New York Fugitive Gets Away After Placing His Ankle Monitor On A Dog

Recently, I watched The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford for the first time. It's an incredible, adrenaline-pumping film, that goes to show how far someone will go to escape captivity.

As many hijinks as the main character gets into, it's nothing as cartoonishly outlandish as what one Albany man did to get out of his sentence.

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Helping a Dog

On the morning of Tuesday, January 13th, a woman was driving down Krouner Road in Nassau when she noticed a dog running around on the side of the street. No owner was in sight, so the woman opened her car door, and let the pup in.

She decided to take it to the vet to see if it was healthy and safe, but the veterinarian found something interesting: the dog had a strange device attached to its collar. They immediately contacted Schodack police to determine the origin.

Tampering with GPS

Turns out, it was an ankle monitor meant to track an inmate on parole or house arrest. The culprit had found a way to remove the device from himself and attach it to a dog collar. Albany County Probation was already aware one of their devices had been tampered with, and  realized immediately who the culprit was.

The name remains undisclosed, but the man in question was arrested for felony possession of a loaded weapon, and was forced to wear the monitor after he was released from custody. As of now, his whereabouts are unknown, but a warrant has been issued for his capture and arrest.