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12-05-2007, 09:23 AM
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Escaped convict Alonzo E. Logan has been captured in an abandoned house in Richmond, and authorities said he had help in his life on the lam.
A police convoy escorted an ambulance that rushed Logan to VCU Medical Center shortly before 8:30 this morning.
Richmond police are on the scene now in the 5300 block of Salem Street in the Montrose Heights neighborhood after finding Logan as a result of an investigation led by U.S. marshals.
Officials told The Times-Dispatch that the location where Logan was found was just a few blocks from his mother's home on Fenton Street, also in Montrose Heights, and was almost across the street from another relative's home.
Authorities found clothing, including three coats, and money among the items in the attic.
"Clearly, he had some help," Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe said at the scene after Logan was rushed to the hospital . "There was a system of helping him. We are identifying those individuals, and we anticipate charges being placed, both locally and federally."
Monroe said Logan did not speak when he was taken into custody.
"I think the fight was out of him," the chief said.
Logan was found laying on the floor in the attic of a house.
Police said Logan was believed to be suffering from hypothermia and was initially not responsive when U.S. marshals converged on the home in a pre-dawn strike.
Logan, 41, escaped from the Dillwyn Correctional Center on Nov. 16. He was serving a 45-year sentence on multiple burglary and larceny charges as well as charges stemming from a 2001 escape from Charles City County authorities.
Officials said Logan left a note in his cell at Dillwyn suggesting that he was suicidal and had no intentions of returning to prison.
The career criminal had been sighted in various locations in recent weeks in Charles City County, Richmond and eastern Henrico County. All the sightings occurred in areas he was known to frequent.
After authorities were unable to capture him, they scaled back their foot search and focused more on tracking investigative leads.
Monroe said the apprehension was due to the work by the Metro Richmond Fugitive Task Force, spearheaded by the U.S. Marshals Service and investigators from Richmond and other local law-enforcement agencies.
Story courtesy of the Times-Dispatch (http://timesdispatch.com).
Escaped convict Alonzo E. Logan has been captured in an abandoned house in Richmond, and authorities said he had help in his life on the lam.
A police convoy escorted an ambulance that rushed Logan to VCU Medical Center shortly before 8:30 this morning.
Richmond police are on the scene now in the 5300 block of Salem Street in the Montrose Heights neighborhood after finding Logan as a result of an investigation led by U.S. marshals.
Officials told The Times-Dispatch that the location where Logan was found was just a few blocks from his mother's home on Fenton Street, also in Montrose Heights, and was almost across the street from another relative's home.
Authorities found clothing, including three coats, and money among the items in the attic.
"Clearly, he had some help," Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe said at the scene after Logan was rushed to the hospital . "There was a system of helping him. We are identifying those individuals, and we anticipate charges being placed, both locally and federally."
Monroe said Logan did not speak when he was taken into custody.
"I think the fight was out of him," the chief said.
Logan was found laying on the floor in the attic of a house.
Police said Logan was believed to be suffering from hypothermia and was initially not responsive when U.S. marshals converged on the home in a pre-dawn strike.
Logan, 41, escaped from the Dillwyn Correctional Center on Nov. 16. He was serving a 45-year sentence on multiple burglary and larceny charges as well as charges stemming from a 2001 escape from Charles City County authorities.
Officials said Logan left a note in his cell at Dillwyn suggesting that he was suicidal and had no intentions of returning to prison.
The career criminal had been sighted in various locations in recent weeks in Charles City County, Richmond and eastern Henrico County. All the sightings occurred in areas he was known to frequent.
After authorities were unable to capture him, they scaled back their foot search and focused more on tracking investigative leads.
Monroe said the apprehension was due to the work by the Metro Richmond Fugitive Task Force, spearheaded by the U.S. Marshals Service and investigators from Richmond and other local law-enforcement agencies.
Story courtesy of the Times-Dispatch (http://timesdispatch.com).