Another Arrest Made in Last Week’s Escape by Two Prison Inmates

OLIVIA CRUZ, THE SISTER OF INMATE JOSEPH CRUZ, IS CHARGED WITH ASSISTING ESCAPE FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO FIND A PLACE FOR HER BROTHER TO HIDE. STATE POLICE SAY SHE’S NOT CHARGED WITH HARBORING A FELON. BEING A BLOOD RELATIVE OF JOSEPH CRUZ MAKES HER EXEMPT FROM THAT CHARGE. TWO OTHER WOMEN WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY HARBORING CRUZ AND THE OTHER ESCAPEE, LIONEL CLAH. THE PAIR GOT AWAY FROM A PRISONER TRANSPORT VAN IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO…AND WERE LATER ARRESTED IN ALBUQUERQUE.

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