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March 24, 2008

Escaped art dealer has court date today

PROVIDENCE -- A former art dealer from Rhode Island who escaped from federal prison will soon appear in federal court.

Rocco DeSimone faces new charges for escaping from a minimum-security prison camp in Fairton, New Jersey, on March 15th. He surrendered four days later to federal authorities in Providence.

He is scheduled to appear today in U.S. District Court in Providence, where a judge will decide whether DeSimone should be sent back to New Jersey.

DeSimone's wife, Gail, has been charged with harboring an escaped prisoner.

Federal investigators allege that she called her husband on the day of his escape, flew to Philadelphia and rented a car there. The U.S. Marshal's office said she picked up her husband and dropped him off in Connecticut.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Jack Perry  at 7:02 AM | Permalink

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