FBI: Prison Escapee Caught in Chicago; Cellmate Still at Large
Joseph 'Jose' Banks, who broke out of a downtown Chicago prison Tuesday and was sighted in Tinley Park and New Lenox, was captured by Chicago Police and the FBI on Thursday night.
Authorities captured late Thursday night one of the two convicted bank robbers who escaped from a downtown prison earlier this week, the FBI reports.
Joseph "Jose" Banks, 37, was arrested at about 11:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of North Bosworth Street in Chicago by members of the FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force and the Chicago Police Department, an FBI press release stated.
Kenneth Conley, his cellmate and fellow escapee, is still at large, the release stated.
Banks and Conley broke out of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Authorities discovered a knotted rope or bedsheet dangling from a window high above the street.
A manhunt for the two men led law enforcement agencies to Tinley Park, where Conley had lived. While in the village, Conley visited his mother, who turned him away and then called police. The search then led authorities to New Lenox.
Patch Stories About the Hunt for the Escaped Convicts:
jeff f
5:50 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
Wheres the loot gimme da loot
Mary Carumba
5:52 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
I'm guessing that someone turned him in for the 50K reward.
Missy G.
10:04 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
That was my first thought this morning. With 50k at stake, neither one of these fools is safe.
jumanji
6:26 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
ugh Josè or Hose B? Idiot.
FrankfortDad60423
8:19 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
Glad the streets are half safe with him in custody
rkells
8:32 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
Yipppeeeeee...I Feel a little better..very smart to how they broke out but very
Dumb to stay in Chicago!!
Drbarr
9:20 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
Run forest , run
Barb Hines
10:16 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
I wish Patch would stop claiming "breaking news" when the news is old.
Ben Feldheim
1:19 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
I think a 2:15 a.m. posting after he was caught around 11:30 p.m. is pretty good, seeing as how Joe was more than 40 miles away from where the man was found.
Lorraine Swanson
1:58 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
The FBI did not release the news until around 2 a.m. Friday.
Richard Wilson
12:29 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
A good looking young man.....not. Why do they all look brain damaged? I'm sure his mama thinks he's a good boy!!!
Renae
12:30 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
One word, DUMMY!!!!!!!!!
Mike F.
12:31 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
One down, one to go.
James
1:50 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
If he ever gets out he could probably run for some office someday and the Chi town demos will elect him
Involved
10:43 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Ryan is in jail. Is he a democrat too?
George Pickett
4:59 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
How about making him climb back up to his cell using bed sheets. If he makes it they could reduce his sentence a tiny bit. If he doesn't all I can say is to bad so sad! NOT!
anthony
10:30 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Wondering if any Oak Lawn people might get asked "Where did ya hide your money" or "do not leave town... " or ""where did you get that from"... Seems a popular topic..Even more so for those who take oaths...