Plymouth County Sheriff: Transport van defect allowed prisoner to escape on I-95 - Boston News, Weather, Sports

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Plymouth County Sheriff: Transport van defect allowed prisoner to escape on I-95 - Boston News, Weather, Sports

The Plymouth County Sheriff is blaming a prisoner transport van defect with allowing a shackled and handcuffed prisoner to escape onto I-95 in Waltham on Monday before he was re-arrested nearby. The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department called state police around 6 p.m. to report that one of their prisoners had escaped from a transport vehicle prior to Exit 41 (Route 20) in Waltham, according to state police. After deploying numerous assets, incl…