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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Lester Paul Byes
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Race: White |
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Age Now: 27 |
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Height: 5'7" |
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Weight: 180 lbs. |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Brown
Shaved his head
Wears a mustache and goatee |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Brown |
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Other Physical Characteristics: Fair complexion |
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Wanted for :
Escape , Clinton , AR;
Jun 21, 2006
Parole Violation
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Clinton , AR |
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Possible Location : , MO
, AR
Police believe Callahan and the two other escapees may have been spotted in Bakersfield Missouri on the night of June 20, 2006. |
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Last Known : Unkown |
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Traits |
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Case Story |
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A Team Effort |
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During the early morning hours of June 20, 2006, police say 24-year-old Lester Byes, joined five other inmates: Edward Messer Jr., William Callahan, Thomas Martin IV, Peter Boulette, and Randy Crise, putting an escape plan into motion. Police say Byes was in jail for parole violation stemming from a theft of property charge.
Around 3:00 a.m., police believe the inmates may have climbed onto each other's shoulders - forming a human ladder - to reach a 20-foot ceiling of the jail's common area. Investigators say they somehow broke two holes in the ceiling, then climbed to the roof, then dropped to the ground using bedsheets for rope.
Detectives believe the crew split up into groups shortly after the escape.
Police learned that Martin, Boulette, and Crisel were spotted at a Walmart around 3:30 a.m. Police say the escapees bought clothes, food, and several air pistols. Investigators say surveillance cameras captured the three men in a motel parking lot nearby changing out of their jail-issued clothes. However, with the help of search dogs, cops picked those three up within a few hours.
Meanwhile, at around 3:15 a.m. a man driving a green Pontiac Bonneville left his car running as he left to quickly deliver some newspapers at an apartment complex near the jail. When he came back to the car, it was gone. Detectives believe Byes, Callahan, and Messer stole the vehicle.
A police officer in Bakersfield Missouri tried to pull over a car matching that decription, but the vehicle wouldn't stop. Police say the suspected car did a quick U-turn during the chase and rammed the police cruiser head on. The officer wasn't injured, but his car was disabled, and the other vehicle got away. Police say Byes, Messer, and Callahan have ties to southern Missouri and may have been in that car. |
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