Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Harris County Escapee caught 19 years later.


HOUSTON -- An inmate who escaped from a holding cell at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse in 1992 was captured Wednesday morning in Florida, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.

Edwin Rivera escaped in 1992 after he was sentenced to 50 years in prison for engaging in organized criminal activity, authorities said.

Rivera had assumed a new identity after his escape, investigators said.

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