that ended with him crashing a car into a fence, deputies said. "He ran for about three house lengths before we caught him," said Sgt. Darrel Brown Darrel Brown (born October 11, 1984) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. In the beginning of his career he performed well in World Youth and Junior Championships. The 100 m at the 2003 World Championships saw him finishing second behind surprise winner Kim Collins. . Dobbins can be tried with the escape as a "third strike," which means he could be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison if convicted, officials said. Paroled in May 1994 after spending a year in prison for a burglary conviction, Dobbins was convicted again in October of six home burglaries, two auto thefts and possession of a firearm by a convicted 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. . The October conviction was Dobbins' "second strike" under the state's 1994 "three strikes, you're out three strikes, you're out n. recent (beginning 1994) legislation enacted in several states (and proposed in many others, as well as possible Federal law) which makes life-terms (or extremely long terms without parole) mandatory for criminals who have been convicted " law. Deputies were watching a house in the 44600 block of Fourth Street East in Lancaster on Monday morning after receiving a tip that Dobbins would be there. When he came out of the house about 10:50 a.m. and got into a Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] parked in front of the house, deputies approached him. Dobbins saw them coming and sped south on Fourth Street East, leading deputies on a chase that ended when he crashed into a fence near Stanridge Avenue and Avenue J-7. Dobbins ran, and deputies said they caught him in a back yard. Dobbins was taken to the Antelope Valley sheriff's station, where he was being held awaiting transportation to the men's Central Jail in 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. . Dobbins' father, Rex Wayne Dobbins, 51, of Lancaster, pleaded not guilty last week to charges that he helped his son escape. Authorities say the elder Dobbins left a car with keys in it near the Antelope Valley courthouse for his son. Steven Dobbins disappeared Jan. 26 after crashing the car into a tree and a parked vehicle about a quarter-mile north of the courthouse. His father was arrested Jan. 27 at his home. |
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