SEPTEMBER 30, 2022:
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The head of Nevada’s Department of Corrections has resigned at the request of Gov. Steve Sisolak in the wake of an escape by a convicted bombmaker that went unreported for four days. The governor’s office said Friday (Sept. 30, 2022) that Sisolak “requested and received Nevada Department of Corrections Director Charles Daniels’ resignation, effective immediately.” Six other officers have also been placed on administrative leave. Porfirio Duarte-Herrera escaped from a medium-security prison outside Las Vegas on Sept. 23, 2022, without anyone noticing for four days. A tip led to his capture at a transit center in Las Vegas on Wednesday night.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022:
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say they have arrested a convicted bombmaker who escaped from a Nevada prison where he was serving a life sentence for a deadly 2007 explosion outside a Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas police say they received information Wednesday night (Sept. 28, 2022) that a person matching the description of Porfirio Duarte-Herrera was in the area. The department says officers took the man into custody, confirmed he was Duarte-Herrera and arrested him. Gov. Steve Sisolak had earlier ordered an investigation into the escape after he said late Tuesday his office learned the escapee had been missing from the medium-security prison since early in the weekend. Officials didn’t realize until Tuesday morning that Duarte-Herrera was missing during a head count at Southern Desert Correctional Center near Las Vegas.
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