Fugitive caught after 28 years [View All]

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Source: AP

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A man who escaped from a New Jersey prison 28 years ago was captured by authorities at his Philadelphia home Wednesday.

Maximo Jurado was at his home in Philadelphia when officers from several law enforcement agencies arrived around 10 a.m. The 75-year-old said his name was "Juan," but when he was shown a prison photo of himself from 1979, he confessed: "It's me."

Jurado left the state's since-closed Marlboro Camp, where he was serving time for a drug offense.

Jurado was not an especially notorious criminal -- though he had several run-ins with the law in the 1960s and 1970s -- and his escape didn't get much attention at the time. He managed to stay on the lam longer than all but a few people who have escaped from New Jersey prisons.

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Oooooh!! A DRUG OFFENSE 28 years ago! Won't somebody please THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!