Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Trial Starts For Federal Inmate Escapee
KENTUCKY....
Opening statements were heard Tuesday as the trial of federal inmate Derek A. Capozzi got underway in U.S. District Court in Lexington after five men and nine women were selected as jurors or alternates. Capozzi was indicted in April on one count of escape after being accused of breaking out of a prisoner-transport van on April 15th, becoming the subject of a highly publicized two-day manhunt. Capozzi was being moved from the Grayson County jail to Lexington's Blue Grass Airport for a flight out of the area after testifying at a trial when he escaped out the back door of the van as it was turning onto an exit off Bluegrass Parkway in Woodford County.
Capozzi was being held at the Federal Medical Center on Leestown Road in Lexington while serving a lengthy prison sentence for several crimes, including helping to hack the body of Aislin Silva of Medford, Mass., into pieces and burying them after a fellow mobster killed her. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000
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