Southbridge Residents Relieved After Fugitive Gregory Lewis Caught
BOSTON (AP) — A man
suspected of child-rape and committing crimes across the country after
snipping off his court-ordered ankle bracelet had an "ultimate goal" of
returning to Massachusetts to kill his 13-year-old accuser, state police
said Wednesday, hours after he was captured in New York.
Lewis
is suspected of committing a string of rapes, kidnappings and robberies
of female escorts in North Carolina, Colorado and Oregon.
"It
was almost like he had nothing to lose. It was his last hurrah, and he
was going to go out and do as much damage as he possibly could," said
Detective Lt. Michael Farley, commander of the State Police Violent
Fugitive Apprehension Section.
Police said Lewis told multiple people he planned to return to Massachusetts.
"He had made statements that his ultimate goal was to come back and kill the victim from his original charge," Farley said.Lewis was captured late Tuesday in the village of Fort Edward after driving into the Hudson River while fleeing from a traffic stop.
Lewis was arraigned
Wednesday in New York on a fugitive charge. A hearing will be held later
to determine when Lewis will be extradited to Massachusetts, said
Washington County District Attorney Tony Jordan. He will be assigned a
lawyer at that point, or he can hire his own.
Massachusetts
State Police released a timeline of Lewis' travel, based on witness
statements and other evidence. The timeline shows him fleeing
Massachusetts on Sept. 15, then traveling to Connecticut. On Sept. 21,
he was confirmed to be in Russell Springs, Kentucky.
According
to police, Lewis kidnapped, robbed and assaulted a woman he met online
at a hotel Sept. 23 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Two days later, police
say, he went to his stepfather's home in Southbridge, where he tied up,
handcuffed and assaulted him and left with a 9mm handgun with over 200
rounds of ammunition.
From there, he traveled to Connecticut, Colorado and Kansas, police said.
Police
say he raped and robbed a female escort at a motel in Kansas City,
Missouri, on Oct. 4. The next day, he assaulted a female escort at a
hotel in Denver, police said.
From
there, he traveled to Portland, Oregon, where he assaulted a female
escort, police said. Authorities say he also raped and robbed female
escorts in Salt Lake City; Westminster, Colorado; and Indianapolis. His
previous last spotting was Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.
On
Tuesday, a New York state trooper tried to pull over a vehicle that was
missing a front license plate, but the vehicle took off and soon
crashed into a river.
"He
actually drove to the end of a dead-end street and didn't realize it was
a dead end and drove down an embankment and into the water," Fort
Edward Police Chief Justin Derway told WBZ-AM.
Restaurant owner Neal Orsini said he heard the vehicle crash and ran out to help.
Lewis
emerged from his sinking vehicle and brandished a gun, said
Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio. He was apprehended
with the help of a canine unit and without shots being fired.
Procopio
said the vehicle Lewis was driving roughly matches the description of
the blue Jeep Grand Cherokee that had been stolen from his family. A
firearm recovered from Lewis also matches the description of the gun he
is accused of stealing from a family member, Procopio said.
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