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    Donnie Russell Rowe Sentenced to LWOP in 2017 GA Murders of Curtis Billue and Christopher Monica




    Curtis Billue, (left), and Sgt. Christopher Monica


    Captured inmates Donnie Rowe (left) and Ricky Dubose.


    Prison guards killed; prisoners on the run

    By Kristen Reed
    WXIA-TV

    PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. -- Two prison guards are dead after being shot and killed by prisoners in Putnam County.

    The Putnam County Sheriff's office confirmed to 11Alive that two prisoners being transported on a bus were able to overpower the guards before killing them and escaping.

    This happened on Hwy 16 West of Sparta near Eatonton. The US Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force is involved.

    http://www.11alive.com/news/crime/pr...-run/448265870
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    Update: Two Inmates on the Run in Georgia

    Breaking: Georgia Corrections say Donnie Russell Rowe and Ricky Dubose are on the run after escaping from custody in Putnam County.

    The prisoners were allegedly on work duty and traveling on a prison bus when they overpowered the prison guards, killed them and ran.

    Both convicted of armed robbery. One sentenced to life without parole.

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    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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    UPDATE | Gov. Deal vows to deploy "every state resource necessary" to capture escaped inmates

    WRDW-TV

    1:44 p.m.

    ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -- Georgia Governor Nathan Deal released a statement, vowing to deploy every state resource necessary to help capture the two inmates escaped from custody.

    The statement reads:

    Today, two families lost everything in a heinous and senseless act of violence perpetrated at the hands of cowards. Words do not adequately express our sorrow in losing Sergeant Christopher Monica and Sergeant Curtis Billue in the line of duty. The selflessness and courage of these two brave souls will not be forgotten, nor will their sacrifice and service.

    Sandra and I mourn alongside their families and communities, and we offer our deepest sympathies to their loved ones. Our heartbreak is matched only in our resolve to bring their murderers to justice. No effort will be spared in pursuit of the killers, and no state resources required in this endeavor will be spared.


    Led by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, multiple local, state and federal agencies are assisting in the investigation. State law enforcement agencies involved in the manhunt include the Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Georgia Department of Public Safety, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Joining them are our federal partners from the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Local law enforcement officers engaged in the effort include the Baldwin, Greene, Henry and Jasper Counties Sheriffs’ Offices and the Eatonton Police Department.

    Finally, I urge all those in the surrounding areas to be vigilant and cautious while the killers remain at large. They are extremely dangerous. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts should immediately contact 9-1-1.


    PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -- Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills spoke at a news conference this afternoon, where he reiterated that the two escapees were not part of a work detail. Dubose and Donnie Rowe were on their way to Jackson to a Diagnostic Facility, this is a hub for them to be transported to another facility.

    Some of the inmates that were on the bus are cooperating with investigators, and investigators are still looking for the green Honda Civic.

    Sheriff Sills said they have the full resources of the FBI, GBI, Department of Corrections, and Georgia State Patrol in addition to 30 to 40 deputies.

    "Every police officer of any kind in this state," Sheriff Sills stated.

    The search for the two escapees is now being conducted across the country. Sheriff Sill's biggest worry is that they are going to kill somebody else.

    Department of Corrections Commissioner Greg Dozier described the incident as a "tragic event." He talked about both of the slain correctional officers, saying both were tenured and leave behind families.

    “We are going to put all the resources we can to bring these to justice,” said Dozier.

    We are also learning additional details about the transport. Officers that are in transport don't have ballistic vests, but they do carry weapons. The gates between officers and prisoners are typically locked.

    The bus that transported the prisoners was manufactured in 2015. There are cameras on the bus and investigators are reviewing the footage, however, the Sheriff's Office stated that the video is not being released at this time. The bus has since been moved from the scene.

    Inmates on the bus stayed seated until investigators arrived, one of the inmates was a validated gang member. Inmates had a cell phone on the bus but they tossed it out. Prisoners on the bus also do not know when they are being transported ahead of time.

    There have been no reported sightings of Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe, but investigators believe that they could be headed anywhere. They escaped west towards Eatonton around 6:45 a.m.

    Sheriff Sills got very emotional when he spoke of the corrections officers, "I have their blood on my shoes.”

    One of the escaped inmates that shot and killed two corrections officers has had previous run-ins with the law in North Augusta.

    North Augusta Department of Public Safety says Ricky Dubose was most recently arrested by their department back in 2013 for possession of methamphetamine. According to SCCourts.org; the case was ultimately dismissed, and he was not indicted on a charge.

    Both escapees should be considered armed and dangerous, and are both wanted for homicide. If you have any information, call police immediately.

    http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/BRE...428174723.html
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    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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    I thought this only happened in the movies. Inmates escaping through AC vents and overpowering guards on a bus. I wonder if the inmates used Escape from Alcatraz, Con-Air and the Fugitive as references.

