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Alberto Morales, convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault, stabbed one of two police escorts and escaped in the Dallas area as he was being transferred from Florida to Nevada, police said Tuesday. He was shot and killed by police early Saturday.
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- A Florida prisoner who escaped in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was shot and killed by law enforcement officers early Saturday after police responded to a report of a home burglary near Dallas, authorities said.
Alberto Morales was shot shortly after midnight when officers, with assistance from a police helicopter, spotted him in a wooded area near a lake in North Texas, Grapevine police Sgt. Robert Eberling said. Two hours earlier, officers responded to a report that jewelry and men's clothing had been stolen during a break-in at a home near where Morales was found.
Eberling said police officers and U.S. marshals were trying to apprehend Morales when he was shot, but he declined to say whether the fugitive had a weapon or made any threats toward them. He said Morales was still wearing part of his prison-issued jumpsuit as well as jogging pants, but Eberling said he couldn't comment on whether the stolen clothing and jewelry was found with him.
The residents arrived home around 10:30 p.m. Friday to discover the burglary at their home and called law enforcement officials, Eberling said.
The 42-year-old Morales escaped Monday at a Wal-Mart store parking lot in Grapevine, a community near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Police said he used a sharp piece from his eyeglasses to stab a Miami-Dade detective who was transferring him by car to Nevada, where Morales was to serve a sentence of 30 years to life after being convicted of a sexual assault.
Det. Jaime Pardinas was expected to recover after being treated at a Dallas hospital for deep stab wounds to the neck, shoulder and back and a collapsed lung. It wasn't clear when he would be released.
Pardinas was accompanied by Miami-Dade Detective David Carrero during the transfer. They flew to Houston with Morales and then decided to drive the rest of the way after he became disruptive on the flight. They had stopped near the store while waiting for a third officer who was flying to the Dallas area to join them. Department policy requires three officers to be present for ground transfers of prisoners.
On a recording of a 911 call of the incident released Wednesday, Pardinas can be heard breathing heavily as he tells the operator that he's been stabbed. He described Morales' height, weight and appearance and then added, "He's a schizophrenic."
The escape set off a massive five-day manhunt in North Texas.
By The Associated Press
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That guy did a lot of injury to the cop for using just a pair of glasses.
What ever happened to due process?
He had due process. He didn't like the outcome of that so he tried his alternative. That didn't work out so well. He would have been better off doing the time for the crime.
Any questions?
bang bang. it's over. what's the problem? saved a lot of money including gas, airline fuel, courts, food in the prison and taxpayer money in texas, fla, and arizona. done deal.
Stabbed him with his eye glasses???? ...pitiful!!!
Sad to say, but........problem solved.....cost to taxpayers, less than $0.75.
@page down, he had due process. And he screwed that up. While I am not that fond of Texas, you must admit they know how to handle law breakers. Hopefully that detective will be OK, and nobody else was hurt.
Which ever office who offed him deserves the day off with pay, and a huge THANK YOU from everyone, plus a sharpshooters medal. Good job done. THANK YOU law enforcement.
I'm telling you now - were it a civilian that this man was attacking - not one officer would have done a damned thing to stop him. Most of the time they hide either in a cruiser or behind mirrored walls inside of their station. Other than that - we barely see officers.
But for their own - 100% loyalty in protection.
Natural consequences. Committed felony sexual assaults in two different states. Inmate was so disruptive on flight, they had to arrange to transport him by ground the rest of the way.
He attacked officer and escaped. He was hunted down during escape and shot and killed. IMO he reaped what he sowed.
If I got a dollar for every time the cops in the US killed an unarmed man I would be very rich.
but i still dont understand why he was shot and killed...
Simply because they had it out for him
I got a great idea for all you Texas bashers. Please stay wherever you live now, don't come here with your whinney attitudes. We have enough people moving here now from their bankrupt cities, high unemployment and state income taxes. The first thing they want to know is how can they get free stuff, then lecture us on the Death Penalty. There are definitely more people moving here than leaving. We're not perfect by along shot, but taking down criminals is one of our strong suits, even the Libs in this state will agree that criminals already have to many rights.
Man, it doesn't look as if there are many Christians (that is, those that really do believe in Christ's message) posting on this story.
That's right, thank god!
These discussions are really the same thing every day, no matter what the subject, the details, same ole SHIZZLES, pluzzzzzzze come up with some thoughtful insights, O wait, this is Newsvine, which is getting as bad as FOX entertainment. A battleground of non thinkers here lost in non reality.
It is so refreshing to read one of these stories that has such a happy ending.
Whenever I read that the police killed the jerk I know that I will not have to foot the bill for his support for the rest of his worthless life.
A great story.
Use liberals for target practice!
Cops kill escapee... Did you expect less?
I'm sure he learned his lesson and will never try to escape again.
Good!! glad the piece of S*#@ of dead.
Just yet another POS done away with. Im not usually so brash nor cold, but dammit, arent we ALL so sick of this SHI%????????
But, But, the constitution!!!!
Why does it apply to some but not all?
Good. At least there's someplace that knows how to treat dangerous criminals, unlike the nitwits in California who side with them like they did with that Dorner creep. I think the police should quit LA and all move elsewhere so they don't have to risk their lives for people who minimize the benefit of being protected by a police force. See hoe much they like the Dorners of the world when he's free to take aim at them and they're unprotected.
Good for them. One less POS being supported by taxpayers!
Also, I guess now His Highness Obama will have to do a big push to ban eyeglasses as dangerous weapons.
quick we should ban all eye glasses!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The guy has already proven that he would do anything to keep from going back to prison, why would anyone expect law enforcement or anyone else to risk their lives trying to protect this madman?
good shooting, one less danger to society
He punctured an officer's lung with his eyeglasses and he escaped from a Walmart parking lot? I don't really doubt this story. It is too unbelievable to doubt.
Who the h... wrote this b.s. infused story?