ESCAPE AT COURTHOUSE DEPUTIES CAPTURE INMATE AFTER SEARCH.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. and Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writers VALENCIA - An inmate who was at the Newhall Superior Court building for a brief hearing escaped into the attic Thursday, and was recaptured by a sheriff's special weapons team hours later. Believing inmate Gary Duggan Gary Duggan (born March 14, 1979) is an Irish playwright. Born in Dublin in 1979, Duggan was raised in the North Dublin suburb of Donaghmede. He studied Media Production at Dublin Institute of Technology. , 29, had slipped into the attic, Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's deputies studied a large blueprint of the building and scanned it from the roof with an infrared imager in hopes of locating him. ``They've heard noises up there; they know the approximate area,'' said Deputy Warren Norian of the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's station. Nevertheless, a helicopter searched overhead and several squad cars lined the busy streets surrounding the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Civic Center in case Duggan, a burglary suspect, had managed to leave the court complex. Police dogs were held at bay, their handlers reluctant to send them into the attic for fear they would fall through the false ceiling, Norian said. The courthouse and neighboring 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 facilities, including the Valencia Library, were evacuated as the search began for Duggan, who only moments earlier had pleaded not guilty to trespassing charges. The burglary is still under investigation. Prosecutors and defense lawyers waited outdoors while sheriff's deputies went inside the vacated building to pick up their personal items, briefcases and purses. The escape was discovered shortly after 3 p.m. and searchers were led to the attic when someone in the Division 2 courtroom spotted broken ceiling tiles on the floor and was told the debris hadn't been there 10 minutes earlier. Dozens of sheriff's deputies quickly surrounded the area, blocking cars exiting the neighboring Valencia Town Center mall Town Center Mall may refer to:
The man was described as white, with tattoos, about 6 feet, 190 pounds and with a shaved head. He was wearing a black T-shirt, blue cut-off cut-off Anesthesiology The point at which elongation of the carbon chain of the 1-alkanol family of anesthetics results in a precipitous drop in the anesthetic potential of these agents–eg, at > 12 carbons in length, there is little anesthetic activity, denim shorts and socks but no shoes. Amy Raisin, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) A sheriff's SWAT team arrives at the Santa Clarita courthouse Thursday to search for an inmate who slipped away after a hearing. (2 -- color) A deputy uses a dog to search for Gary Duggan, 29, who went missing after a hearing at the courthouse in Valencia on Thursday afternoon. (3) Sheriff's bailiff bailiff Officer of some U.S. courts whose duties include keeping order in the courtroom and guarding prisoners or jurors in deliberation. In medieval Europe, it was a title of some dignity and power, denoting a manorial superintendent or royal agent who collected fines and Dominic Delio motions people away from the courthouse while a search is conducted for the missing inmate. (4) Deputy Ed Capifali escorts court employees away from the courthouse. Neighboring facilities were also evacuated during the Thursday afternoon search. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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