Prison escapee Armin Christian caught in R.I. after 32 years

CBS News ^ | May 25, 2012 | Crimesider Staff

[kiryandil]

Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say escaped from a South Carolina prison on Christmas Day over 30 years ago...

...Christian had been living in Bristol. He was arrested and charged with escaping a correctional facility.

A South Carolina prisons spokesman says Christian walked away from the now defunct Piedmont Work Center near Greenville on Christmas Day in 1980.

He was sentenced to 11 months in prison in November 1980 for domestic non-payment of child support...

[kiryandil]

I feel safer now. That vague feeling of disquiet that kept me awake for 30+ years is now gone.

Knowing that somewhere, there was a GUY who was denying our police officers, prosecuting attorneys, judges, and jailers those few extra hours that they needed to get the new pool finished, or maybe a nice vacation somewhere, or even cutting into the OT they needed to pump their pensions up to what they were making when they were actually working.

Throw the book at him. More jobs! More OT!

At least they managed to nudge it up from the original misdemeanor to "felony escaping"...

Now those parole guys will get some taxpayer vig after he gets out, too.

[OldNavyVet]

There is, apparently, no statue of limitations on things like sticking it to the system.

Watch your back, Folks.

[2111USMC]

There is, apparently, no statue of limitations on things like sticking it to the system.

Unless you're Barry Soetoro.

[donna]

He stuck it to his own child.

[null and void]

I believe that is called debtor’s prison. One of the more charming legal fictions we inherited from King George and his ilk, the concept that if the Crown/State seizes a man’s meager possessions for itself and locks him up, his debtors will magically get paid.

And FWIW, despite years on unemployment, I never missed a single child support payment. (although, it is perhaps worth mentioning that baring a miracle I go into foreclosure this week)...

[rockrr]

How do you know?

[null and void]

Last line in the excerpt:

He was sentenced to 11 months in prison in November 1980 for domestic non-payment of child support...

It's doubtful he made payments while he was on the run, else they would have caught him sooner.

[rockrr]

Once I was charged with non-payment although I have never missed a payment either.

[DUMBGRUNT]

And what of the jamoke with thirty (30!)kids paying $1.48¿?

[null and void]

Good for you. I never had any legal problems.

[kiryandil]

He stuck it to his own child.

Yes, the Founding Fathers foresaw and eagerly anticipated the day when the System could pursue guys like Armin from one end of the continent to the other, like the Screaming Harpies of the Inferno, combined with the ceaseless vigilance of Kerberos.

Well, unless you are Jon Corzine or Bill Clinton. Then, not so much.

I think the 30+ years has served justice. Of course, the fat, engorged .gov ticks don't think so...

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The statute of limitations does not run if you flee the jurisdiction to avoid prosecution. The statute of limitations is the time they have to charge a defendant, not the time they have to try the case. I suspect charges were filed immediately after his escape.

[rockrr]

Good for you.

[donna]

Now you know why traditional values must be the base of the Republican Party.

If men won't raise their own children, the country will collapse trying to do it for them.

[kiryandil]

There is, apparently, no statue of limitations on things like sticking it to the system.

The Founders had the entire western frontier as a safety hatch for dealing with guys like this.

It's unfortunate that the .gov ticks have overrun every nook & cranny in this country, and will "just follow orders" in dealing with the transgressing serfs.

But not, of course, royalty like Corzine, Clinton or Barack "Forgery Boy" Obama...

[BerryDingle]

State police said Thursday that authorities are taking 65-year-old Armin Christian back to South Carolina.

Maybe they can thumb a ride with Michelle and Beyonce on Air Force One.

[rockrr]

You assume a great deal.

[null and void]

Pretty much. Still, at some point one should stop persecuting a man for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his children.

[kiryandil]

Now you know why traditional values must be the base of the Republican Party.

Most of the Republicans are happily helping the oligarchs asset-strip the peasants.

The Stupid Party isn't as blatant as the Criminal Party, but they're complicit.

Stuff like this where an actual adult can't step in and say "Hey, why are we blowing taxpayer money on this penny-ante BS?" is why I blame both parties.

[kiryandil]

little Zuzu:

"Teacher says, every time an Armin gets arrested, another Javert gets his SWEET .gov pension."