Wanted prisoner captured after failed bank robbery, police announce
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After several days on the run, a prisoner who escaped a Rhode Island detention center has been captured in Somerville, Massachusetts.
A search in the area began when a suspect that attempted to rob a Cambridge bank Thursday morning matched the description of James Morales, said state police.
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Police said that the attempted robbery unfolded at 9:26 a.m. at a Bank of America. He passed a note, but did not get any money, said police.
The Boston Regional Intelligence Center sent out a "Be on the Lookout" with photos from the bank robbery and said that the suspect resembled Morales. That led to a massive search all over Cambridge and Somerville.
Just before 4 p.m. Thursday, officials said the Morales had been captured in Somerville near McGrath Highway, in the neighborhood of Union Square.
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On Saturday night, Morales, who was being held for allegedly stealing weapons from the Worcester Armory, escaped from the Wyatt Detention Facility after climbing up a razor wire fence and jumping across the roof tops of several buildings.
He then allegedly stole a car in Attleboro Saturday evening at a Burger King and officers believe Morales may have ditched the car in Framingham, where he may have been trying to contact an ex-girlfriend.