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Manhunt in Texas for prisoner who snapped glasses and stabbed officer
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[link to usnews.nbcnews.com]
Texas authorities fanned out Wednesday in a manhunt for a prisoner who police say wriggled out of custody in a Walmart parking lot by snapping his eyeglasses and using the jagged edge to stab an officer guarding him.
The state quickly placed the prisoner, Alberto Morales, on its list of 10 most-wanted fugitives and offered a $10,000 reward. The state said he should be considered armed and dangerous.
“He’s made it pretty clear that he’s not going back to prison,” said Sgt. Robert Eberling, a police spokesman in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine, quoting authorities’ interviews with Morales’ former cellmates.
Morales, 41, was being flown from Miami to Nevada on Monday to serve a prison sentence for aggravated sexual assault. Two Miami detectives were flying with him, with a connection in Houston.
On the first leg of the trip, Morales acted erratically and banged his head against the seat in front of him, Miami police told NBCMiami.com. The three were not allowed to board their connecting flight to Las Vegas.
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