A manhunt that went on for five years came to a close after a man was found in Florida with a new identity. The fugitive broke out of a federal prison in Colorado in 2018 and vanished without a trace. NBC News’ Marissa Para has the details.
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Tack on a couple of years for that plaid coat. A first-degree fashion violation.
A grifter like Trump.
Jonah Hill at it again
Creepy men… when aren’t they in the news?
Breaking out of jail and renting a vehicle???? He DEFINITELY had help.
Who gets that nice home??
Keep an eye on your female prison guards…
Legend 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Oh wow. Where is the movie?
Let’s just hope that he isn’t able to run another scam from prison this time.
Imagine putting that effort into an actually successful business he could have operated while behind bars idk.
What about the police
Dude looks like a fat Matt Gatez
This guy sounds incredible. Also, 20 years for mail fraud?!? That is absurd.
He’s a two bit thief. And we all pay when others steal. I remember that lesson being taught but maybe, others, weren’t so lucky-in their youth.
Morality isn’t just some right wing talking point.
Who told on this man
Did he roll away from prison?
He has the perfect disguise, he’s “White.”
Basically, just let him be. He already served more time than Hunter or the big guy will ever serve.
He is probably a nice guy. And a cool person.
Most criminals are until they defraud you, manipulate you, take your money and/or murder you.
Mail fraud? Well not one to be worried about compared to others
It’s kind of amazing that he would escape prison and just take on a new identity 👀 he should have gone to México and bought a Mexican passport and birth certificate.. you can literally buy citizenship down there..
Was that his mom
*He should of Joined our Congress or Senate and everything would of been just fine, just fine. Everyone knows they are never held accountable for anything*
Gotta give props to the $700,000 made behind bars. I’m pretty sure his escape was bought
Catch me if you can part deux
What a maroon! Once he got to Florida, he should have figured out a way to get out of the Country and down to Cuba like Robert Vesco did.
That’s going to be a long flight back to Colorado for him
Prisoners shouldnt have access to internet like that should have never happen
Bet there making a movie out this
Wow! He accomplished a lot more than I have over the past 5 years!!
So many circuit parties are going to be cancelled 😢
Leo DiCaprio needs to portrait this guy a new movie title “Catch me if you can. The sequel”
0:50 Arrogance is a common trait among Americans especially when traveling abroad
Glad he’s white fraudster. Otherwise people would have gone crazy with race and deport him
Trump found his long lost twin
Skills? Like donny the con!
Couldn’t be people thinking about themselves, whether for love or profit!
Caught by accident when everyone else is struggling and suffering from bad credit 1920s – 1930s like depression especially if your black. I thought God loved us and all-knowing. Matthew 5:5
Watch trump pardon and hire him for his cabinet, if reelected. One in the same.
He’s a dumba””
You’d have thought he got caught with weed with a charge like that
Why do they remain in the country???!!! Ffs leave the country
Welcome to Florida.
Florida the paradise we’re all fraudsters come to live we have so many of them that’s why he blended so well
The Republicans, YOU’RE HIRED.
If you escape prison then you should be retried on the crime and them not be able to use any of the same evidence gainst you 😂 js
He’s white. This is America. Any Questions?
Hey NBC – why don’t you report on real criminals? Like our government?
He was overly optimistic looking at life through those rose colored glasses!
well, the Trump cult, FoxNews, Mega churches and many more are a prime examples of how prone to manipulation many Americans are… I really wonder why?
he should have left the country!
Everyone knows you either go to another country or stay extremely low. This guys in penthouses living it up taking pics. You got to live like a rat underground to avoid capture.
But I give him credit, escaped prison and ended up living in luxury!
This guy literally did the Saul Goodman – but in reverse 😂💯 he looks like a mix between Saul Goodman and Cam from Modern Family 😂😂💯💯💯
he was making money by fraud while in prison? HE PAID SOMEONE(S) TO HELP HIM ESCAPE. PROSECUTE THEM TOO.
AKA Fat Glenn Beck
He thought he can get away with it. And he did. He deserves the Singapore style public caning on top of incarceration.
Poor dude, five years was enough tbf.
Yes, drove the van for a getaway, someone was helping him and getting paid.
Florida. It figures.
So basically this fellow is a borderline genius
🤣🤣🤣
Got em
Another one of Ron DeSamtis’s upstanding citizens. DeSantis loves to give reasons why so many people relocate to Florida from other states. I bet he skips this guy.
Can’t even hate the guy.
*He has the arrogance of a used car salesman… sure looks like one too* 😂
At 58, that’s basically a life sentence for this penthouse living high roller who was too dumb to flee the country for good when he had his chance since he had the money and all. 😂
Great plot for a movie, Lets call it “Two Worlds”
1:20 That’s obviously the years 2016 and 2018! How tf can anyone read that as four numbers and not see those are clearly two years??
Being a Fraud in Florida is normal
He looks like a total scammer
But they’re both White!!! Come on even a blind man can see dude is White 😅
He’s super arrogant. He could have made it out of the country during those 5 years.
He can work for Santos now in the US Senate
😮😮what a great life a scammer
Sounds to me like this guy needs to run for president….
He’s doing a governments job lol
Criminals always go to floriduh. Always. Why, because it’s the state of scam, fascism, and criminality. I say this from 12 years of living there. Disgusting state full of disgusting people.
Hmm you all should look at hunter biden, Nancy pelosi, fouci….
And Rex Heuermann
He needs a Netflix documentary series
2:15 🤣🤣🤣😭 the cops had no clue where he was.
Take it ez on him. He needs rehab not prison. But who cares.
How does someone run a fraud scheme whilst in gaol?
It’s amazing how far you can go with whyteness. Living the American dream.
This man was going by the name of Mathew Sympson
Mabey Trump should get intouch w him and get some pointers when he’s in prison..
TDS
Idk how they did it. He looks like every white male in the US past 40
He open his mouth and told someone then they snitched
Just don’t used a gun or try to outrun the cops and you can get away with a lot more as you lay low and do what you want. Mail fraud is one of the hardest crimes to trace as their is no DNA, fingerprints, etc.
This sounds like that movie. “Catch me if you can.”
Not near what Biden has done and not jailed yet. Disgusting.
Karma….it’s a blessing.😂
Amazing with that kind of money he didn’t leave the country, he got just a little too cocky.
Thou Shall Forgive Mr Jacobs
Sounds like a psychopath. Manipulative, arrogant, devious.
Jacob turner alias bio
Gee Pee Wee! Lol
George micheal bluth🤔
Hahaha…Trump country again!!!
I guess criminals know where safe haven can be found.
So I got to say this because it happens more than most people realize! If you’re going to get caught you’re going to get caught in Florida! You’ll get away for a while but you will get caught there! It’s the worst place to run to and if you go to south Florida you’re day’s are numbered! Every one gets caught there!
What gets me the most is how he was able to keep scamming from prison, like when he goes back he needs to lose the ability to communicate outside of the prison without being heavily moderated. That was the reason why he was able to escape successfully in the first place more than likely given he already had so much money to work with.
lets just go ahead and say everyone in florida is wanted but under new identities
When are we gonna get the biggest of them all? Trump
He got a little bit to comfortable..