"Prison escapee captured in Georgia; Mattapan man faces rape charge" by Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff | January 5, 2010
On Sunday night, police in Georgia arrested Manson Brown, the 51-year-old Mattapan native who escaped from a Massachusetts prison in November....
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Those circumstances never make it into this report.
The arrest brings to an end one of the state’s most notorious fugitive cases in recent time. It was noteworthy not only because of Brown’s alleged criminal history but also the way he escaped....
The escape made regional headlines and was featured on “America’s Most Wanted.’’
Wow, WE "MADE" the BIG-TIME, Massachusetts -- for the WRONG THINGS AGAIN!!!
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The escape became a publicity nightmare for Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone’s office and the state Department of Correction....
I just thank God he didn't hurt anyone (as far as we know).
And it was the PUBLIC that SOLVED the case?
"Changes sought after escape; Brown caught; State House hearing Tuesday" by Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent | January 10, 2010
BRIDGEWATER - How was a habitual criminal with a violent past and history of escape able to simply walk off the grounds of a prison facility in Bridgewater in November? And why did it take so long for public safety officials in this college town to get word of the jail break?
Manson Brown, 51, is once again behind bars, after being picked up in Georgia last week. But Bridgewater officials and their legislative representatives continue to seek answers regarding his escape on Nov. 27. They want assurance a similar situation will not occur in the future. And they demand to be brought into the information loop far sooner than they were in the Brown case....
A minimum-security area.... was able to simply walk away from the Bridgewater prison through an open gate....
Well how was he able to do that?
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A Senate oversight committee sharply criticized the state correction commissioner yesterday for allowing an inmate who walked out of the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater to remain in minimum security despite a recent indictment on rape charges and a history of escaping.
The inmate, Manson Brown, read a Nov. 27 article in the Globe about his indictment and walked away from the prison, igniting panic in the communities surrounding the facility and sparking a nationwide manhunt that ended only last week when Brown was found in Georgia.
Nice going, Massachusetts! WTF?
State Senator Marc Pacheco, the chairman of the Committee on Post Audit and Oversight, cringed when Commissioner Harold W. Clark described Brown’s status as a minimum security inmate appropriate....
Like when reading a newspaper?
Related: Massachusetts Justice: Bridgewater Breakout
Did you notice the Globe never again mentioned this:
"a little-known fact about minimum-security prisons in the state: Inmates can walk away.... doors are often kept unlocked to accommodate inmates who come and go.... Officers do not always monitor the entrances"
Are you frikkin' kidding me?
I'm feeling safer already!
Update:
Ex-escapee to stand trial on rape charge
A Mattapan man who escaped from Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater will stand trial on an aggravated rape charge. Manson Brown, 51, is accused of breaking into a Cambridge home and raping a woman as she slept next to her 2-year-old son. He also stole cash and jewelry and “threatened the victim that he would kill her entire family if she called the police,’’ Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone’s office said in a statement. Brown’s DNA was matched to DNA found at the crime scene, the statement said. Brown was indicted for the assault on Nov. 19 while serving a 10-year sentence for a home invasion armed robbery. Little more than a week later, on Nov. 27, he escaped from the Bridgewater facility where he was held. Brown was arrested in Georgia on Jan. 3 and returned to Massachusetts. He will appear in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn on Feb. 3 for a pretrial hearing.
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