What was he doing in Dracut?

An escaped convict, who walked away from a prisoner transport into a waiting car, was captured yesterday here in Dracut.

From the Eagle Tribune article:

Miguel Angel Caraballo, 37, of Lawrence who is facing 20 years in prison for a violent Haverhill home invasion and kidnapping, was found outside a home in Dracut at about 10:45 p.m. and arrested after a short foot chase.

“Nobody was hurt and I don’t believe there was any confrontation with police,” said Paul Fleming, spokesman for Essex County sheriff’s department.

Fleming said police tracked him down at a single-family home on Stanton Street.

Dracut police said Caraballo was dressed in street clothes and not the prisoner’s outfit he was wearing when he escaped.

There were people inside the house at the time of his capture. He was booked at the Dracut police station, then handed over to Essex sheriff’s authorities for his return to the County Jail in Middleton.

“He tried to run off. There was a brief chase. Some of the officers who made the arrest got some mud on their feet. Mr. Caraballo should not be glamorized and he’s rightfully back behind bars,” Fleming said.

Caraballo had been shackled at Salem Superior Court on Wednesday morning, but somehow broke free and ran to a waiting car just outside. The getaway car, which had been stolen, was found abandoned two blocks away.

This guy was being brought into court on a home invasion charge. Shackled and guarded, he easily seemed to get away. It looked like he had a good plan on how to escape, but no plans on where to go from there..

Where’s Michael Schoefield when you need him?