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Just Checking In.
An escaped inmate made it easy for police to track
him down: He used his prisoner ID card to check into a hotel after fleeing
from a halfway house.
Shane E. Betts' decision to use the ID "isn't as stupid as it sounds,"
said Comfort Inn manager Will Koonse. He said the hotel requires
identification from any customer who pays in cash, and it isn't unusual
for people who aren't fugitives to show prisoner IDs.
"Many times when they're released, that's all they have," Koonse said.
But upon seeing the ID, Koonse remembered a newspaper story about Betts'
escape from the Harrisburg Community Corrections Center.
The clerk called police, who checked Betts' room and found only a woman
inside. Police said the woman told officers that Betts had gone out for
beer. Officers arrested Betts when he returned.
Source: AP, "Escapee Uses Prison ID Card at Hotel," July 9, 2003.
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