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Escapee caught in Georgia

By wire services
Published December 11, 2005

U.S. marshals caught escaped Florida inmate Dominic Reddick, 22, late Friday night near Savannah, Ga.

Authorities in both states had been looking for Reddick since Monday, when he escaped after the van he was being transported in broke down. He was charged with trying to kill an Orlando police officer.

Reddick was taken into custody without incident and taken to a local hospital for treatment for the injuries suffered while hiding in heavily forested and swampy areas, supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Jennifer A. Armstrong said.

More than 70 officers armed with dogs, a helicopter and thermal imaging cameras searched for Reddick after authorities got a tip that he had been dropped off near Savannah, Armstrong said, adding they suspected he would try to hitch a ride back to Florida.

A videotape from a gas station showed that Reddick slipped away Monday while guards from State Extraditions Inc., the company transporting the group, were tending to the other inmates, Sumter County sheriff's Lt. Donald Knee said.

The guards must unlock leg shackles when loading and unloading the inmates. They were locking them again when Reddick escaped barefoot, Knee said.

WEST PALM BEACH - The bodies of two men washed ashore and the body of a woman was found floating in the surf in northern Palm Beach County on Saturday, officials said.

The bodies of two men were found partly buried in the sand by a couple walking along the shore south of Juno Beach, said Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Teri Barbera.

Shortly afterward, a man sunbathing at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park found the body of a woman in the water, and pulled the body to shore, Barbera said.

No identification was found, Barbera said. The three appeared to be in their 20s, she said.

[Last modified December 11, 2005, 02:15:36]