Richmond, VA – The U.S. Marshals are confirming that the fourth
and final escapee, Lamonte Willis, is now in custody.
Willis surrendered to U.S. Marshals and Federal
Bureau of Prisons officials at the Federal Correctional Center
Petersburg’s Medium Security Facility just after 10 a.m., Wednesday,
without incident.
“The U.S. Marshals Service would like to thank
the media for covering this story, as it played a big part in assisting
our investigators in safely closing out these fugitive investigations.
Investigators from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of
Prisons continue to investigate this matter and will relay their
findings to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Richmond, Virginia,” Kevin
Connolly, Senior Inspector with the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional
Area Fugitive Task Force.
On June 18, Willis and three other inmates, Corey
Branch, Tavares Graham, and Kareem Shaw, walked away from a
minimum-security facility in Hopewell, Virginia. The U.S. Marshals
Service and local law enforcement were notified. Graham surrendered back
to the facility on June 20th. Branch and Shaw surrendered on June 21.
Willis, the fourth and last of the escapees, surrendered today.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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