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January 24, 2008

Carpio, convicted in detective's death, in Conn. prison

CRANSTON -- A man imprisoned for killing a Providence police detective at the city's public safety complex has been transferred to Connecticut to continue serving his life sentence.

The state Department of Corrections says Esteban Carpio was moved out of state in November at his own request. Department spokeswoman Tracey Poole says Carpio felt he could have a more normal prison experience in another state.

Carpio was convicted of killing Detective Sgt. James Allen in a third-floor office at the police headquarters in April 2005. Allen had been questioning him about the stabbing of an elderly woman earlier in the day when Carpio grabbed the detective's gun and shot him.

He escaped the police station from a third-story window, then was captured on the street after a violent skirmish with police.

A jury convicted Carpio in June 2006 after rejecting his insanity defense. A judge sentenced him to life without parole.

-- The Associated Press

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