Fugitive Who’s Been On the Run Since ’83 Is Busted… For Relieving Himself In Public!
Back in 1983, 23-year-old Edward Nathan Junior was locked up at the Tampa Community Correctional Center, serving five years for robbery with a deadly weapon.
On August 27th, 1983, he escaped from a work release center and went on the lam. He's been on the run as a fugitive ever since.
On Friday, after 27 years, four months, and 25 days of freedom, Edward was finally captured... when police in Fulton County, Georgia arrested him for PEEING IN PUBLIC.
They had no idea who he was. He escaped when he was 23 ... he's FIFTY now... so he hasn't exactly been at the top of anyone's fugitive pile. All they knew was that some 50-year-old was peeing in the street, so they busted him.
He told them his name was Claude Brooks. They ran his fingerprints through a national database and found out he was actually Edward Nathan Junior... and was still wanted by the Florida Department of Corrections.
He's been living as Claude Brooks since he escaped. He works for Atlanta's public works department as an environmental services worker.
Right now the police are still sorting out the case, but Edward will probably be sent back to Florida to face his escape charges.
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