Where is Bucky Phillips now?
Where is Bucky Phillips now?
He later shot three New York State troopers – Sean Brown, Donald Baker, Jr. and Joseph Longobardo. Longobardo, 32, later died. Phillips is now serving life in prison at Upstate Correctional Facility in Malone.
How did Bucky Phillips escape?
Phillips was being held in Erie County jail for a parole violation, but escaped on April 2, 2006 and was on the run until September 8, 2006. He escaped by cutting through the corrugated metal roof of the facility’s kitchen using a can opener.
How long was Ralph Bucky Phillips on the run?
After 160 days on the run, Phillips had earned a spot on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, next to Osama bin Laden, for shooting and killing a New York State trooper and wounding a second trooper.
What year did Bucky Phillips escape?
Phillips, a career criminal who had been in and out of prison, escaped from an Erie County facility on April 2, 2006, cutting his way to the roof from a kitchen area. On June 10 of that year, he shot a New York state trooper, Sean Brown, during a traffic stop near Elmira.
