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North Dakota Farmers Help Flush Out Escaped Florida Sex Offender
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2012, page 44
A Florida prisoner picked the wrong state when he fled from a private transport van and ran into a 310-acre corn field. “This is unique in the sense that, God bless North Dakota, we bring everybody together to solve the problem and we put guys up on combines,” said Cass …
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Contractor Misconduct,
Escapes,
Transportation.
Locations:
Florida,
North Dakota.
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