Earlier this week, the FBI crowed about capturing George Wright, who was convicted to killing a man during a NJ gas station robbery in 1962 and pleaded guilty, only to escape from prison in 1970, hijack a plane and demand a $1 million random before disappearing. Now, more details about his life before capture have been revealed, including the the fact that he was "known as 'Jorge the Painter,' a man who painted houses and did other odd jobs" in a small town 26 miles from Lisbon, Portugal and lived pretty openly. more ›

Hey, look at this, Facebook is good for not only taunting the federal authorities trying to arrest you, it's also good for them to succeed in catching you! The Daily News reports that U.S. Marshals arrested Victor Burgos, 29, who was wanted upstate "on multiple arrest warrants for domestic violence and harassment of his ex-girlfriend" after he posted this message on Facebook: "Catch me if you can, I'm in Brooklyn." more ›

A few weeks ago, the Staten Island Advance ran a front page story about the borough's "most wanted" fugitives. Now, one of them has turned himself in—because his mug shot was on the front page. Travis Jones, accused of shooting "another man over the score of a basketball game in Rosebank" (a game Jones wasn't even playing in!) was arraigned on attempted murder and other charges after surrendering at Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan's office. more ›

The escaped prisoner who managed to flee from the NYPD yesterday was in a courtroom in Connecticut earlier today wearing an "Ed Hardy hoodie with a patch-eyed lady pirate on the back." He paired this up with some sneaks, loose-fitting Nike sweatpants, and ankle shackles to create the perfect Fugitive Casual look (pitch: with each Ed Hardy tee you get a mandatory gift of ankle shackles!). Anyway, this outfit is amazing, and now José Rodriguez will be brought back to New York in it to face charges. The judge in CT set bond at $100,000, which, incidentally, could get someone a lot of Ed Hardy t-shirts. [via the NY Post] more ›

Last week NJ was host to its third "Safe Surrender" program, which allows fugitives with open warrants for non-violent crimes "favorable consideration" for turning themselves in. Almost 4,000 people turned themselves in over four days in Franklin, NJ, including a woman with 90 traffic tickets. But it seems that a considerable amount of people haven't kept very good track of their petty crimes: About 550 people showed up only to discover they weren’t wanted on any kind of warrant. more ›

David Price is going to serve at least 6 years in prison—30 years after his conviction on rape charges. Price, 54, went on the run in 1980 while he and another man were facing trial for putting a gun to a prostitute's head and raping her. But after three decades on the lam, authorities arrested the Price when he walked into a Manhattan courthouse to see if his criminal record was still on file, according to the Daily News. more ›

After thirteen long years, the driver of the black BMW that fatally struck Virginia Tech grad student Kristin Nemec has been sentenced to 3 1/2 to 7 years in prison. Jose Heras, who initially surrendered in 1998, later ditched bail and fled to Ecuador. Last month, he pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter. more ›

The powers that be should really give Naomi Campbell her own police scanner code at this point. MBB: Model Behaving Badly? It seems the supermodel took her rage out on her poor limo driver at 1 p.m. today. Details are scarce, but the Daily News reports that since the incident she's gone missing—making her the first ever fugitive supermodel? Give this woman a reality show! more ›

Newark is in the middle of a four-day "Safe Surrender" program, which allows fugitives with open warrants for non-violent crimes "favorable consideration" for turning themselves in. One such fugitive was a 36-year-old man whose many traffic tickets and failure to pay them prevented him from getting a job or driver's license; after a judge dismissed some charges and consolidated his fines, he said, "I was a little leery about it at first. But the program is excellent. It is what they say." Nearly one thousand have turned themselves in. more ›

When news broke that alleged Pan Am hijacker Luis Armando Peña Soltren—the FBI's longest wanted fugitive—had turned himself over to authorities yesterday, it seemed probable that Soltren had worked out a plea deal in exchange for surrendering after more than four decades in exile. But today Soltren pleaded not guilty to participating in the 1968 hijacking of a Pan Am flight from New York and rerouting it to Havana, where he has lived ever since. more ›

A lawyer for Miladin Kovacevic says that the 6'9" 260 lb. basketball player doesn't trust the U.S. legal system and was taunted and tortured by inmates and guards after he was arrested for allegedly beating a 135 lb. college senior into a coma in Binghamton last month. Veselin Cerovic explained that's why Kovacevic jumped bail and fled the country with an emergency passport issued by the Serbian consulate in New York, "My client told me that he did not flee to hide from justice, but because he doesn't believe in the American justice system." more ›

Samuel Israel, the hedge fund founder who went missing just as he was supposed to report to prison for 20 years, is reportedly in police custody after surrendering early this morning. The NY Times reports Israel had been in Southwick, Massachusetts where he "was talking to his mother on the phone when he walked into a local jail and surrendered to the United States Marshals task force." more ›

A 29-year-old man who worked for a high-end Manhattan childcare service is on the run after cops were notified his home computer contained thousands of child pornography images. Fred Hardy worked for the Lipton Child Care Center on 55th St. and Park Ave. in Manhattan. When police arrived to question him about the trove of disgusting images on May 15th, his employers at Lipton said that he'd been fired that day. more ›