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Manhunt Continues for Escaped Prisoner

By Lependorf & Silverstein

On Tuesday January 6, 2009 Marc Harris, who was serving time at the Skillman Dairy Farm on Burnt Hill Road in Montgomery, New Jersey for a March, 2008 drug distribution offense in Atlantic County, New Jersey, escaped following a brief fight with a prison officer. The man has been sighted several times by residents in the Skillman section of Montgomery, New Jersey. Apparently, the man has been sighted in his underwear, as he quickly removed his state-issued boots and orange sweatshirt and sweatpants. Later he was spotted in long johns and a thermal shirt. Police, U.S. Marshals and Department of Correction officers have been searching for Harris around the clock. New Jersey State Police aviation units have participated in the search as well. Area schools have been notified and have been on alert...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on January 08, 2009 (boomark / email).