Posted on 05/05/2015 11:31:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Authorities in Florida say a ruse to get a man's fingerprints led to his arrest as a convicted killer who escaped an Ohio prison farm and disappeared for most of six decades.
Brevard County deputies say investigators with the U.S. Marshals Service in Ohio sought help to check out the man while chasing leads about Frank Freshwaters, an Akron man who escaped in 1959.
Major Tod Goodyear says they created a ruse to get the man to sign papers, then matched the fingerprints to those from the decades-old arrest.
Goodyear says they watched the man for a week, then confronted him Monday at his trailer near Melbourne. Goodyear says they showed him his photo from 50 years ago, asking if he'd seen that guy, and he admitted they had found him.
Freshwaters, now 79-years-old, was arrested and booked Monday by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. He's been ordered held without bond. It is not known if he has hired an attorney.
20 years for manslaughter is a stiff dose of prison.
A fellow from my high school class was involved in a fight outside of a local bar many years ago. The other guy died of stab wounds. My classmate did 4 years and three months of an eight year sentence.
Sounds like an old Paul Muni film of the 30’s. I guess this could be made into a movie, to entertain us during our current depression.
umm... grats?
meanwhile, how many MILLIONS of criminals have come across the southern border in the last 6 years?
ONE 79 yr old fugitive versus 6+ MILLION illegals
looks like my tax money is being spent to pay govt salaries, not protect the security of the nation
Now matter what you might think of this guy, you’ve got to give him credit for avoiding the authorities for so long.
I think he could teach us a lesson or two on anonymity which might be useful in the near future as totalitarianism darkens the nation.
Sorry,he was sentenced to one to 20. Not sure of the final sentence. Looking around. Not sure what the mean by vehicular homicide either? Whether he intentionally or accidently ran someone over?
“Freshwaters pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 1 to 20 years in prison, however, his SENTENCE was SUSPENDED and he was GIVEN PROBATION for five years. “
He skipped out of his probation??? That’s why they picked him up after 56 years???
No. He violated probation. (not sure how) He was given an additional sentence. Then he escaped.
That’s usually code for drunk driving/killing someone.
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