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    Escaped inmates still on the run, stole second pickup truck: sheriff

    By Associated Press

    Two Georgia inmates who killed their guards and escaped from a prison have stolen a second vehicle as they try to stay ahead of a massive manhunt, a sheriff said Wednesday.

    Donnie Russell Rowe, serving life without parole, and Ricky Dubose, who has prominent tattoos on his face and neck, took a white pickup truck from an industrial site sometime between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday, potentially enabling them to get hours away before the theft was discovered, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said.

    Sills described the fugitives as violent repeat offenders and extremely dangerous, having taken the guards’ 9 mm pistols. He urged anyone who sees them to call 911 immediately.

    “They just murdered two corrections officers in a brutal fashion,” Sills said. “They’re not concerned with anything regarding human life.”

    Immediately after the killings early Tuesday, the pair carjacked a driver who happened to pull up behind the bus on a rural highway. They took off with the Honda driver’s phone, leaving 31 other inmates locked in the bus with the two dead guards, and were gone by the time help arrived.

    Hours later, authorities converged on the small city of Madison, about 25 miles to the north, where they determined the fugitives had ransacked a house around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Sills said the fugitives took some food and likely some clothes, since they left their prison uniforms behind.

    Authorities put up roadblocks, only to discover Wednesday morning that the pickup had been stolen, about 9 miles from the burglary. Now authorities are searching for a 2008 white Ford F250 pickup truck with the Georgia tag BCX-5372. The Honda was found later, intentionally hidden in woods not far from the burglarized house, Sills said.

    Sills agreed with reporters that Dubose will have trouble hiding his prominent tattoos, which include crowns above his eyebrows, a star below his right ear and graffiti-style letters all across his neck. Sills said Dubose also has “ghost” tattooed on his right forefinger and “face” on his right pinky finger — signs of membership in the Ghost Face Gangsters.

    Both escaped inmates were serving long sentences for armed robbery and other crimes. The Department of Corrections website indicates Rowe has been serving life without parole since 2002, and Dubose began a 20-year sentence in 2015.

    The inmates have been cellmates more than once in Georgia’s prisons, had known each other for “quite a while” and may have planned the escape together, Department of Corrections Assistant Commissioner Ricky Myrick said. He wasn’t sure whether they were cellmates at Baldwin State Prison immediately prior to the escape.

    Baldwin State Prison officers Sgt. Christopher Monica and Sgt. Curtis Billue were driving 33 inmates between prisons when Rowe and Dubose overpowered them and then used the guards’ guns to kill them around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, authorities have said.

    The other inmates have been questioned and a camera on the bus recorded the guards being shot, but corrections officials have not explained to the public how the pair managed to get through the inmate compartment’s normally locked door.

    “They were inside the caged area of the bus,” Sills said. “How they got through the locks and things up to that area I do not know.”

    The sheriff said he’s watched the bus video on a cellphone, and couldn’t immediately tell which inmate fired the fatal shots.

    Monica, 42, and Billue, 58, were both transfer sergeants at Baldwin State Prison. Monica had been with the Georgia Department of Corrections since October 2009 and Billue since July 2007.

    “Officer Billue’s family asks for prayers for all of those who are now placing their own lives at risk to bring these men to justice and asks anyone who has information that may assist in apprehending these perpetrators to please contact law enforcement,”

    Jim Green, an attorney who’s speaking for the Billue family, said in an email Tuesday.

    The reward for information leading to their arrest grew Wednesday to $90,000, contributed by multiple agencies, Sills said.

    The FBI announced plans to hold a news conference in Madison on Thursday along with state and local law enforcement to provide a “comprehensive update” on the investigation.

    Sills said it’s likely the pair has left the Madison area. Many law enforcement officers from local, state and federal agencies are hunting for them. “They’ve certainly had time to get out of the state,” Sills said.

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/15...k-sheriff.html
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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    Edited:

    2 escaped Georgia inmates have been captured, officials say

    By Peter Martinez
    CBS News

    Two escaped Georgia inmates have been captured, according to a tweet from Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. They have been on the run since Tuesday after killing two guards on a prison bus in Georgia.

    Gov. Deal's tweet reads
    that the fugitives are "in custody following car chase" in Tennessee.

    Ricky Dubose, 24, and Donnie Rowe, 43, were in Shelbyville, Tennessee, on Thursday morning, according to the FBI.

    It was believed that Dubose and Rowe tied up a couple in Shelbyville and stole a black Jeep and guns, according to CBS affiliate WGCL-TV.

    The station adds that police officials stopped a car they believed to be Dubose and Rowe on Interstate 24. The suspects fled from the car and captured, WGCL reported.

    The inmates were being transported in a bus Tuesday morning when they allegedly overpowered two corrections officers on board, stealing their firearms and carjacking a green Honda Civic.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-...onnie-russell/
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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