Mafia Gang Member on Loose in Kentucky After Escaping From Prisoner Van
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}VERSAILLES, Ky. -- Authorities in central Kentucky are searching for a federal inmate from Massachusetts who escaped a prisoner transport van by kicking out the door.
Versailles police spokesman Pat Melton said a manhunt was still under way for 32-year-old Derek A. Capozzi.
In 2005, Capozzi was identified by federal prosecutors as a member of a Mafia-affiliated drug gang that killed a 19-year-old woman suspected of cooperating with investigators.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Capozzi was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for helping to dismember and hide the body. Melton said he also was serving time for trying to kill a correctional officer.
Melton said recent sightings put Capozzi still in the area where he made his escape.