Prisoner Escaped and Loose in Baytown

[longtooth]

Good post.

After hearing the news I thought much of the same concerning the wheel chair.

Problem now is he has real weapons now.

[hirundo82]

I wonder if the weapon he brandished was even a real one. Not too many inmates have actually gotten a real gun inside the prison. I can only recall of two stories and they were from long ago. Usually they make fake ones and just rely on scarring people to think they are real. Frustrated!!!

My first thought as well was that it wasn't a real gun, but the news said he actually fired a shot to get the guards to stop the van.

Could have been a zip gun he slapped together I suppose; I imagine it would be easier to get a couple rounds of ammo into a prison than an entire handgun.

[Y2bad4u]

I still have contacts with the prison and the latest is that some employees maybe in custody. The officers claimed he fired a shot. I don't know if I believe them. Like I said I really don't understand how he could have gotten away, even if he had a weapon. Some of my ex coworkers feel the same.

[WildBill]

I still have contacts with the prison and the latest is that some employees maybe in custody. The officers claimed he fired a shot. I don't know if I believe them. Like I said I really don't understand how he could have gotten away, even if he had a weapon. Some of my ex coworkers feel the same.

I am surprised that this guy is still on the run. I have been keeping alert and my eyes open. What kind of person would help this lowlife escape and avoid capture?

[USA1]

I am surprised that this guy is still on the run. What kind of person would help this lowlife escape and avoid capture?

Same here. Especially with the $ 30,000 reward.

Sure wish I knew where he was.

[KD5NRH]

Especially with the $ 30,000 reward.

Sure wish I knew where he was.

Earth. Where do I collect?

[USA1]

Especially with the $ 30,000 reward.

Sure wish I knew where he was.

Earth. Where do I collect?

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[KD5NRH]

Especially with the $ 30,000 reward.

Sure wish I knew where he was.

Earth. Where do I collect?

.............................................

Well, it's not my fault the same dinguses that couldn't figure out he didn't need the wheelchair can't put that information to much use.

[hirundo82]

I still have contacts with the prison and the latest is that some employees maybe in custody. The officers claimed he fired a shot. I don't know if I believe them. Like I said I really don't understand how he could have gotten away, even if he had a weapon. Some of my ex coworkers feel the same.

I wondered about that too. I doubt anyone would have been riding in the back with him. I'd think the protocol for a prisoner producing a weapon while being transported would be for the guards to bail out and leave the prisoner locked in the van, then simply wait for the cavalry to arrive.

[CrimsonSoul]

Or shoot through the door or the partition at the guy, I can't see any situation where they could let the guy out without having any type of opportunity to draw and fire their weapon

[pdubyoo]

CAPTURED!!! Fox News broke the story just a few minutes ago. I'm glad to see this scum going back behind bars!

EDIT TO ADD: Here's the link to the capture story.
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/lo ... d-prisoner

He was spotted sleeping in a school bus in the 7700 block of Little York Rd. in Houston, and was armed with two pistols.

[USA1]

$ 31,000 ...Not a bad payday !

[ELB]

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The convicted rapist who escaped from a prison van in Baytown and spent a week on the run has given Texas Rangers the names of three prison employees he says helped him get away, community activist Quanell X said today.

Arcade Joseph Comeaux Jr., 49, also today guided authorities to the intersection of Wayside and Little York, where he says he stashed a shotgun and ammunition he took after pulling a pistol on the guards who were driving him to a new prison unit when he escaped. The weapon was hidden in some brush about 35 yards off Little York and is now in the hands of Texas Rangers, Quanell X said.

Comeaux has told Quanell X that Texas Department of Criminal Justice staff smuggled him a gun and helped him hide it inside his prison cell and that he stayed in safe houses with the help of a large criminal network tied to the state prison system. Comeaux gave the names of two guards and a nurse at the Estelle Unit in Huntsville.

“He said he had the gun inside his cell for three weeks and that he got assistance and help in hiding the gun from staff,” the activist said Tuesday night. “He said to me that he knows that there are more weapons in TDCJ than just the one he got a hold of.”

Comeaux paid for the gun, a .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol, with money he made selling drugs in prison, Quannel X said after meeting with Comeaux for a second time today. Comeaux said he is part of a prison gang that has managed to corrupt members of the Estelle Unit staff.

Texas Rangers allowed Quannel X to participate in the interviews with Comeaux after the prisoner refused to speak otherwise.

Comeaux, who is serving three life sentences for sexually assaulting a child and for stabbing his wife and another man during a prison visit, also said he was supposed to break out of prison with a group of inmates, but grew anxious and bolted early, Quanell X said.

The details Comeaux shared were alarming and demand an honest response from TDCJ, the activist said.

“I would say there is a serious problem of corruption within the Texas Department of Corrections with guards, and many of these guards are being paid from (sales) proceeds of drugs and cell phones being brought on to the unit,” Quanell X said. “Drugs and cell phones are sold on the unit, and then that money is used to pay guards for corrupt purposes.”

TDCJ Inspector General John Moriarty questioned Comeaux's credibility, but said his allegations will be thoroughly investigated.

“I think if he had help when he got out, it was minimal,” Moriarty said. “Somebody that has this big criminal network does not remain in the same clothes eight days after the escape.”

Comeaux slept on a school bus before he walked early Monday, barefooted and hungry, to a nearby northeast Houston factory and asked to use the telephone. He was recaptured after employees there recognized him and called police. His shabby appearance Monday suggests no criminal network was involved, Moriarty said.

“That part about a large criminal network is definitely untrue,” Moriarty said.