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August 18, 2015

Prison escapee held in Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — A man charged with murder and illegal possession of a firearm, who is said to have escaped from the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in April of 2014, was held in Santa Cruz yesterday.

Police have identified the man as Casheem Peart, a 19-year-old labourer of Park Mountain, Santa Cruz.

Police were on patrol in the Santa Cruz business district at 2:30 pm when a man was seen acting suspiciously. He was taken to the Santa Cruz Police Station and checks revealed his identity.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Erron Samuels says Peart’s capture forms part of “an ongoing operation to rid the streets of criminals”.

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