THE METRO DETENTION CENTER INMATE WHO ESCAPED FROM A PRISONER TRANSPORT VAN TAKING HIM TO COURT WEDNESDAY MORNING IS DEAD. LARRY DOHRN GOT AWAY ON 6TH STREET NEAR THE TRACKS.
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS THE 48 YEAR OLD ELUDED DEPUTIES MOST OF THE DAY … THEN CALLED THEM FROM A MANZANO HOME NEAR MOUNTAINAIR LATER WEDNESDAY, ANNOUNCING HE’D COMMIT SUICIDE. HE WAS FOUND DEAD OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.
DOHRN HAD BEEN DUE IN COURT WEDNESDAY MORNING ON FELONY CHARGES FROM EARLY APRIL LINKED TO TRANSFERRING STOLEN VEHICLES, FRAUD, FORGERY, AND OTHER CRIMES.
