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The Texas 7 was a group of criminals who escaped from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas. The John Connally Unit is a maximum-security prison from which the infamous Texas 7 escaped on 13th December 2000. ...
Kenedy is a city located in Karnes County, Texas. ...
The group was composed of the following criminals:
- Joseph C. Garcia
- Randy Ethan Halprin
- Larry James Harper (deceased)
- Donald Keith Newbury
- Patrick Henry Murphy, Jr.
- George Rivas (Ringleader)
- Michael Anthony Rodriguez
George Rivas (born May 6, 1970) is the former ringleader of the infamous Texas 7 criminal group. ...
Escape On December 13, 2000, the criminals put forth a complicated and elaborate scheme which would break themselves free from the prison, ultimately driving out in a white prison truck. The warden was embarrassed over the escape, since modifications in procedures would have prevented it. December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
At the time of the breakout, the reported ringleader of the Texas Seven, 30-year-old George Rivas, was already serving 18 life sentences. Michael Anthony Rodriguez, 38, was also serving a life term, while Larry Harper, 37, Joseph Garcia and Patrick Murphy, Jr., 39, all were serving at least 50 years. Donald Keith Newbury, the member with the longest rap sheet of the group, was serving a 99-year term. The youngest member, Randy Halprin, 23, was serving a 30-year sentence for injury to a child. George Rivas (born May 6, 1970) is the former ringleader of the infamous Texas 7 criminal group. ...
They were all incarcerated at the John B. Connally Unit Prison, a maximum-security facility near the South Texas town of Kenedy. Kenedy is a city located in Karnes County, Texas. ...
Using several well-planned ploys, the seven convicts overpowered and restrained nine civilian maintenance supervisors, four correctional officers and three uninvolved inmates at approximately 11:20 a.m. The escape occurred during the slowest period of the day when there would be less surveillance of certain locations like the maintenance area — during lunch and at count time. Most ploys involved one of the offenders calling someone over, while another hit the unsuspecting person on the head from behind. Once the victim was subdued, the offenders would remove some of his clothing, tie him up, gag him and place him in an electrical room behind a locked door.
Fourteen prisoners and uninvolved inmates were bound and gagged. The attackers stole clothing, credit cards, and identification from their victims. The group also impersonated prison officers on the phone and created false stories to ward off suspicion from authorities.
After that, some of the group made their way to the back gate of the prison, some disguised in stolen civilian clothing. They pretended to be there to install video monitors. One guard at the gatehouse was subdued, and the offenders raided the guard tower and stole numerous weapons. Meanwhile, the offenders who stayed behind made calls to the prison tower guards to distract them. They then stole a prison maintenance pick-up truck, which they drove to the back-gate of the prison, picked up their cohorts, and drove away from the prison.
Crime spree The white prison truck was found in the Wal-Mart in Kenedy, Texas. The Texas 7 first went into San Antonio right after breaking out of the complex. Realizing that they were running out of funds, they robbed a Radio Shack in Pearland, Texas the next day on December 14 at around 2 AM. In order to bypass the otherwise-competent store security, they entered via a very small-scale adjacent computer software store, wherein they proceeded to knock down the flimsy sheetrock wall to the other side. Once inside and undetected, they tethered the Radio Shack safe to their truck, and literally drove the large safe outside of the building, causing havoc to the parking lot and pavement. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...
Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Counties Bexar County Government - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area - City 412. ...
RadioShack Corporation (formerly Radio Shack) (NYSE: RSH) runs a chain of electronics retail stores in the United States, as well as parts of Europe. ...
Pearland is a city located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area and is partially in Brazoria County, partially in Fort Bend County, and partially in Harris County. ...
is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On December 19, four of the members checked into an Econo Lodge motel under assumed names. They would plot out which target to hit next. is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Econo Lodge is a motel chain based in the United States. ...
They later decided to rob an Oshman's sports store in Irving, Texas. On December 24, 2000, they held up the store and stole many weapons. Irving police officer Aubrey Hawkins came to the scene, but was shot dead before the gang fled the scene. A $100,000 reward was then offered to whoever could snare the group of criminals. The reward would climb to $500,000 before the denouement of the escape. The Sports Authority is the Americas third-largest sporting goods retailer after Wal-Mart and Dicks Sporting Goods. ...
Mustangs at Las Colinas Streetscape along Las Colinas Blvd in North Irving Aerial shot of Irving/Las Colinass Urban Center. ...
is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Aubrey Wright Hawkins (1971 – December 24, 2000) was an Irving, Texas police officer who was shot dead at age 29 by the Texas 7 at a robbery of a sports store in Irving on December 24, 2000. ...
Wayne Holder, the owner of the Coachlight Motel and R.V. Park in Woodland Park, Colorado, happened to watch America's Most Wanted on January 20, 2001. He believed that the Texas 7, who were being compared to Angel Maturino Resendiz, were in his trailer park. When he confirmed this, he reported the suspicious activities to local authorities the next day on January 21. A camper built on a light truck chassis; a Class-C motorhome in North American terminology. ...
Woodland Park is a city located in Teller County, Colorado. ...
For the professional wrestling tag team, see Americas Most Wanted (wrestling). ...
January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
Angel Maturino Resendiz is a former serial killer awaiting death on the Texas death row. ...
is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Downfall, capture Colorado Springs Police Department SWAT Teams found three of the members, Garcia, Rodriguez, and Rivas, in a Jeep Cherokee. Authorities moved in to capture them in a nearby gas station. They then found Halprin and Harper in an RV. Halprin surrendered peacefully, but Harper committed suicide with a pistol. The surviving four members were arrested.[1] The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is the police department for the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado. ...
This article is about Special Weapons and Tactics. ...
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Mayor of Leipzig, Germany, committed suicide along with his wife and daughter on April 20, 1945. ...
On January 23, they received information about the whereabouts of the last two. They were hiding out in a Holiday Inn in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A deal brokered between the two, Newbury and Murphy, allowed them to make live TV appearances before they were arrested.[2] A local KKTV television anchorman, Eric Singer, was taken into the hotel where on camera he interviewed the two by telephone. Both of them harshly denounced the criminal justice system in Texas, with Newbury adding "the system is as corrupt as we are." is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Holiday Inn is a brand name applied to hotels within the InterContinental Hotels Group. ...
The City of Colorado Springs is the second most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 49th most populous city in the United States. ...
KKTV is a television station on VHF channel 11 (199. ...
Authorities later found out that a woman named Patsy Gomez conspired with a man named Raul Rodriguez to help the Texas 7.
George Rivas was sentenced to death after being extradited to Texas. Since then, the other five surviving members of the Texas 7 have also been put on death row alongside Rivas, and are all awaiting death by lethal injection. Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ...
This article is about the execution and euthanasia method. ...
Michael Anthony Rodriguez has announced that he would like to waive all appeals in order to hasten his death sentence. A court-ordered psychiatric evaluation ordered in January 2007 will determine if he is competent to waive all appeals.
Miscellaneous The Texas 7 (2007) - a 90 minute feature documentary by award winning film and television production company Wild Dream Films about the true life story of America's most daring prison break. The film features interviews with members of The Texas 7 currently on Death Row and eye witnesses.
The story of the Texas 7 is chronicled in the Food Will Win the War song, "TX7".
On Fox's Prison Break, after eight convicts escape the fictional Fox River State Penitentiary, they are dubbed the "Fox River Eight" by media, which may be a reference to the Texas Seven. Prison Break is an American serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on August 29, 2005. ...
Prison Break is an American television series on Fox that premiered on August 29, 2005. ...
References Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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