INMATE'S COURTHOUSE ESCAPE ENDS IN RECAPTURE.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 Andrea Cavanaugh Staff Writers VALENCIA - A five-hour search for an inmate who escaped into the ceiling at the Newhall Superior Court building ended Thursday night when he was captured by a sheriff's special weapons team. 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, now faces felony escape charges in addition to the trespassing charge that brought him to court Thursday, 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's Sgt. Byron Wainie said. Duggan apparently was left alone in a conference room about 3 p.m. after meeting with his attorney, and escaped into the attic through the ceiling, authorities said. He then crawled nearly the entire length of the attic until he discovered a crawl space crawl·space or crawl space n. A low or narrow space, such as one beneath the upper or lower story of a building, that gives workers access to plumbing or wiring equipment. Noun 1. that led down to a telephone cable room. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies searched for Duggan by studying a blueprint of the building and using an infrared scanner to scan likely hiding places. Deputies also heard noises coming from the attic, and knew the approximate area where Duggan was hiding, Wainie said. ``It's a huge building, but we knew he was still up there,'' Wainie said. ``He had a way up, but no way down. The odds weren't on his side to get away.'' Duggan was captured about 8 p.m. after officers ignited a flash-bang device where he was hiding. He was immediately taken next door to the Newhall sheriff's station, to be questioned and booked, authorities said. Despite deputies' certainty that Duggan remained in the courthouse, 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 during the search. Police dogs were held at bay, their handlers handlers persons involved in the handling of, for example, circus animals. Includes grooms, milkers, herdsmen, strappers. Used mostly in referring to persons handling animals for show or auction. reluctant to send them into the attic for fear they would fall through the false ceiling. The courthouse and neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Los Angeles County facilities, including the Valencia Library, were evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. as the search began. Prosecutors and defense lawyers waited outdoors while sheriff's deputies went inside the vacated building to pick up their personal items, briefcases and purses. After the escape was discovered, searchers were led to the attic when someone in the Division 2 courtroom spotted broken ceiling tiles on the floor. Dozens of sheriff's deputies quickly surrounded the area, blocking cars exiting the neighboring Valencia Town Center mall Town Center Mall may refer to:
Amy Raisin, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) A sheriff's SWAT team arrives at the Santa Clarita courthouse Thursday to search for an inmate who slipped away after a hearing. The inmate, Gary Duggan, 29, was captured a few hours later and now faces felony escape charges. (2) 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. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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